Pillaton, St Odulph
North aisle east
Entries in grey
are not obtained from documentary evidence, but
are inferred from content, context, etc .
Date of manufacture and insertion
1878
Number of lights
3
Maker
Fouracre & Watson
Main subject
The three Theological Virtues:
a .
Faith
b .
Charity
c .
Hope
Tracery subject
B1 ,
B2 .
Rose
A1 ,
A2 .
Angel in adoration
Subject type
Figurative allegorical
Donor
Mary White,
née Peter,
eldest daughter of the late Simon Peter (solicitor, of Liskeard),
widow of dedicatee
Dedicatee
The Revd John Eva White,
rector of Pillaton 1874 –6 ,
died 8th August 1876 aged 38.
Notes
Marriage of the Revd John Eva White, curate of Probus, and Mary Peter,
30th March 1869 ,
Cornwall OPC Marriages ,
Royal Cornwall Gazette April 1, 1869 p 4 .
Appointment of the Revd John Eva White as rector of Pillaton,
Western Times August 7, 1874 p 5 ,
West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser August 20, 1874 p 11 .
Death of dedicatee,
Royal Cornwall Gazette August 12, 1876 p 5 .
Maker, dedicatee,
Cornish & Devon Post November 23, 1878 p 8
(dedicatee described as rector of Pillaton for many years,
probably confusion with the Revd Henry Woollcombe, dedicatee of
Chancel east ),
Western Morning News November 27, 1878 p 4 .
Maker, donor, dedicatee
Truro Diocesan Kalendar 1880 p 152 (26th November 1878 ). Heard & Sons, Truro (D/E/3/1 , D/E/4/1 , TCM/1257/2 ) .
N. East Window (new) given by Mrs. White in
memory of her husband, John Eva White, Rector, who died 8th August, 1876 ,
representing Faith, Hope, Charity, personified (Fouracre, Stonehouse).
To the Glory of God and in loving memory of John Eva White
Rector of this Parish. Erected by his widow A.D. 1878 .
There shall be no night there
(Revelation 22:5 )
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Tracery and the top of b .
B1 ,
B2 ,
roses.
A1 ,
A2 ,
angels in adoration. In each case, only one of the
angel’s hands is shown, perhaps because the design was
adapted from a wider version.
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Faith
a .
Faith, holding in her left hand a staff with a cross and, in her right hand,
a bible. Above her is a background of oak leaves and acorns.
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Charity
b .
Charity, with children.
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Hope
c .
Hope, with an anchor. Above her is a background of oak leaves and acorns.
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Inscription running across the base of all three lights.
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