Baby boy sleeps peacefully, his head on a tasselled pillow. Jacobean alabaster tomb of Sir Thomas Caryll (died 1616), his wife Lady Margaret and their children, in the Church of St Mary the Virgin in Shipley, West Sussex, England.
Church of St Mary the Virgin, Shipley, West Sussex, England: in the south chancel, the large alabaster tomb of Sir Thomas Caryll (died 1616, aged 49) and his wife, Lady Margaret, who lie side by side in period dress. On the base are three kneeling figures of their daughters facing a baby son asleep on a tasselled pillow. The Carylls were a prominent family in the area for at least 200 years, their fortune coming from iron. They worked a furnace at Knepp, which had the largest hammer pond in Sussex. They remained staunch Roman Catholics. St Mary the Virgin is one of the oldest Norman churches in Sussex. A church was first mentioned in 1073 when William de Braose, a powerful Norman supporter of William the Conqueror, was given the manor of Shipley soon after the Battle of Hastings. He and his son took part in the crusades and were benefactors of the church. The de Braose estates at Shipley were passed to the Knights Templar in about 1139 and they rebuilt the church in about 1140. In the reign of Edward II (1294-1327), the church passed to the Knights Hospitallers, who held it until 1540. A north aisle with a Gothic arcade was added during the 1800s. Shipley is a village about seven miles south of Horsham. It takes its name from a Saxon word meaning “sheep pasture”.
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Location: Church of St Mary the Virgin, Shipley, West Sussex, England
Photo credit: © Terence Kerr / Alamy / Afripics
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