(131) HERSTMONCEUX, All Saints
131D Wall tomb for the Lords DACRE, dated late 15th century and early 16th century
- Between the North-East (Dacre) chapel and the sanctuary.
- 330(W) x 340(H) (?taller on the South side)~Fabric worn but well consolidated; many details lost; colour recently restored.
- A substantial wall-tomb filling an arch between chapel and sanctuary; from each side, cusped arches over recumbent effigies of 2 armoured knights, lying with their feet to the East; base with quatrefoils; a decorated frieze over; in the North-East and South-East corners, niches with covers once contained statues (near here, on the North side graffiti: 'IC / WG TC/1722'); on the top frieze on South side, highly decorated achievements-of-arms; no M.I.s.
