Cornish stained glass

Mawgan-in-Pydar, St Mawgan (and St Nicholas)

s6. South aisle 1

Entries in grey are not obtained from documentary evidence, but are inferred from content, context, etc.

Date of manufacture and insertion

1933

Number of lights

3

Maker

Maile, G

Main subject

1. St Mawgan
2. Dorcas
3. St Nicholas

Tracery subject

1. Probably a Celtic altar cross, a reference to St Mawgan
2. Book with inscription The Word was made Flesh (John 1:14) and three money bags, a symbol of St Nicholas.

Donor

Sir Alexander Keith Carlyon of Roselyon, Mount Park, Harrow, son of Philip Carlyon, husband of Julia Carlyon

Dedicatee

1. Revd Philip Carlyon of Penzance House, Falmouth, died 18^th November 1913 aged 102
2. Dame Julia Ann Augusta Carlyon, died 14^th April 1931

Notes

1. Death of Revd Philip Carlyon, Dundee Courier November 19, 1913 p 8, Devon and Exeter Gazette November 19, 1913 p 5, Western Times November 20, 1913 p 4, Cornish Guardian November 21, 1913 p 8, Western Times November 21, 1913 p 3
2. Death of Lady Julia Carlyon, Uxbridge and West Drayton Gazette April 17, 1931 p 11
3. Truro Diocesan Faculty Petition 11/1/1933 : Truro Diocesan Faculty 2/3/1933. D/R/101/1–2, drawing.
4. Maker’s mark.
5. Insertion, donor, dedicatees, maker, Cornish Guardian August 17, 1933 p 10, Uxbridge and West Drayton Gazette August 18, 1933 p 10.
6. Baring-Gould S, Fisher John. The Lives of the British Saints, Vol III, p 449, St Mawgan. London, The Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion, 1911. Specifies how St Mawgan should be represented in art.