Porthilly, St Michael
e1. Chancel east
Entries in grey are not obtained from documentary evidence, but are inferred from content, context, etc.
- Date of manufacture and insertion
- Number of lights
- 3
- Maker
- O’Connor, Michael
- Main subject
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2a. Angels in adoration and playing tambourine 2b. . . Angels with palm frond and sword. 2c. Angels playing instrument and holding scroll 1a. Angel holding a palm frond 1b. 1c. Angel with a boy in medieval clothing - Donor
- Parishioners
- Dedicatee
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- Mrs Anne Sandys, daughter of Revd Edward Marshall (vicar of Breage), of St Minver House, widow of John Sandys (né Warren), died , aged 88
- Miss Lucy Sandys, daughter of Anne Sandys, died (the same day as her mother), aged 60
- Notes
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- Sandys family, Burke & Burke, A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain & Ireland, Volume p 1188, London, Henry Colbourne, . ,
- Death of both dedicatees, , (notice), (short article).
handsome stained glass
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- Manufacturer from JB : 85.
- Same dedicatees and maker as St Minver, .

To the Glory of God and in grateful remembrance of Anne and Lucy Sandys this window is erected by the parish of Saint Minver
This window is unusually asymmetric; this can be seen at the tops of the left- and right-hand lights a and c. Also, the centre light b is narrower than c which is narrower than a.
Photograph copyright © John Evans.

2. In the centre light is Christ in Majesty, shown seated and holding an orb and sceptre. Below him are two angels, one holding a palm frond and the other a sword. In the left-hand light are two angels, one in adoration and the other playing a tambourine. In the right-hand light are two angels, one playing a wind instrument and the other holding a scroll.
Photograph copyright © John Evans.

1a. An angel holding a palm frond.
Photograph copyright © John Evans.

1b. The archangel Michael, shown wearing armour and holding a shield and a spear.
Photograph copyright © John Evans.

1c. An angel with a boy in medieval clothing.
Photograph copyright © John Evans.