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

(217) ROTTINGDEAN, St. Margaret


217F Mural monument for Elizabeth FOTHERGILL, d. 1800

-  Sanctuary South wall, above head height.

-  87(W) x 145(H)~Very good.

-  M.I. (31 lines, engraved, black) fills a white marble tablet set portrait-wise; unframed; engraved, chamfered border; black baseplate; 2 small white corbels.

-  Elizabeth Fothergill, died at Brighton, 2 Oct 1800, aet 59; widow of John Fothergill, Esq., of Handsworth, Staffordshire; issue - 4 sons and 3 daughters, all unnamed; her many virtues, analogies with scriptural Martha and Mary; she died during a short visit to the coast.