(234) SLAUGHAM, St. Mary
234D Wall monument for Richard COVERT, d. 1547
- Sanctuary North wall, West of 234E.
- 183(W) x 223(H)~Good; colour lost; local damage (brasses).
- In freestone; straight, crested top; below, a Tudor arch with quatrefoils in the frieze, over a niche; 11 brasses on the back wall (4 escutcheons, 4 figures (Richard Covert & his wives 1-3), 2 M.I.s; 1 Resurrection; below, a chest with more brasses (now blank) and 3 ornamental panels on its front; facetted pillars flank the niche.
- Richard Covert, Esq., d. 7 Jun 1547; his first wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John and Elizabeth Fagge; his second wife, also Elizabeth, daughter of George Neville, Lord Bergavenny; his third wife, Jane, daughter of William Ashburnham, Esq.; his fourth wife, Blanche, daughter of John Vaughan of Bergavenny, Esq.
