(172) MARESFIELD, St. Bartholomew
172E Mural monument for Louisa RIVETT, d. 1798
- Tower, centre of South wall, at head height, beneath 172D.
- 79(W) x 92(H)~Fine; local damage (upper M.I.), faded.
- In grey marble; M.I. (15 lines, engraved, centred, black) fills a tablet set portrait-wise; simple moulded frame; flat cornice; wave decoration on base moulding; below, 2 scrolled corbels.
- Louisa Rivett, died in childbirth, 14 Apr 1798, aet 27; youngest daughter of Culling Smith, Esq., of Hadley, Middlesex; and wife of Thomas Rivett, rector of Maresfield; issue - 3 unnamed; her virtues.
