CHURCHES of SUSSEX
Brass Rubbings of Sussex
Burton - The Gorings
The brasses here are memorials to the Gorings, who were once the Lords of
Burton.
Above his altar tomb Sir John of 1520 is shown kneeling in armour, with
these words written about him;
Remeber not, O Lord, the offences of my youth, nor my ignorances
And kneeling at a table with an open book is Lady Elizabeth Goring, who
has lost her husband since she came here in 1558.
She is wearing over her dress a tabard covered with heraldic designs, and
it is said that in this brass, Sussex has the only known example of a woman
in such a costume.
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