(39) BRIGHTLING, St. Thomas à Becket
39V Mural monument for members of the BURRELL family, erected c.1790.
- Chancel, centre of South wall, above head height.
- 91(W) x 144(H)~Very good.
- Mainly in white marble; a draped urn in yellow freestone mounted on a cornice moulding; below, M.I. (many lines, final 2 added, engraved, black) on an unframed panel; below, small curved apron with fern and arms.
- Members of the extended family who d. 1708-89 include Rev. William Burrell, A.M., rector and prebendary of Brightling, buried 2 Aug 1708, son of William Burrell, Gent., of Chicknell St. James, Essex; his wife Honor, d. 6 Jan 1694, daughter of John Wotton, Gent., of Malton, Cambridgeshire; his mother, Dorothy Burrell, buried 5 Jan 1714; his youngest daughter, Dorothea, buried 28 Feb 1741, aet 50, married to Richard Holmes, Esq., of Burnham; his eldest son Rev. William Burrell, chaplain to King George, rector of Brightling, vicar of Icklesham and rector of Burwash, d. 7 May 1737, aet 53, whose wife was Elizabeth, daughter of Laurence Noakes, of Brightling, d. 18 Jul 1769, aet 80, and their issue: elder daughter, Elizabeth, d. 8 May 1744, aet 32; elder son Rev. William Burrell, rector and prebendary of Brightling, d. 11 Jun 1746, aet 33; son John Burrell, A.B., succeeded his brother as rector and prebendary of Brightling, d 13 Jun 1752, aet 33; and younger daughter, Anne, d. 19 Oct 1776, aet 60, wife of Rev. William Hayley, A.M., rector and prebendary of Brightling and vicar of Preston with Hove, who d. 25 Oct 1789, aet 74; also, Rev. William Burrell Hayley, rector of Brightling, d. 1796, aet 41 and his wife Sophia, d. 1830, aet 77.
