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

(45) BURWASH, St. Bartholomew


45M Mural monuments for William CONSTABLE, d. 1810 and his wife Barbara, d. 1799

-  South aisle, centre of West wall, at head height and above.

-  Lower: 103(W) x 137(H); Upper: inaccessible~Both fine.

-  (Lower) a white & grey trapezoidal panel with M.I. (15 lines, engraved, black); base moulding & two feet; small cornice; shallow pointed pediment and palmettes supporting a draped urn; all on black slate backplate with point top.@ (Upper) white tablet with M.I. on a black slate baseplate; signed: 'PARSONS.LEWES'.

-  William Constable, Esq., of Burwash, magistrate, etc., d. 6 Sep 1810, aet 65; his first wife Barbara, eldest daughter of Rev. George Strother, rector of Penton Mewsey and Grateley, [Hampshire], d. 1 Dec 1799, aet 59; buried on North side of church.