(26) BEXHILL, St. Peter
26C Mural monument for Rev. Thomas DELVES, d. 1677/8
- North aisle, West wall, West end, South of West window, high.
- Inaccessible~Very good.
- Black marble tablet, set portrait-wise, with M.I. (15 lines, engraved, gilded); flanking, plain pilasters; above, moulded cornice and moulded open, curved pediment round an achievement; below, black base moulding, then 2 moulded brackets flanking a curved apron with additional M.I. (7 lines, engraved, black).
- Thomas Delves, vicar of Bexhill for twenty plus years, d. 22 Mar 1677/8, aet 46; his many virtues; his uncle, Nicholas Delves, of London, Alderman and Merchant Taylor.
