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

(112) FRISTON, St. Mary the Virgin


112B Mural monument for Thomas SELWYN, d. 1613/4, and Elizabeth his wife

-  North chapel, West wall.

-  170(W) x 325(H)~Good; repairs; losses.

-  In alabaster; Thomas Selwyn (to left) and his wife kneel at a prayer desk; below, 3 infants in chrisoms; below that, a ledger stone with chamfered edge, on a chest with 6 daughters, in relief, who kneel and face North; flanking, 2 black polished Corinthian columns; on back wall, an arch over strapwork; M.I. (engraved, gilded) on a black panel with lozenged ends, set portrait-wise; above, a straight gilded entablature, 3 achievements, the central one very large; all stands on a moulded plinth.

-  Thomas Selwyn, armiger, d. 16 Mar 1613/4, aet 67; his wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Henry Goring, of Burton; issue – 3 sons, two died in infancy; Mary, wife of Thomas Woodward; Elizabeth, wife of Thomas Parker; Alice, wife of John Woodward; Dorothy; Anne; and Beatrice.