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Title
Monument to Ninian Burrell (1540–1614)
Medium
pink marble, coloured stone & gilt
Measurements
H 245 x W 50 x D 25 cm
Accession number
RH17_LS_S014
Work type
Relief
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 every day when the sculpture may not be accessible.
Inscription description
plaque on base of monument: HE WAS A STUDENT OF GOOD LEARNING AT Oxford; WHERE HE LIVED THREE / YEARES FELLOW COMMONER OF Waddam COLLEDG: AFTERWARD HE GAVE HIMSELFE / TO YE STUDIE OF YE LAW AT London; WHERE HE LIVED FOR THE SPACE OF FIVE / YEARES IN YE MIDDLE Temple: AND BEING XXVIJ YEARES OLD DIED OF A CON = / SUMPTION AT London; YE X: DAY OF November IN YE YEARE OF CHRIST M/DC. XXIIX . AND HERE BEING BURIED WAITETH FOR YE SECOND COMING OF YE MESSIAH / His words as he laye on his death bed / MY FLESH & MY HART FAILETH, BUT GOD IS YE STRENGTH OF MY HART & MY PORTION FOR EVER / Lectori : / VIVE diu, SED VIVE Deo; NAM VIVERE MUNDO / MORTIS OPUS, VIVA EST VIVERE VITA DEO; at the top of the monument, on the front of the canopy, inscribed panel: TO THE MEMORIE OF THAT WORTHIE YOUNG GENTLE= / MAN NINIAN BURRELL, THE SECOND SONNE OF NINI= / AN BURRELL OF COCKFIELD ESQUIRE: WALTER BUR= / RELL, HIS ELDER BROTHER WILLINGLY AND NOT WITH= / OUT HIS DESERT; HATH ERECTED THIS MONUMENT.