Cornish stained glass

Richard Foster Bolitho

Born

c 1799

Died

10^th December 1882 aged 83

Parents

♂	William Bolitho
♀	Philippa Foster

Marriage

1. Amelia Sage Ley, 11^th September 1829
   1. William Bolitho, b 1830, d 1894
   2. Sage Ley Bolitho, b 1836
   3. Richard Foster Bolitho, b c 1840

Arms of Bolitho of Trengwainton, Penzance

Blazon

Ermine, on a plain chevron between two chevronels engrailed and three fleurs-de-lys sable, five bezants.

Sources

1. Burke, Bernard, The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales, p 97. 1884, London, Harrison & Sons.
2. Vivian, JL (ed). The Visitations of Cornwall. p 569. 1887, Exeter, William Pollard & Co.
3. Vivian, JL (ed). The Visitations of the County of Devon. p 845. 1895, Exeter, Henry Eland.

Acknowledgements

1. Ermine spot from Glesker.
2. Fleur-de-lys from Frater5.

Pedigree

Pedigree of Bolitho

Donor

Gulval, St Gulval

1. Chancel east, 1858, two lights,

   a.	Healing of a woman with an issue of blood; she kneels before Christ after having touched his robe (Faith)
   b.	The parable of the Good Samaritan: the Samaritan tends the wounds of the traveller (Charity)

Dedicatee

Gulval, St Gulval

1. Chancel east, 1886, five lights,

   2a. St Matthew	2b. St Mark	2c. Christ as Salvator Mundi	2d. St Luke	2e. St John the Evangelist
   1a. William Bolitho, snr. Arms of Bolitho	1b. Philippa Bolitho, née Foster. Arms of Bolitho impaling Foster	1c. Richard Foster Bolitho. Arms of Bolitho	1d. Amelia Sage Bolitho, née Ley. Arms of Bolitho impaling ?	1e. William Bolitho, jnr. Arms of Bolitho

Notes

1. Baptism at Gulval, Cornwall OPC Baptisms. Mother’s forename given as Phillis in one transcript, Phillippa in another.
2. Marriage at Madron of Richard Foster Bolitho of Chyandour and Amelia Sage Ley, fourth daughter of the late Hugh Ley, MD, of Penzance, Cornwall OPC Marriages (gives date of marriage as 7^th September 1829, all newspaper reports give 11^th September 1829), West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser September 18, 1829 p 3, Royal Cornwall Gazette September 19, 1829 p 3, Sherborne Mercury September 21, 1829 p 4.
3. Death, Western Morning News December 11, 1882 p 2, Cornishman December 14, 1882 p 4 (obituary), Royal Cornwall Gazette December 15, 1882 p 5 (notice).
4. Burial at Gulval, residence Ponsandane, Gulval, Cornwall OPC Burials, Cornishman December 21, 1882 p 6, Royal Cornwall Gazette December 22, 1882 p 6 (both reports list those present).