(72) CUCKFIELD, Holy Trinity
72M Mural monument for Ninian BURRELL, d. 1614
- South-East chapel, centre of South wall, above head height.
- 103(W) x 186(H)~Good; top of brass worn.
- A rectangular brass, set landscape-wise, engraved and black; within an alabaster frame; engraved images of Ninian Burrell and wife kneeling over a prayer-desk with children behind them; motto: 'IESU ESTO MIHI JESUS'; flanked by panelled pilasters with escutcheons; below, a base moulding, then a black M.I. panel (English and Latin) flanked by escutcheons; above, a large, moulded cornice supporting 2 slender obelisks flanking an achievement.
- Ninian Burrell, Esq., d. 2 Sep 1614, aet 74; his widow (married 16 years), Jane, buried Aug 1655, aet 77, daughter of Henry Smith, Gent., and later, wife of Peter Courthope, of Danny, Hurstpierpoint, Esq.; their issue - (5 sons): Walter, Ninian, Alexander, Thomas and John; and (6 daughters): Timothie, Jane, Anne, Dorothie, Elizabeth and Judeth.
