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

(190) ORE, St. Helen


190G Mural monument for Mary WHITHAM, d. 1797, and others

-  West wall buttress, facing South, to North of East window, at head height.

-  68.5(W) x 52(H)~Very good; rust.

-  M.I. (18 lines, engraved, black) on an unframed white marble panel; 2 tiny black corbels.

-  Mary Whitham, died at Hastings, 13 Mar 1797, aet 73; widow of Abraham Whitham, Esq., diplomat (Majorca); issue - youngest son, Hugh-William Whitham, d. 26 Jul 1785, aet 23; second daughter, Mary, d. 2 Mar 1825, aet 75; third daughter, Susanna, d. 5 Mar 1830, aet 76; other son(s) unnamed.