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

(72) CUCKFIELD, Holy Trinity


72R mural monument for Walter BURRELL, d. 1683/4

-  Above head height on South wall of South nave aisle, South-East corner.

-  90(W) x c.240(H)~Very good; faded.

-  In white marble; M.I. (13 lines Latin, English) fills 60% of an oval lettered cartouche framed by scrolls and garlands of hops(?); initial capitals in red, otherwise black; above and below, winged cherubs; above, a curving cornice with coloured and gilded escutcheon.

-  Walter Burrell, Esq., 8 Mar 1660/1 - 21 Feb 1683/4, died of smallpox; eldest son of Ninion Burrell, Esq., and Anne, daughter of Sir William Culpeper, of Wakehurst, Baron.