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

(158) LEWES, St. John-sub-Castro


158A Mural monument for Peter Guerin CROFTS (jnr), d. 1859, and his family

-  Chancel, South wall, lower left.

-  103(W) x 188(H)~Excellent.

-  Curve-topped black slate baseplate with white marble urn in half relief; M.I. (engraved, black) on white marble tablet with black frame, set portrait-wise, with cornice and base mouldings; Doric half-columns flanking; rosettes above; below, decorated brackets.

-  Harriet Crofts, d. 13 Mar 1813, aet 34; daughter of William Campion, Esq., of Lewes; first wife of Rev. Peter Guerin Crofts, M.A., rector of this parish for 48 years, d. 16 Jul 1859, aet 84; his second wife, Elizabeth Frederica, d. 24 Aug 1878, aet 83; their daughter, Mary Henrietta, d. 30 Jan 1829, aet 4.