CHURCHES of SUSSEX
Brass Rubbings of Sussex
Brightling - Unknown
An ancient stone has a brass inscription let in by six sons to their father,
Richard Glyd, and his wife. He died two years after Shakespeare, and his sons
cut this on the stone:
Prove friends unkind, this marble stone shall weep
And Time in shedding teares with April keep.
Three other brasses reside here. One is the oldest possession of the church,
a 15th century engraving of the symbols of the Evangelists, with a man and
a woman whose seven children are missing. The second is an elegant 16th century
portrait of Thomas Pye; The third is John Battys with his rosary, a remarkable
brass. It has been here since the 15th century, and under it is a square brass
which tells an odd story.
It seems that John Battys gave certain
lands to the church, and that the deed was recorded on this brass. The
brass was removed and torn in two, and the lands were stolen until the missing
brass was found in a well and replaced in Cromwell's day.
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