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

(72) CUCKFIELD, Holy Trinity


72S Mural monument for John BURRELL, d. 1690/1

-  South aisle wall, above head, between central windows.

-  89(W) x 184(H)~Very good.

-  Moulded white marble frame with small pointed pediment; encloses a black M.I. tablet (engraved and gilded); below, base mouldings, a curved scrolled apron with ferns and other foliage and a distraught, winged cherub acting as corbel.

-  John Burrell, Gent., d. 15 Jan 1690/1, aet 76; youngest son of Ninion Burrell, Esq., of Holmsted; his wife, Bridgett, daughter of Thomas Short, Gent., of Tenterden, Kent; their issue - 8: only Mary still living, wife of William Board, eldest son of William Board, Esq., of Board Hill.