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

(32) BODIAM, St. Giles


32D Mural monument for Elizabeth BALCHEN, d. 1778 and John BALCHEN, d. 1785

-  Tower, South wall, alongside and West of 32C.

-  57(W) x 66.5(H)~Fine; dirty.

-  M.I. (12 lines + 2 lines, engraved and black, English and Latin) fills an unframed white marble tablet.

-  Elizabeth Balchen, d. 31 Jul 1778, aet 22; daughter of George and Elizabeth Tempest of Cranbrook, Kent; and wife of John Balchen, of London, d. 9 Jan 1785, aet 38.