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

(93) EASTBOURNE, St. Mary


93UU Mural monument for Jane-Eliza WAKE, d. 1823

-  South aisle, South wall, East of main door, at head height.

-  109(W) x 73(H)~Very good; fading.

-  A shallow, black baseplate; M.I. (14 lines, engraved) on white marble tablet, unframed, with 2 corbels with acanthus decoration; cornice over; at top, pointed pediment with flames left and right; signed (lower right): 'WHITING, Sculp. NORTHAMPTON'.

-  Jane-Eliza Wake, d. 8 Jun 1823, aet 44, buried Eastbourne; her husband, Richard William Wake, rector of Courteenhall, Northamptonshire; no issue mentioned; her many virtues.