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

(16) BARCOMBE, St. Mary


16C Mural monument for John RAYNES, d. 1687

-  Chancel, South wall, East end, above head height.

-  82(W) x 149(H)~Good; faded; worn.

-  A cartouche; two putti hold back drapes to reveal M.I. (9 lines, shallow engraved) on more drapery; below, swags; beneath a cherub and a central fluted corbel; above, scrollwork around an escutcheon.

-  John Raynes d. 23 Oct 1687, aet 53[?]; partly illegible.