(302) WITHYHAM, St. Michael and All Angels
302J Freestanding monument for Thomas SACKVILLE, d. 1675, and his father Richard, Earl of Dorset, d. 1677, erected 1678
- Sackville Chapel, freestanding, in the centre.
- The plinth: 348 (East-West); 248 (North-South); The tomb-chest: 120(W) x 229(L)~Excellent; local losses (toes, etc.).
- A tomb-chest on a stepped plinth set East-West; a semi-reclining effigy with a skull, gazing to the East, on a rolled mat, on a polished dark grey ledger; the tomb-chest with white marble panels within a dark grey frame, with his mourning parents kneeling on cushions (father on the North side); portrayals of the siblings in middle relief, dead and alive, kneeling or facing East; on the North side (6 brothers); on the South side (6 sisters); M.I. (engraved, black) on tablets on each short end; East end on patronage; West end, verses on Thomas Sackville's virtues; an achievement on a plaque at the East end; another similar, with details of the Earl, on the other end.
- Thomas Sackville, d 1675, aet 13, thirteenth child and seventh son of Rt. Hon. Richard, Earl of Dorset, d. 27 Aug 1677, aet 55; and Frances, Countess Dowager of Dorset.
