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

(207) POYNINGS, Holy Trinity


207B Mural monument for George BEARD, d. 1786

-  Sanctuary, East wall, South of East window, at head height.

-  70(W) x 133(H)~Very good; fading.

-  M.I. on white tablet; above, dark-veined marble with curved; below, an escutcheon.

-  Rev. George Beard, 54 years curate and rector at Poynings, d. 25 Jun 1786, aet 77; unnamed sibling(s); his many virtues (piety, zeal, fraternal affection, patience, frugality, generosity, charity).