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[89297] St Andrew & St Mary, Fletching : Hatchment
St Mary & St Andrew, Fletching, East Sussex.
Grade l listed.
Hatchment of the Earls of Sheffield of the nearby Sheffield Park.
This one for John Baker Holroyd, 1st Earl of Sheffield (1735-1821) who married as his third wife, in 1798, Anne daughter of Frederick, 2nd Earl of Guildford.
A Hatchment is a large, painted tablet, typically diamond-shaped, bearing the coat of arms of someone who has died. After hanging outside the family home for a period they were brought inside the church and displayed in their honour.
[89297] St Andrew & St Mary, Fletching : Hatchment
St Mary & St Andrew, Fletching, East Sussex.
Grade l listed.
Hatchment of the Earls of Sheffield of the nearby Sheffield Park.
This one for John Baker Holroyd, 1st Earl of Sheffield (1735-1821) who married as his third wife, in 1798, Anne daughter of Frederick, 2nd Earl of Guildford.
A Hatchment is a large, painted tablet, typically diamond-shaped, bearing the coat of arms of someone who has died. After hanging outside the family home for a period they were brought inside the church and displayed in their honour.