Guilty Conscience Leads to Shropshire Medieval Tiles' Return

Medieval Floor Tiles Returned to Monastery 60 Years After Boy Steals Them, Goaded by his Father

A man who stole 700-year-old floor tiles from a Medieval monastery when he was a child has finally returned them to English Heritage after finding them inside a candy tin where they’d been kept for nearly 60 years. Simon White was a nine-year-old boy when he took the pieces as a souvenir from Wenlock Priory, […] The post Medieval Floor Tiles Returned to Monastery 60 Years After Boy Steals Them, Goaded by his Father appeared first on Good News Ne…

Thief returns 800-year-old medieval tiles he stole from priory 59 years ago

A retired chartered surveyor has returned three medieval floor tiles to Wenlock Priory nearly six decades after stealing them as a child during a family outing.Simon White was just nine years old when he took the ornate clay artefacts from the Shropshire site in July 1967, with his father acting as lookout and encouraging the theft.The 68-year-old rediscovered the tiles months ago whilst searching through his Hampshire loft, finding them inside …

Stokie schoolboy Simon stole medieval tiles - and kept them in tin for 59 years

Now Simon White has returned them to English Heritage

Guilty conscience leads to Shropshire medieval tiles' return

Simon White says he and his father took them on a Shropshire holiday and he felt uneasy ever since.

Medieval Tiles Return to Wenlock Priory After Six Decades

Three medieval tiles taken decades ago from Wenlock Priory in England have been returned, offering new insights into the site’s decorative past.