Here is a rubbing, nothing exaggerated, of one of these guardian knights, to bear me up.
FROM A BRASS AT SLAUGHAM.
Another Richard, but twice married, who died in 1579, is commemorated in a large and elaborate monument in the Covert Chapel, whereon are sculptured, in an attitude of prayer, Richard himself, his two wives, six sons, and eight daughters.
Last of the Coverts whose name is perpetuated here is Jane, who deceased in 1586.
HICKSTEAD PLACE.
Beside these things, Slaugham claims some interest as containing the mansion of Ashfold, where once resided Mrs. Matcham, a sister of Nelson. Indeed, it was while staying here that the Admiral received the summons which sped him on his last and most glorious and fatal voyage. Slaugham, too, with St. Leonard’s Forest, contributes a title to the peerage, Lord St. Leonards’ creation being of “Slaugham, in the county of Sussex.”