(270) WADHURST, St. Peter & St. Paul
270EE Mural monument for John BARHAM, d. 1723/4, and others
- South choir wall, in centre, high.
- 170(W); (H) inaccessible~Excellent; colour restored.
- In column and white marbles with pigment and gilding on decorative details and arms; signed (lower left): 'Wm. Palmer, Londini, Fecit'; above, on a curved and broken pediment, 2 mourning putti flank a flaming urn and an achievement; below, crossed trumpets and a crown against clouds; in the centre, an inscribed drapery held by 3 cherubim within a domed niche, flanked by rich fluted Corinthian. columns and a minor order of pilasters; below, elaborate base mouldings, then three elaborate corbels with acanthus decoration.
- John Barham, Esq., of Shoosmith, Wadhurst, d. 10 Mar 1723/4, aet 81; his wife, Lucy, d. 26 Sep 1716, aet 52, daughter of John Chauntler, Gent.; their issue, John d. 22 Aug 1699, aet 20 weeks; Elizabeth, d. 20 Sep 1712, aet 16.
