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

(137) HORSTED KEYNES, St. Giles


137F Mural monument for George HAY, d. 1737, his wife Margaret, d. 1740, and family

-  Sanctuary, North wall, at head height.

-  88(W) x 191(H)~Very good; fading.

-  Mostly white marble; an escutcheon on a straight moulded cornice over an unframed tablet, set portrait-wise; M.I. (engraved, black) fills surface; ornamental scrolled lines; below, base moulding; black curved apron between fluted corbels.

-  Rev. George Hay, A.M., rector at Horsted Keynes, 32 years, d. 1728 [sic], aet 84; his wife of 52 years, Margaret, d. 1732 [sic], aet 84; their issue 11 - youngest daughter, Margaret, d. 16 Aug 1767, aet 70, the wife of William Dalmahoy, Esq., son of Alexander Dalmahoy, Bart.; also, Alexander Dalmahoy, died an infant, first son of Alexander Dalmahoy, Esq., of London; also Alexander Dalmahoy, Esq., of London, d. 10 Oct 1781, aet 57, and his wife, Elizabeth, second daughter of John Board, Esq., of Paxhill, Sussex; their issue - 2 sons and 8 daughters.