Launceston, St Mary Magdalene
South Chapel east
Entries in grey
are not obtained from documentary evidence, but
are inferred from content, context, etc .
Date of manufacture and insertion
1853
Number of lights
4
Maker
Wailes, William ?
Main subject
3a .
Angel—symbol of St Matthew
3d .
Eagle—symbol of St John the Evangelist
2a .
Agnus Dei : symbol of Christ
2b ,
2c .
Noli me tangere
2d .
Pelican in her piety—symbol of Charity
1a .
Winged lion—symbol of St Mark
1b .
Arms of Roe
1c .
Hatchment: arms of Roe impaling unidentified arms
1d .
Winged bull—symbol of St Luke
Tracery subject
B1 .
Dove of the Holy Spirit
A1 .
Angel holding cross and crown of thorns
A2 .
Angel holding sponge
Subject type
Narrative
Donor
Anne Cudlipp,
possibly sister of dedicatee,
died 28th September 1855 aged 86
Dedicatee
John Roe,
Mayor of Launceston
1826 –7 and
1833 –4 ,
died 22nd April 1838 aged 70
Notes
Marriage of John Cudlipp and Anne Roe,
17th December 1789
Death of dedicatee,
Falmouth Express and Colonial Journal April 28, 1838 p 4 .
Death of donor,
Cornish Telegraph October 17, 1855 p 3 .
Western Morning News July 25, 1865 p 2
Royal Cornwall Gazette July 28, 1865 p 7 ,
Launceston Weekly News July 29, 1865 p 8 .
Similar article in all three papers, which states
Since the restoration of this church in
1852 , six memorial windows have been put in by the
families of
Thorne
[
South aisle 1
],
Rowe
[
North aisle east
],
Cudlipp
[
South Chapel east
],
Spettigue
[
Chancel east
],
Lethbridge
[
South aisle 3
], and
Ching
[
South aisle 4
]
J Polsue, A Complete Parochial History of the County of Cornwall, vol III p 71 . William Lake, Truro, 1870 .
Donor and insertion from inscription
*Manufacturer from style and colour (pair with
North aisle east ).
In memoriam Joh. Roe Obiit 1838
Ann Cudlipp posuit 1853
(Ann Cudlipp erected [this window] in 1853
in memory of John Roe who died in 1838 )
Main lights. The central
scene shows Mary Magdalene meeting Christ after the Resurrection
(John 20:14–17 ).
The arms of
Roe of Dartford and London are argent on a chevron azure
between three trefoils slipped per pale gules and vert
as many bezants
(Burke, Bernard, The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales , p 866 . 1884 , London, Harrison & Sons ).
The motto below the arms is
Spernit pericula virtus
(Valour despises dangers).
The impaled arms in sinister in the hatchment may be Broughton or Brocton:
gules a chevron between three bears passant or
(Burke 1884 , op. cit. , p 131 ).