East Sussex Church Monuments - 1530 to 1830 - Archive of Photographs
by Professor Nigel Llewellyn

(69) CRAWLEY, St. John

For a view of the old church seen in rural isolation from the North-East see Godfrey & Salzman (Pl. 49) (BL Add. MS 5673 f.58); in 1724 it was reported that the condition of the church was poor (Ford) and except for the tower it was thoroughly restored and the North aisle added in 1879-80 - Hannah (SAC 55 4-11) and Nairn & Pevsner (202); Horsfield (Sussex I 263-5) does not cite any post-medieval M.I.s at Crawley.


69A Mural monument for Robert GALLUP, d. 1815 and Henry GALLUP, d. 1823

-  Nave, West wall, North of tower arch, above head height.

-  63(W) x 51(H)~Very good.

-  M.I. (10 lines, engraved, black) fill an unframed, oval white marble plaque, metal clasp above; tiny stone corbel.

-  Robert Gallup, naval officer (East India Company), d. 8 Dec 1815, aet 22; son of Robert and Sarah Gallup, of Poynings, Sussex; his brother, Henry, surgeon, d. 5 Mar 1823, aet 24.


69B Mural monument for John BROADWOOD, d. 1812

-  Nave, South wall, near chancel, high.

-  115(W) x 180(H)~Very good.

-  M.I. (engraved, black) on a white marble tablet set portrait-wise; moulded cornice and escutcheon on pointed pediment; decorated corbels; black baseplate with point top; signed (right corbel): 'PATENT WORKS / ESHER ST. WESTMINSTER'.

-  John Broadwood, Esq., 6 Oct 1732 - 17 Jul 1812; his wife, Mary, 17 Feb 1752 - 15 Jun 1839; their son, Thomas Broadwood of Holmbush.