Publications
The Trial and Execution of Thomas, Lord Dacre, of Herst-Monceux Castle for Murder, 33rd Henry VIII, by Mark Antony Lower, published 1867 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 19, article, pp.170-179) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2104] & The Keep [LIB/500238] & S.A.S. library View Online
The Parish Church of All Saints, Herstmonceux, and the Dacre Tomb, by John E. Ray, F.R.Hist.S., published 1916 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 58, article, pp.21-64) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2143] & The Keep [LIB/500276] & S.A.S. library View Online
Dacre Tomb, Herstmonceux - Additional Notes, by J. E. Ray, published 1916 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 58, notes & queries, pp.198-200) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2143] & The Keep [LIB/500276] & S.A.S. library View Online
The Lords Dacre and their Hoo Quarterings, by J. H. Round, published 1918 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 59, notes & queries, pp.128-129) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2144] & The Keep [LIB/500277] & S.A.S. library View Online
The First Sussex Opera: "Dacre of the South", by Harry Daintree, published 1927 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. I no. 1, article, pp.30-35) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2303][Lib 8326] & The Keep [LIB/500137]
A Monumental Palimpsest: the Dacre tomb in Herstmonceux Church, by George Elliott, published 2010 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 148, article, pp.129-144) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 18613] & The Keep [LIB/500366] & S.A.S. library View Online
Abstract:According to Pevsner, the Dacre Tomb at Herstmonceux is "the one really spectacular piece in the church". The effigies on the tomb had traditionally been taken to represent Thomas Fiennes, second Baron Dacre of the South (c. 1470-1533) and his son, Sir Thomas Fiennes (c. 1490-1528). But in these Collections in 1916, J. E. Ray cast doubt on that attribution, and on other aspects of the monument. Based on its style and heraldry but without undertaking any structural investigation, Ray demonstrated that the effigies had originally belonged to the tomb of Thomas Hoo, Lord Hoo and Hastings (d. 1455) and his half-brother Thomas Hoo (d. 1486) at Battle Abbey. In 1969, the restoration of the tomb provided an opportunity to test Ray's ideas. This article, written by the Master Mason who undertook the work, not only confirms most elements of Ray's hypothesis, but also provides important new evidence of the approach of those who created the monument as it now stands.