CHURCHES of SUSSEX
Brass Rubbings of Sussex
Etchingham - Echyngham Family
There are six fine brasses. That of the founder has unhappily lost its head;
it is the oldest brass in Sussex bearing a date, and has an inscription in
French which says;
Of earth I was made and formed
And to earth I have returned
He died in 1388. A fine brass under a triple
canopy is of Lady Joan Echyngham between her husband and her son; it
is 1444 and one of the finest brasses in Sussex.
Two tiny brasses of 1450 and 1480 are probably of two
sisters; very sweet they look dressed in flowing kirtles, an unconventional
pair.
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