Nicolaus Lefter Clericus
obiit Die 3rd Decembris 1746
Aeuatis 62
ELIZABETH ejus uxor
et Filia Roberti Willan LLD
nuper de Edburton Com Sufsexia
ob. XVII Aprilis MDCCLX
Aetat LXXVII
a ejus Filia ob Die
ii 1718 ????
Elizabeth ???? ejus Filia
ob Die 23 Januarii 1742
Aetat 35.
Type: Internal Monument.
Monument Condition: Unknown.
Inscription Condition: Unknown.
Last name: Lester.
First Name(s): Nicholas.
Birth date: Not given.
Death date: 03 Dec 1746.
Age: 62.
Stone slab set in the north side of the chancel floor. In Latin and very hard to read (at least from my photo).
Rough translation (schoolboy Latin a distant memory!):
Nicholas Lester Priest died 3rd December 1746 aged 62.
Elizabeth his wife and daughter Roberta Willan (LLD is the first part of something going under the wall) recently of Edburton in Sussex died 27th April 1760 aged 77 also his daughter ?? 1718 ???? Elizabeth ???? his daughter died 23 January 1742 aged 35
Transcribed by: Mark Collins.
Batch: Unknown.