Penzance, St Mary the Virgin
North 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
- 2
- Maker
- Not known
- Main subject
- Crucifixion and Resurrection
2a. 2b. 1a. 1b. - Donors
- Cdr Delboeuf Baker Bedford, RN
- Frances Bedford, née Bolitho
- Dedicatees
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- Frances “Fanny” Bolitho Bedford, second daughter of donors, died aged 17
- Lt John Tench Bedford, RN, only son of donors, on loan from HMS Rattlesnake, died aged 21 at Lukoja (now Lokoja) on the River Niger
- Notes
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Specifies South Aisle. Donors and dedicatees given on
attached brass.
- Insertion date assumed from announcement of Lt Bedford’s death (10 months after it occurred, in Africa), but wording of plaque suggests that second dedicatee may have been later addition.
- * Possibly Gibbs in style
- Pedigree of the dedicatees of the window:
Pedigree will scroll horizontally if wider than screen. Larger version.
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Specifies South Aisle. Donors and dedicatees given on
Thanks be unto God for His unspeakable gift ()
I am the Resurrection, and the Life ()
This window is dedicated to the glory of God and in affectionate remembrance of Frances Bolitho Bedford, Born . Died . And of John Tench Bedford, Lieut. R.N. Born . Died at Luhoja on the Niger, . The second Daughter and only Son of Commander Delbœuf Baker Bedford, R.N., and Frances his wife. (Inscription on a brass plaque originally near the window.)
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