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

(297) WILLINGDON, St. Mary the Virgin


297S Cartouche monument for William PARKER, d. 1727

-  Sanctuary, North wall, above head height, alongside 297R.

-  86(W) x 150(H)~Excellent.

-  In white marble, M.I. (engraved, black) fills cartouche in form of a drape and set portrait-wise; a rich frame of 4 cherubim, decorative textile and flowers; above, achievement.

-  William Parker, armiger, d. 1 Jan 1727, aet 48, of Lincoln's Inn; son of Robert Parker of Ratton; erected by his heirs.