Launceston, St Mary Magdalene
s8. South aisle 3
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
- Not known
- Main subject
- Tracery subject
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B1. A1. A2. - Subject type
- Narrative
- Donor
- John King Lethbridge, son of Christopher Lethbridge
- Dedicatee
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- Mary Lethbridge, née Copland, wife of Christopher Lethbridge, died aged 66
- Christopher Lethbridge, deputy Recorder of Launceston, died aged 69
- Lt Gen Robert Lethbridge,
brother of C. Lethbridge, Esq.
died aged 71 - Revd Charles Lethbridge, rector of Stoke Climsland and St Thomas-by-Launceston, died aged 77
- Notes
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- Death of Mary Lethbridge, (gives age as 76)
- Death of Christopher Lethbridge, (gives age as 73)
- Death of Lt Gen Robert Lethbridge,
- Death of Revd Charles Lethbridge,
- Appeal for funds for
a new stained glass window, to correspond with that lately put in by J. K. Lethbridge, Esq.
, . - gives position as North Aisle.
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Similar article in all three papers, which states
Since the restoration of this church in , six memorial windows have been put in by the families of Thorne [ ], Rowe [ ], Cudlipp [ ], Spettigue [ ], Lethbridge [ ], and Ching [ ]
- The window has been
pickled
, i.e., the area around the main figures has been replaced with clear, colourless glass, to let more light into the building.
Christopher Lethbridge gent died aged 69 Mary his wife whose maiden name was Copland died aged 66
Lieut General Robert Lethbridge died aged 71
The Revnd Charles Lethbridge died aged 77
This window is erected to their memory by John King Lethbridge the eldest son of the above named Christopher Lethbridge
Tracery. The figures shown are B1 Moses, holding the tablets containing the Ten Commandments; A1 Isaac, carrying a bundle of firewood with which he was to be sacrificed; A2 Abraham, holding the knife with which he was going to kill Isaac, and a censer, symbolising the burnt offering.
The Presentation in the temple (). The figures shown are a Joseph; b Mary; c Simeon, holding the infant Jesus; d Anna the prophetess.
The arms of Lethbridge of Sandhill Park, Somerset, are argent over water proper a bridge of five arches turreted gules in chief an eagle displayed sable ().