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

(306) WORTH, St. Nicholas


306C Mural monument for Elizabeth WHITFIELD, d. 1624

-  North transept, West wall, at head height.

-  105(W) x 197(H)~Very good; arms restored.

-  In alabaster and slate; M.I. (many lines, English and Latin, gilded, not engraved) on tablet with arched top; straight cornice over; above, an achievement; apron, scrolled and strapped ornament; below, a thick base moulding; no corbel.

-  Elizabeth Whitfield, d. 23 May 1624, aet 40; eldest child of Sir Edward Colpeper, of Wakehurst; and 13 years wife of John Whitfield, Esq., of Rowfarnt; their issue - Thomas, John, Robert, Elizabeth, Ann, Mary.