(I) The church in the village of Sampford Bretf, in England, has a carving of a sixteenth-century woman, Florence Wyndham, who was buried alive at St. Decuman's Church. (II) Florence fell into a trance, which her parents mistook for death. (III) Preparation of the body for burial has traditionally included washing the body and dressing it in special garments. (IV) A thief opened her coffin to steal her rings, and finding them difficult to remove, was about to cut off her fingers, when she awoke. (V) She lived for many more years after her "death."