(86) EAST GRINSTEAD, St. Swithun
86A Mural monument for Sir John MAJOR, d. 1781
- South aisle wall, West of South door, above head height.
- 120(W) x 175(H)~Very good.
- M.I. (engraved) on a grey marble tablet, set portrait-wise; curved top and low relief foliage in spandrels; darker grey decorated border; flanking, plain pink pilasters; modest cornice moulding with achievement; enriched base moulding and 2 flattened corbels decorated with acanthus.
- Sir John Major, Bart., of Worlingworth Hall and Thornham Hall, Suffolk, High Sheriff of Sussex in 1755, d. 16 Feb 1781, aet 82; his wife, Elizabeth, of the family of Dale in Yorkshire, d. 4 Sep 1780, aet 76, both buried at Worlingworth; their grandson, Hon. John Henniker Major.
