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

(120) HAMSEY, St. Peter


120H Mural monument for Rev. [John] WENHAM, d. 1773

-  Chancel, South wall, South-East corner, at head height.

-  104(W) x 215(H)~Excellent; some fading.

-  Above an obelisk bearing an achievement; then, a moulded cornice with blank frieze; below, Doric pilasters frame M.I. (engraved, black) on a rectangular panel; at foot, apron and corbels.

-  Rev. [John] Wenham, A.M., rector of Hamsey, d. 12 Aug 1773, aet 33: quotes Rev. XIV 13.