CHURCHES of SUSSEX
Brass Rubbings of Sussex
Ardingly - The Culpeppers
A fine group of brasses are in the chancel. One
shows the last of the Wakehursts with his wife Elizabeth, proudly set under
a double canopy. He was a member of Parliament 500 years ago.
Here too are brasses of two Culpepper
brothers who married two sisters 400 years ago. Richard in Tudor armour
has three coloured shields; Nicholas and his wife have one of the biggest
families recorded on a brass. The children stand in two groups, ten
sons with long hair and eight daughters in tight gowns.
Within the altar rails is a brass portrait
of Elizabeth Culpepper (below), whose husband built the great Elizabethan
house, and there is a brass of a little Culpepper girl of seven, wearing a
lace cap and veil, with long flowing hair. This portrait of Elizabeth
shows her almost lost in a mass of richly embroidered robes.
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