Recently visited Malmesbury Abbey in Wiltshire and came across a tombstone in the graveyard, The inscription reads.
In Memory of
Hannah Twynnoy
Who died October 23rd 1703
Aged 33 Years
In bloom of Life
She's snatched from hence
She had not room
To make defence
For Tyger fierce
Took Life away
And here she Lies
In a bed of Clay
Until the Resurrection Day.
The Story is that she is rumoured to be the first person in Britain to be killed by a Tiger from a travelling Circus when she
got to close to the Tigers cage. The owner of the circus was so remorseful that he paid for the burial and tombstone.