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

(45) BURWASH, St. Bartholomew


45D Mural monument for John POLHILL, d. 1689

-  North aisle, West wall, high up, over 45E.

-  60(W) x 160(H)~Fine; faded; colour.

-  M.I. (many lines, engraved, black) fill a white marble tablet; drapes flanking; 2 cherubim top left and right, another centre, below; above, an elaborate achievement.

-  John Polhill, of Frenches, Burwash, Gent., d. 29 May 1689, aet 44; his wife, Frances, daughter of John Cason, Gent., of Woodnesborough, Kent; issue 6 sons, 7 daughters; 1 survives Mary.