A brightly painted coffin sits in a crevice of the wall in Wimborne Minster. Designed for Anthony Ettricke during his lifetime and inscribed with the date 1691, forbiddingly, Ettricke was convinved he would die in that year. In fact, he lived until 1703. Famous for being the Magistrate who sent the Duke of Monmouth to trial after a failed rebellion, he seemed to always know that he'd die in that year. Strangely, it reads the same upside-down as it does forwards. What is less known is that the coffin itself does not contain the bones of Anthony Ettricke. He is in fact buried in the family vault underneath the Minster. Using ornate coffins as a symbol of burial is said to fool the devil who may come looking for the soul. Maybe it is a sign of a heavy conscience? What-ever the reason, it is still just as brightly painted today as in his will he left twenty shillings per year for its upkeep.