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

(221) RYE, St. Mary


221S Ledger for Marke SPYE, d. 1657, his wife Elizabeth SPYE, d. 1667, and her second husband, Thomas CROUCH, d. 1682

-  North-East chapel floor, near centre of North wall.

-  84(W) x 179(L)~Serious cracks.

-  Escutcheons at either end; M.I. in centre; all fills surface of a black slab; head to West.

-  Marke Spye, merchant, d. 15 Aug 1657, aet 32, son of John Spye; his wife, Elizabeth, d. 18 Oct 1667; her second husband, Thomas Crouch, Gent., Mayor of Rye, d. 7 Aug 1682, aet 49; their issue - Elizabeth, d. 9 Sep 1682, aet 23, wife of Henry Da[r]ington, Gent.