Church of St Mary

A Grade I Listed Building in Easebourne, West Sussex

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St Mary: Priory Church but now mostly Victorian by Blomfield, 1876
St Mary: view from the north
St Mary: view from the north-west; late c12 tower
St Mary: view from the east of the church, site of the east end of Easebourne Priory
St Mary: nave & chancel, almost entirely Victorian
St Mary: surviving c11 south wall of medieval priory with some Norman work
St Mary: south aisle, originally nave of the priory; current nave in background with late c13 recess in north wall
St Mary: David Owen, d.1535, reputedly illegitimate son of Owen Tudor & half uncle of Henry VII
St Mary: tomb of Anthony Browne, d.1592, & two wives; moved from Midhurst church in 1851
St Mary: Anthony Browne, d.1592; Viscount Montacute
St Mary: two wives of Anthony Browne, Jane Ratcliffe, d.1552 & Magdalen Dacre, d.1608
St Mary: Jane Ratcliffe, d.1552, first wife of Anthony Browne, daughter of Robert, first Earl of Sussex
St Mary: inscription relating to descent and offspring of Jane Ratcliffe, d.1552, first wife of Anthony Browne
St Mary: inscription relating to descent and offspring of Magdalen Dacre, d.1608, second wife of Anthony Browne
St Mary: child and heraldic arms from the tomb of Anthony Browne, 1592
St Mary: William Poyntz, d.1840, & wife Elizabeth Mary (Browne), d.1830; last in line as they witnessed their only sons, aged 14 & 10, drowned in 1815
St Mary: David Owen, d.1535, eng. c.1500; alabaster effigy with Tudor collar of roses & SSs
St Mary: Magdalen Dacre, d.1608, second wife of Anthony Browne; a staunch Catholic, her family were indirectly associated with the Gunpowder Plot
St Mary's Easebourne
Church of St Mary, Easeborne