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

(221) RYE, St. Mary


221QQ Floor-mounted brasses for Thomas HAMON, d. 1607

-  Sanctuary floor, partly obscured by altar.

-  90(W) x 150(L)~Local losses (brass edges).

-  A grey freestone slab; in centre, a standing male figure engraved on a brass plate; below, M.I. (6 lines, engraved) on a brass; around edges, some parts survive of a M.I. on a brass band.

-  Thomas Hamon, burgess, mayor, trained band captain, etc., d. 20 Jul 1607; his widow, Martha.