Launceston, St Mary Magdalene
South Chapel south 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
- Not known
- Main subject
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a, b. c, d. - Tracery subject
- Vegetation, foliage as at top of lights
- Subject type
- Narrative
- Donor
- Officers and crew of HMS Shannon
- Dedicatee
- Midshipman Henry Ching, RN, youngest son of John Ching of Launceston, died of yellow fever at Port Royal, Jamaica aged 18,
- Notes
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- Death of dedicatee, , ,
- Insertion, subjects, dedicatee,
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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 [ ]
- Insertion, subjects, dedicatee, , , .
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- *Manufacturer possibly Gibbs on artistic style.
Sacred to the memory of Henry Ching midshipman H.M.S. Shannon youngest son of John Ching of this parish who died of yellow fever at Port Royal Jamaica aged 18 years this window is erected by the officers & crew of H.M.S. Shannon as a tribute of their esteem and a parting token of their regard. It is the Lord let him do what seemeth him good () .