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

(255) TELSCOMBE (VILLAGE), St. Laurence


255B Mural monument for Rev. Thomas and Elizabeth HIGGINS, d. 1787 and 1800

-  On North wall, North-East corner.

-  110(W) x 210(H)~Very good.

-  Above, a black obelisk with scrolled escutcheon; grey-veined cornice over M.I. (8 + 4 lines, engraved, black) filling unframed tablet on grey scrolled brackets; final 4 lines added after 1800.

-  Rev. Thomas Higgins, A.M., rector of Telscombe and vicar of Piddinghoe, d. 15 Jun 1787, aet 46; his widow, Elizabeth, d. 30 Jan 1800, aet 64, daughter of Rev. Hugh Colley.