Monument to the Percy Family
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Location
| Street: | Church Street |
| Town: | Petworth |
| Parish: | Petworth |
| Council: | Chichester District Council |
| County: | West Sussex |
| Postcode: | GU28 |
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| Object setting: | Inside building |
| and in: | Religious |
| Access is: | Public |
| Location note: | The Baptistry, Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin |
| In the AZ book: | West Sussex |
| Page: | 61 |
| Grid reference: | N9 |
| The A-Z books used are A-Z East Sussex and A-Z West Sussex (Editions 1A 2005). Geographers' A-Z Map Company Ltd. Sevenoaks. | |
| Previous location: | The Chapel of St. Thomas (moved in 1904) |
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Makers
| Name : | John Edward Carew |
| Role: | Sculptor |
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General Information
| Commissioned by: | George, Earl of Egremont. |
| Construction period: | 1837 |
| Installation date: | 1837 |
| Unveiling date: | 1837 |
| Work is: | Extant |
| Owner custodian: | Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Petworth. |
| Description: | Faces west. Large sarcophagus built into the wall surmounted by a female figure holding a large cross in the right hand and the left resting on an urn. Above the figure is the Percy arms. Inscriptions to the front of the sarcophagus. |
| Iconographical description: | The figure represents 'Faith'. |
| Signatures: | Carved letters, right hand side of the plinth:
J.E. CAREW. SCULPTOR FECIT Proh Pudor Academiae Non Academicus. |
| Inscription: | 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. ALGERNON 10TH. 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 BART. 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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Classification
| Categories: | Sculptural, Religious, Funerary, Commemorative |
| Object type1: | Sculpture |
| Object type2: | Statue |
| Subject type1: | Figurative |
| Subject subtype1: | Standing |
| Subject type2: | Symbolic |
| Subject subtype1: | Standing |
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Object Parts
| Part 1: | Statue |
| Material: | White marble |
| Height (cm): | 225 |
| Width (cm): | 168 |
| Depth (cm): | 25 |
| Part 2: | Whole monument |
| Material: | White, black and grey marble |
| Height (cm): | 485 |
| Width (cm): | 244 |
| Depth (cm): | 74 |
| Part 3: | Sarcophagus |
| Material: | White, black and grey marble |
| Height (cm): | 170 |
| Width (cm): | 244 |
| Depth (cm): | 74 |
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Object Condition
| Overall condition: | Good |
| Risk assessment: | No known risk |
| Date of on-site inspection: | 13/02/2008 |
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History
| History: | Commemorates the Percy ancestors of the Wyndham family. Female figure holding across with the Percy arms above. Erected by George, Earl of Egremont in 1837 just before his death aged 86. It is in memory of his Percy ancestors. Carew was employed by Lord Egremont at Petworth from 1823-1837. Carew felt at the time that his talents were not generally recognised and carved the inscription at the top of the plinth on the right side:- J.E. Carew Sculptor Fecit, Proh Pudor Academiae non Academicus (To the shame of the Academy not an Academician).
(The Story of Petworth Parish Church) |
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References
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Photographs
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