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

(221) RYE, St. Mary


221RR Ledger for James BENN, d. 1724, and his wives Susanna, d. 1717, and Anne, d. 1721

-  Sanctuary floor, South side, East of 221 QQ, partly under main altar.

-  98(W) x 125(L)~Worn; stained.

-  M.I. (engraved) fills a grey freestone slab.

-  Susanna Benn, d. 9 Aug 1717, aet 42; second daughter of James Brown, Esq., of Spelmenden, Kent, and wife of James Benn, customs collector of Rye, d. 25 Apr 1724, aet 45; his second wife, Ann, d. 16 Jun 1721, daughter of William Bishop, Esq., of Sedlescombe; issue - a son, died an infant.