Probus, St Probus and St Grace
North Chapel north 2
Entries in grey
are not obtained from documentary evidence, but
are inferred from content, context, etc .
Date of manufacture and insertion
1865
Number of lights
4
Maker
Wailes, William
Main subject
3 .
Biblical texts on scrolls
2a .
St Matthew
2b .
St Mark
2c .
St Luke
2d .
St John the Evangelist
1 .
Arms of the dedicatee’s parents, grandparents, great grandparents and great great grandparents
Tracery subject
B1 .
Arms of the dedicatee impaling those of his wife
A1 ,
A2 .
Angels holding scrolls
Donor
Daughters of dedicatee.
Dedicatee
The Revd William Stackhouse of Trehane, near Truro, former vicar of Modbury,
died 21st November 1861 , aged 88
Notes
Death of dedicatee,
Royal Cornwall Gazette November 29, 1861 p 4 .
Manufacturer, donor, dedicatee,
Western Morning News October 19, 1865 p 2 ,
Royal Cornwall Gazette October 19, 1865 p 7 .
J Polsue, A Complete Parochial History of the County of Cornwall, vol IV p 94 . William Lake, Truro, 1872 .
Donors, dedicatee, subject,
Kelly’s Directory of Cornwall 1873 p 848
To the honour of the Most Holy Trinity in memory of William Stackhouse M.A. of Trehane—formerly vicar of Modbury
in the county of Devon
who died 21st Nov AD 1861 aged 88 years
this window is erected by his sorrowing daughters
Domine Deus miserere nobis Amen
(Lord God have mercy on us) (from the Mass)
Photograph copyright © John Evans.
Tracery
B1 .
Arms. Stackhouse quartering Williams, Courtenay and Reskymer
(as in the dexter side of 1d )
impaling Smith. The dedicatee, William Stackhouse, married Sarah Smith.
A1 ,
A2 .
Angels holding scrolls on which are written
They that turn many to righteousness shall shine as the stars for ever and ever
(Daniel 12:3 ).
Smith of Hadley, Middlesex.
Vert three acorns slipped or
(Burke, Bernard, The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales , p 935 . 1884 , London, Harrison & Sons ).
Photograph copyright © John Evans.
Scrolls on a background of acanthus.
3a .
☩ The Memory of the Just is Blessed
(Proverbs 10:7 )
3b .
☩ He that walketh uprightly walketh surely ☩
(Proverbs 10:9 )
3c .
☩ Blessed are the Dead which die in the LORD
(Revelation 14:13 )
3d .
☩ In the Way of Righteousness is Life
(Proverbs 12:28 )
Photograph copyright © John Evans.
☩ Saint MATTHEW ☩
2a .
St Matthew, holding a quill pen and a book.
Photograph copyright © John Evans.
☩ Saint MARK ☩
2b .
St Mark, holding a quill pen and a book.
Photograph copyright © John Evans.
☩ Saint LUKE ☩
2c .
St Luke, holding a quill pen and a book.
Photograph copyright © John Evans.
☩ Saint JOHN ☩
2d .
St John the Evangelist, holding a quill pen and a book.
Photograph copyright © John Evans.
1a .
Arms of Courtenay quartering Reskymer, impaling Pendarves.
John Courtenay of Tregellas (died about 1718), son of Reskymer Courtenay,
married Dorcas Pendarves.
Their daughter and heiress Catherine married John Williams
of Trehane
(Vivian, JL (ed).
The Visitations of Cornwall. p 357 . 1887 , Exeter, William Pollard & Co )
(1b )
Courtenay .
Gules three torteaux
(Burke, Bernard, The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales , p 235 . 1884 , London, Harrison & Sons ).
Reskymer in Mawgan, Cornwall.
Argent three bars gules in chief a wolf courant azure
(Burke 1884 , op. cit. , p 847 ).
Pendarves of Cornwall.
Sable a falcon between three mullets or
(Burke 1884 , op. cit. , p 788 ).
Photograph copyright © John Evans.
1b .
Williams with Courtenay quartering Reskymer on an escutcheon of pretence.
John Williams of Trehane married Catherine Courtenay, the daughter and
heiress of John Courtenay of Tregellas
(Vivian 1887 , op. cit. p 357 ).
Their daughter and heiress Catherine married the Revd William Stackhouse
(1c )
Williams of Trevervo, Cornwall.
Argent a greyhound courant sable between three Cornish choughs proper on a border engrailed of the second
eight crosses formée or, and as many bezants alternately.
(Burke 1884 , op. cit. , p 1114 ).
Photograph copyright © John Evans.
1c .
Stackhouse with Williams, Courtenay and Reskymer on an escutcheon of pretence.
The Revd William Stackhouse, rector of St Erme (died 1771) married
Catherine Williams, heiress and daughter of John Williams of Trehane, Probus.
Their son, William Stackhouse, married Mary Rashleigh
(Vivian 1887 , op. cit. p 357 )
(1d ),
whose son was the dedicatee.
Stackhouse of Trehane.
Argent a garb between three saltires, in chief a shed
(Burke 1884 , op. cit. , p 958 ).
Photograph copyright © John Evans.
1d .
Stackhouse quartering Williams, Courtenay and Reskymer, and impaling Rashleigh.
The dedicatee’s father, William Stackhouse, married Mary Rashleigh
Rashleigh of Menabilly.
Quarterly, sable a cross or, between a Cornish chough argent beaked and legged gules in the
first quarter, and in the second a Saxon T of the third; in the third and fourth, a crescent of the last;
on the cross in chief a rose
(Burke 1884 , op. cit. , p 839 ).
Photograph copyright © John Evans.