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

(234) SLAUGHAM, St. Mary


234E Wall monument for Jane FETYPLACE (COVERT), d. 1586/7

-  Sanctuary North wall, North-East corner, East of 234D.

-  142(W) x 218(H) x 24(D)~Worn; some colour.

-  In a range of materials: cretaceous (Petworth marble) Doric columns on base mouldings; decorative alabaster inserts in frieze; pointed pediment with rosettes & an oval lozenge over crisp entablature mouldings; rectangular panels (now blank) in frieze; 2 Doric columns on bases, between which, on the back wall, brass plates - 2 escutcheons & a female kneeling figure, at a prayer-desk and a M.I.; below, a ledger; below that, chest on plinth decorative with crowns.

-  Jane Fetyplace, d. 25 Jan 1586/7; daughter of John Covert, of Slaugham; her first husband, Sir Francis Fleming; her second husband, Sir John Fetyplace; also her nephew, William Covert.