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

(72) CUCKFIELD, Holy Trinity


72T Mural monument for William FETEPLACE, d. 1656

-  South nave aisle, very high in arcade, opposite 72S.

-  c.80(W) x c.140(H)~Generally good; cornice damaged.

-  In freestone, around a black M.I. tablet (engraved and gilded), set landscape-wise; radically broken pediment around an achievement; below, a generous base moulding, then volutes and gilded foliate ornament; scrolled bracket in centre.

-  William Feteplace, Gent., d. May 1656, aet 71, at Cuckfield; youngest son of Bessells Feteplace, Esq., of Bessells Lee, Berkshire; also, Walter Burrell, Esq., of Holmested, near kinsman.