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A large sarcophagus built into the wall surmounted by a standing female figure, robed, holding a large cross in her right hand, her left resting on an urn; above the figure is the Percy arms. There are inscriptions to the front of the sarcophagus.

Title

Monument to the Percy Family

Date

1837

Medium

white marble

Measurements

H 485 x W 244 x D 74 cm

Accession number

GU28_JD_S049

Acquisition method

commissioned by George, Earl of Egremont

Work type

Monument

Owner

The Percy family

Custodian

Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin

Work status

extant

Unveiling date

1837

Access

time restrictions apply

Access note

church opening times

Signature/marks description

carved letters, right hand side of the plinth: J.E. CAREW. SCULPTOR FECIT Proh Pudor Academiae Non Academicus.

Inscription description

carved letters immediately below sculpture: IN THIS CHANCEL WERE BURIED / HENRY PERCY 9TH. EARL OF NORTHUMBERLAND, 1632. / LADY DOROTHY DEVEREUX, HIS WIFE, 1619. / LADY LUCY PERCY, COUNTESS OF CARLISLE, HIS DAUGHTER, 1660. / ALGERNON10TH. EARL HIS SON, 1668. / LADY ANN CECIL, HIS WIFE, 1637. / LADY ELIZABETH HOWARD, HIS SECOND WIFE. 1704. / LADY ANN PERCY, LADY STANHOPE, HIS DAUGHTER, 1654. / JOSCELINE 11TH. EARL, HIS SON, 1670. / LADY ELIZABETH WRIOTHESLEY, HIS WIFE, 1698. / HENRY EARL OF OGEE, 1680. / AND OTHERS OF THE FAMILY OF PERCY WHICH AT THE DEATH OF JOSCELINE / BECAME EXTINCT IN THE MALE LINE. / THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED TO THEIR MEMORY / BY THEIR DESCENDANT GEORGE EARL OF EGREMONT / IN THE YEAR 1837 THE 86TH OF HIS AGE. / MORTUIS MORITURUS; carved letters into black marble at base of monument: IN THE CHURCH WAS BURIED JOSCELINE DE LOUVAIN / WHO MARRIED AGNES, THE HEIRESS OF THE PERCY FAMILY. / HE WAS BROTHER TO QUEEN ADELICIA / WHO AFTER THE DEATH OF HER HUSBAND HENRY THE FIRST / GAVE TO HIM THE HONOR AND MANOR OF PETWORTH A PART OF HER DOWRY / WHICH GRANT WAS CONFIRMED TO THE FAMILY BY HENRY THE SECOND.

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