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

(49) CHAILEY, St. Peter


49B Mural monument for Richard BOURCHIER, d. 1770, and his wife Jane, d. 1771

-  Vestry, South wall.

-  140(W) x 190(H)~Good; fading.

-  In white marble; M.I. (12 lines [7+5]) flanked by scrolls, on rectangular panel; moulded top and bottom; above, a broken pediment and an urn in bas-relief on a pedestal; flanking, flaming lamps; below, an ornamental apron, fluted brackets, arms and a base finial.

-  Richard Bourchier, Esq., of Ades, Chailey, formerly of East Indies Co. and governor of Bombay; d. 2 Dec 1770, aet 78; his widow, Jane, d. 10 Aug 1771, aet 32.