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

(221) RYE, St. Mary


221VVV Mural monument for William PROSSER, d. 1795, and his family

-  North aisle, North wall, East of 221TTT.

-  40(W) x 75(H)~Very good.

-  A grey marble convex escutcheon set on a matching black baseplate; ogival top; M.I. (engraved, black) fills escutcheon.

-  William Prosser, jurat, of Rye, d. 6 Nov 1795, aet 87; his wife, Hannah, d. 26 Mar 1791, aet 73; their issue - William, Lieutenant in the East India Co., died in battle on the Malabar Coast, 18 May 1775, aet 26; James, d. 3 Dec 1792, aet 35; John, d. 2 Jul 1796, aet 42.