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Edith May Pretty (née Dempster; 1 August 1883 – 17 December 1942) was an English landowner on whose land the Sutton Hoo ship burial was discovered after she hired Basil Brown, a local excavator and amateur archeologist, to find out if anything lay beneath the mounds on her property.
Feb 8, 2021 · The Dig takes place in 1939, approximately three years before the real Edith passed away. In real life, Robert was reportedly raised by his aunt Elizabeth (via The Focus), and never returned to his original home where the Sutton Hoo excavation took place. In 1988, Robert died of cancer at age 57.
Jan 29, 2021 · A few years after the Sutton Hoo excavation, Edith suffered a stroke and died on December 17, 1942. She died at the Richmond Hospital and was buried in All Saints churchyard at Sutton. Following her death, most of her estate was passed on to her son, Robert.
Feb 2, 2021 · In Netflix's 'The Dig,' Carey Mulligan plays the Englishwoman responsible for the groundbreaking Sutton Hoo excavation. Here's the true story of Edith Pretty.
Feb 1, 2021 · Edith Pretty died of a blood clot in 1942 at the age of 59, passing on most of her nearly £400,000 estate on to her son Robert when he was only 12 years old. Robert went to live with...
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In 1930 she gave birth to a son, Robert. Their happiness as a family was short lived as Frank Pretty passed away in 1934, aged 56. In 1937 Edith Pretty turned her attentions towards the curious mounds on her estate, enlisting help from Ipswich Museum.
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Feb 4, 2021 · The death of Pretty’s husband, Frank, in 1934 had left her alone with her four-year-old son, Robert, in their 15-bedroom Edwardian manor.
