Group Of 7 Headstones About 50 Metres North East Of Church Of Saint Gregory And Saint Martin

TR 0446 0546 WYE HIGH STREET (north side)

8/262 Group of 7 head- stones about 50 metres north-east of Church of SS Gregory and Martin

GV II

Group of 7 headstones. Cosman Ertz Berger, d. 1744. About 3½ feet high, with scrolled shoulders to cornice, wreathed skulls and trumpets and central cartouche. Ertz Berger was from Basl (Switzerland), became a member of household of Earls of Winchelsea, lived in Wye for 65 years, dying 89 years old. Thomas Franklin d. 1761, Glazier and Plumber of this town. About 2 feet high, with incised round arched panel and scrolled shoulders to double domed head with central baluster support, with skull and trumpet to left, winged hourglass to right. Barbara Franklin, d. 1758. Identical to the last, as is an adjacent headstone to the south, the inscription illegible. James Phillpott, d. 1755. About 2 feet high with cherub head, and florid Rocaille decoration with scallop shells. Catherine Phillpott d. 1744, about 2 feet high, with crude scrolled shoulders and skull and trumpet motif, with round headed plaque. Reverend John Bateman, d. 1749. About 2½ feet high, with single skull and palm fronds spouting from scrolled shoulders.

Listing NGR: TR0546546917