Who was Madam Blunden of Basingstoke, and what was her claim to fame (circa 1670 -+)? Catty

Madam Blunden was buried prematurely in the eighteenth century in the Holy Ghost Chapel, Basingstoke. As it happened, the Blunden family vault was situated beneath a boys' school. The day after the funeral the pupils heard noises. One boy ran off to tell a master but received only a thick ear for his trouble. When the noises continued unabated, the sexton was summoned and the vault was opened just in time to witness her final breath. Resuscitation was unsuccessful. In her agonies the poor lady had torn frantically at her face and had bitten the nails off her fingers.
(Death: A Hisotry of Man's Obsessions and Fears)

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