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

(45) BURWASH, St. Bartholomew


45Q Mural monument for Obedience NEVITT, d. 1619

-  Inner porch, centre of South wall, below 45P.

-  47(W) x 73(H)~Fine; some wear; restored.

-  In freestone; M.I. (black); escutcheon (black) top left corner; 3 slabs of stone forming a rectangular panel with a domed top.

-  Obedience Nevitt, b. 18 Apr 1587 – bur. 15 May 1619, aet 32, daughter of Robert Cruttenden, of Burwash; and wife (from 11 Mar 1604) of Thomas Nevitt, of London, Gent.; her virtues, piety; her husband's charitable bequest.