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

(131) HERSTMONCEUX, All Saints


131B Mural monument for John LANCASTER, d. 1715, and his wives Mary, d. 1696, and Lucretia, d. 1732/3

-  North aisle, North wall, East of 131A, at head height.

-  45(W) x 95(H)~Excellent.

-  A grey marble panel, set portrait-wise; M.I. (13 lines - 6+3+4), engraved, black); simple cornice and base moulding in matching darker grey; below, as corbel, a flattened Ionic capital with space below for a square panel, intended for an escutcheon.

-  John Lancaster, of Herstmonceux, d. 4 Aug 1715, aet 75; his first wife, Mary, d. 12 Apr 1696, aet 37; his last wife, Lucretia, d. 18 Feb 1732/3, aet 77.