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

(239) SOUTH MALLING, St. Michael


239E Ledger for Dorothy SPENCE, d. 1685, and others

-  Chancel floor, South-East corner.

-  96(W) x 163(H)~Scratched.

-  M.I. (many lines, engraved) covers a black slab; head to East.

-  Dorothy Spence, buried 10 Jul 1685, youngest daughter of Sir Houland Roberts, Bart., of Glassenbury, Kent, and wife of John Spence II, Esq., the son of John Spence I; also, Byne, d. 1721, aet 39, daughter of Sir G Walker, Bart., and first wife of John Spence III, Esq.; their issue - youngest son, Benjamin, d. 1721; eldest son, William, died aet 9; third son, Henry, d. 7 Jul 1761, aet 42; also, Mary Spence, d. 24 Dec 1751, aet 23, second daughter of John Spence III by Graciana, his second wife; also, Henrietta, d. 27 Oct 1775, aet 58, daughter of Sir Thomas Frederick, Knt., and wife of Luke Spence, Esq.