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

(264) UCKFIELD, Holy Cross


264P Mural monument for Richard Beard STREATFEILD, d. 1770, and his family

-  South aisle wall, at head height, towards West end.

-  100(W) x 215(H)~Excellent.

-  In grey-veined marble, a rectangular M.I. tablet (engraved and black); flanked by fluted Doric pilasters; below, base mouldings, finials, an ornamental apron with a column escutcheon and 2 cherubim; above, a plain frieze with raunce inset and cornice supporting urn and 2 flaming lamps.

-  Richard Beard Streatfeild, Esq., of Copwood, d. 10 Jan 1770, aet 60; his widow, Mary, d. 3 Aug 1789, aet 74, daughter of John Egles, Esq., of Copwood; issue - Mary, d. 13 Mar 1740/1, an infant; and Elizabeth, d. 14 Mar 1741/2, an infant; all buried Chiddingstone, Kent.