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Title
Monument to Charles Sergison (1654–1732)
Date
1734
Medium
white & grey marble
Measurements
H 380 x W 217 x D 70 cm;
Plinth: H 115 x W 217 x D 48 cm
Accession number
RH17_LS_S013
Acquisition method
commissioned by will of the subject
Work type
Statue
Owner
Parish church of Holy Trinity, Cuckfield
Custodian
Parish church of Holy Trinity, Cuckfield
Work status
extant
Access
time restrictions apply
Access note
The church is open daily, 9am–5pm, although there are also services each day.
Signature/marks description
on the edge of the medallion:Tho. ADEY. SCVLPT. IT
Inscription description
left-hand side of panel on base: Near this Place lyeth Interred ye Body of / CHARLES SERGISON Esqr. Of Cuckfield Place / who departed this life Novr. ye 26th. 1732 Aged 78. / He was initiated into ye Civil Government / of the Royal Navy in the Year 1671, / as a Clerk in one of His Majesty's Yards, / & laudably Served through Several Offics / till the Year 1719 (namely 48 Years ) / 35 of which as a Principal Officer and / Commissioner to the Satisfaction of / the Several Kings and Queens, and their / greatest Ministers, and all his Superiors, / about which time the Civil Government / of the Navy being put into Military hands, / he was esteem'd, by them, not a fit person / to serve any longer; right-hand side of panel on base, inscribed letters: He was a Gentleman of great Capacity & Penetration / exact Judgment, / close Application to Business / Strict Integrity: / These Virtues compleatly qualify'd him for yt Post / which he so well fill'd, so long enjoy'd / In those who serv'd under him. Merit alone recommended / Fidelity and Diligence were rewarded, / which gain'd him Respect, Esteem and Honour. / He serv'd his Country in several Parliament, / where like a true Patriot, / he consulted only ye real Interest of ye Nation, / without any particular views of his own. / In private Life He observ'd Justice & Probity / was Affectionate to his Relations / Peaceable to his Neighours / Kind and Beneficent to his Servants / And in every Station an Honest Man
