The legend relates that Childe left a note of some sort saying that whoever found and buried his body would inherit his lands at Plymstock. |
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After a race between the monks of Tavistock Abbey and the men of Plymstock, the Abbey won. |
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However, they heard of a plot to ambush them by the people of Plymstock, at a bridge over the River Tavy. |
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They were successful in burying the body in the grounds of the Abbey and inherited the Plymstock estate. |
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