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

(265) UDIMORE, St. Mary


265I Ledger and brasses for John FREEBODY, d. 1578, John Freebody, d 1715/6, and Elizabeth Freebody, d. 1741

-  Nave floor, South-East corner, under 265H.

-  82(W) x 175(L)~Good.

-  M.I. (engraved) on upper 55% of freestone slab; head to West; 2 brass plates attached to East end (upper brass for John Freebody d. 1578; lower brass for John Freebody d. 1715); M.I. on slab for Elizabeth Freebody, d. 1741.

-  John Freebody, d. 28 Sep 1578, aet 80; another John Freebody, Gent., of Knellstone, d. 5 Jan 1715/6, aet 57; one Elizabeth, widow of a John Freebody, d. 5 Feb 1741, aet 85; her son, Thomas Freebody, Gent., of Knellstone, laid the tombstone in 1756.