Five finger exercise

Vicar Nick Parker meets predecessor Sir John Fenton, the first post-Reformation vicar - and tries to put his finger on a puzzle which has foxed theologians for nearly 450 years.

Sir John died in 1566 and took to the grave with him the reason for - well, you try to find it.

Spotted it yet? It's not the Geneva gown, nor yet the Bible, inscribed Verbum Dei  (the Word of God).

It's the extra finger on the right hand. Was it added to highlight the Bible at a time of huge religious turmoil?  Did the engraver make a mistake? Or did Sir John really have an extra digit?  Whatever the truth, it makes an unusual brass rubbing.

Or a frustrating puzzle,  Click on the bottom picture if you have half an hour to spare...