Walter Multon,

Abbot of Thornton-upon-Humber, in Lincolnshire, was immured in 1443. In 1722, an old wall being taken down, his remains were found with a candlestick, table, and book. Stukeley mentions the fact. In 1845 another instance of the same kind was discovered at Temple Bruer, in Lincolnshire.

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

Walls have Ears
Wallace’s Larder
Wallflower
Walloons
Wallop
Wallsend Coals
Walnut [foreign nut]
Walnut Tree
Walpurgis Night
Walston (St.)
Walter Multon
Waltham Blacks
Walton
Walton Bridle (The)
Wamba
Wan means thin
Wand
Wandering Jew
Wandering Willie or Willie Steenson
Wandering Wood
Wans Dyke