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

(276) WARTLING, St Mary Magdalene


276A Mural monument for Thomas LUXFORD d. 1739

-  Chancel, across North-West corner, above head height.

-  98(W) x 136 (H)~Excellent.

-  M.I. (18 lines, engraved, black) on 80% of a grey-veined and white marble tablet; straight entablature; base mouldings; two simple curved corbels; a dark grey curved apron.

-  Thomas Luxford, Esq., of Windmill Hill, Sussex, d. 24 Feb 1739, aet 72; his grandparents, Thomas Luxford, of Windmill Hill and Changed Collins, daughter of Thomas Collins, Esq., of Socknersh, Sussex; eldest son of Richard Luxford, Esq., and Catherine, daughter of Thomas Henshaw, Esq., all of Billingshurst, Sussex; Catherine Henshaw was niece to Joseph Henshaw, bishop of Peterborough.