(56) CHIDDINGLY, Parish Church
56E Mural monument for Stephen FRENCH, d. 1666
- Sanctuary, North wall.
- 80(W) x 180(H)~Fine; pigment lost.
- An oval panel in slate with M.I.; otherwise alabaster; wreathed border; base moulding; skulls in corners; above, broken pediment with highly ambitious scrolls and large coloured achievement.
- Stephen French, d. 23 Jun 1666, aet 41 (or 43); eldest son John French, Esq., of Stream, and Anne, eldest daughter of John Sackville, Esq., of Selscombe; his wife, Susan, second daughter of Sir Robert Foster, Knt., of Fosters, Egham, Surrey; their issue - Anne, Elizabeth, John (died and buried at Wadham College, Oxford), Mary, Susan, Charity and Katherine (died in infancy).
