Launceston, St Mary Magdalene
South aisle 2
Entries in grey are not obtained from documentary evidence, but are inferred from content, context, etc.
- Date of manufacture and insertion
- Number of lights
- 4
- Maker
- Lavers, Barraud & Westlake
- Main subject
- Entertaining strangers surrounded by six Corporal Acts of Mercy
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3a. 3b. 3c. 3d. 2a. 2b, 2c. The Eastern mode of entertaining strangers 2d. 1a. Arms of Arthur Lawrence (great grandfather) 1b. Arms of Humphrey Lawrence (grandfather) 1c. Arms of Humphrey Lawrence (father) 1d. Arms of Northmore Herle Pierce Lawrence (dedicatee)
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and arms of four generations of Lawrence:
- Tracery subject
- Christ in Majesty and two scroll bearing angels
- Subject type
- Narrative
- Donors
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- Mrs Maria Hosken Lawrence, third daughter of Henry Prynn Andrew of Bodrean, near Truro, widow of dedicatee
- Family of dedicatee
- Dedicatee
- Northmore Herle Pierce Lawrence, father-in-law of former vicar Revd Wickham Montgomery Birch, died
- Designs
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- LBW Acts of Mercy: Hungry (3a)
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- . Marhamchurch, St Marwenna, North Chapel east. 2b.
- . Trull, All Saints, South aisle 4. 2a.
- . Tysoe, Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, [unknown location]. 1a.
- LBW Acts of Mercy: Thirsty (3b)
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- . Marhamchurch, St Marwenna, North Chapel east. 1a.
- . Tysoe, Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, [unknown location]. 1b.
- LBW Acts of Mercy: Stranger (3c)
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- . Marhamchurch, St Marwenna, North Chapel east. 2a.
- . Trull, All Saints, South aisle 4. 2c.
- . Tysoe, Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, [unknown location]. 1c.
- LBW Acts of Mercy: Naked (3d)
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- . Marhamchurch, St Marwenna, North Chapel east. 2c.
- . Trull, All Saints, South aisle 4. 1a.
- . Tysoe, Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, [unknown location]. 2a.
- LBW Acts of Mercy: Sick (2a)
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- . Marhamchurch, St Marwenna, North Chapel east. 1c.
- . Trull, All Saints, South aisle 4. 1b.
- . Tysoe, Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, [unknown location]. 2b.
- LBW Acts of Mercy: Prisoner (2d)
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- . Marhamchurch, St Marwenna, North Chapel east. 1b.
- . Trull, All Saints, South aisle 4. 1c.
- . Tysoe, Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, [unknown location]. 2c.
- Notes
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- Maker’s mark and dated.
A painted Window (Lavers, Barraud, & Co.) representing the
Corporal Works of Mercy,
has been erected by Mrs. Lawrence and her children in memory of N. H. P. Lawrence, J.P.
(no date given; probably ).
- Maker, donor, dedicatee, subject , .
- The dedicatee of this window was the donor of St Clement, . The donor of this window, Maria Hosken Lawrence, was a member of the Andrew family, to whom the St Clement window is dedicated.
To the glory of God and in loving memory of Northmore Herle Pierce Lawrence. Born ; died . This window is dediated by Maria Hosken Lawrence his widow & by his family
At the bottom are four sets of arms, of which the components are:
- Lawrence, possibly of Iver, Bucks, or St Ives, Hunts, argent a cross raguly gules, on a chief of the second a lion passant guardant or ( ).
- Morshead of Trenant Park, Cornwall: azure a cross crosslet argent between four martlets or, on a chief of the second, three escallops gules ( ). The dedicatee’s mother was Harriet Morshead.
- Andrew of Backhould and Plymouth: sable a saltire argent between four crosses crosslet or. ( ). The dedicatee’s wife was Maria Hosken Andrew.
- Kendall of Kingsbridge and Exeter: argent a chevron between three dolphins naiant embowed sable, a crescent for difference ( ). The dedicatee’s paternal grandmother was Charlotte Kendall.
- Northmore: gules a lion rampant or langued and armed azure crowned with an Eastern crown argent. ( ). One of Charlotte Kendall’s ancestors (probably her grandmother) was Elizabeth Northmore.
- Bligh: azure a griffin segreant or between three crescents argent. ( ). The arms here appear to have a mullet or estoile, presumably for difference. One of the dedicatee’s paternal great-grandmothers was Judith Bligh.
The arms are therefore:
1a. | Arthur Lawrence, great grandfather of dedicatee. Arms of Lawrence with those of his wife, Judith Bligh, in an escutcheon of pretence. |
1b. | Humphrey Lawrence, grandfather of dedicatee. Arms of Lawrence with those of his wife, Charlotte Kendall, Kendall quartered with Northmore, in an escutcheon of pretence. |
1c. | Humphrey Lawrence, father of dedicatee. Arms of Lawrence impaling arms of Morshead. His wife was Harriet Morshead. |
1d. | Northmore Herle Pierce Lawrence, dedicatee. Arms of Lawrence with those of his wife, Maria Hosken Andrew, in an escutcheon of pretence. |
Lawrence genealogy from Lawrence One-Name Study and Launceston Then.