Time Team archaeologists have uncovered the larger-than-life story of Mad Jack Mytton, a Shropshire eccentric who was reputedly buried in the family crypt with his pet bear.
John Mytton - notorious early 19th century debtor and some time MP for Shrewsbury
But many of the old faces have got together again using a crowdfunding platform called Patreon and three episodes of the new series were aired on YouTube from Friday to Sunday.Among the newer faces were Peter Reavill, from Ludlow, who is a landscape and small finds archaeologist who used to be the Finds Liaison Officer for the Portable Antiquities Scheme.
The programme revealed the history of the chapel in the grounds of the private Halston Hall estate, including that documents showed it had been used for weddings in the 1690s. It even has parts of the building which could be linked to the medieval period. The experts had a look inside the Mytton family crypt by using a special camera. While they were not inside the crypt itself they looked at well-preserved coffins and reckoned one of them was of Mad Jack Mytton, a Shropshire character who died in prison.
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