Near it is the headless figure of another warrior ; inscription – "De
terre fui fel et fourme et enterre su retouru William de Echingham,
estoie, nome dieu de maline eler pitee. Et vous qi par ici pur l'alme
de moy pur dieu priez : Qi de Janviere le XVIII. de cy passai lau me
seignour mill. trois cent quat VIII. R. Sept. come dieu volant ento my
noet."
/Arms/. ECHYNGHAM /impaling /SHOYSWELL.
This entry shows that William de Echyngham, husband of . . . Shoyswell,
died on 18 Jan 1348.
According to a record from the book "Sussex Monumental Basses page 167, it reads
seignour mill trois Centz quat(re) vintz sept come dieu volait ento(ur) my moet "
this is Norman French and it translates out to 1388 not 1348 according to the book
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