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

(131) HERSTMONCEUX, All Saints


131A Mural monument for Margaret BECKETT, d. 1750

-  North aisle, North wall, at head height.

-  117(W) x 186(H)~Excellent.

-  In mixed grey, cream and white marbles; M.I. (18 lines, engraved, black) on a panel framed by Doric half-columns, cornice and base mouldings; above, an entablature, frieze and broken, pointed pediment; half-urn in the centre; below, scrolled corbels to left and right and at 90 degrees to the wall.

-  Margaret Beckett, d. 27 Dec 1750, aet 78; servant of George Naylor, Esq., of Herstmonceux, Esq., and a dependant of his daughter, Grace Naylor, who died 1727.