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

(20) BATTLE, St. Mary the Virgin

20J Floor-mounted brasses for John WYTHINS, d. 1615

-  Sanctuary floor, South of centre.

-  Ledger: 82(W) x 178(L)~Fine; dented.Brasses - panel of arms: 25(W) x 30(H); figure/captions: 89(H); large M.I.: 50(W) x 25.5(H); smaller M.I.: 53(W) x 12(H)~Worn but fine;

-  Brasses on a black marble ledger; above, rectangular panel of arms; then, male figure, robed with captions rising left and right; below, 2 M.I.s (9 lines and 4 lines, engraved) in Latin.

-  John Wythins, from Chester, scholar of Oxford, STD, dean and vicar of Battle for 42 years, d. 18 Mar 1615, aet 84; quotations from Job.x.1 and Philip.i.3.