St Austell, Holy Trinity
North aisle 3
Entries in grey are not obtained from documentary evidence, but are inferred from content, context, etc.
- Date of manufacture and insertion
- Number of lights
- 4
- Maker
- Fouracre & Son
- Main subject
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2a. 2b. 2c. 2d. 1a. St Petroc preaching. 1b. St Austell baptising. 1c. 1d. St Piran baptising. - Tracery subject
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B1. A1. A2. - Subject type
- Figurative historical
- Donor
- Widow and daughter of dedicatee.
- Dedicatee
- Richard Elias Pearce Martyn of Carthew House, St Austell, died ,
- Notes
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- Death of dedicatee , , .
- Truro Diocesan Faculty 21/10/22.
- Dedication,
- Possibly a replacement for one of the (four?) earlier
windows in Cathedral glass with painted meditations [sic, perhaps ‘medallions’?]
in the north aisle by Fouracre , donor Mr A Coode . - This window, and all same style and manufacturer.
To the Glory of God and in loving memory of Richard Elias Pearce Martyn of Carthew House in this parish, who died , aged 51 years, this window is erected by his widow and daughter.
Tracery.
| B1. | The arms of Martyn of St Dominick, Cornwall: argent two bars gules (). |
| A1, A2. |
Angels holding scrolls on which is written
Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight(). |
| 2a. | St Petroc, holding the silver bowl in which he floated across the sea. |
| 2b. | St Austell. |
| 2c. | St Martin is shown as bishop of Tours, wearing a mitre, holding a crozier in his left hand and with his right hand held up in blessing. Beside him stands a goose. According to legend, Martin was reluctant to become bishop, so he hid in a pen filled with geese, but the noise made by the geese betrayed his location. From this arose the tradition of eating goose on the eve of St Martin’s Day (11th November). |
| 2d. | St Piran. |
1a. St Petroc preaching.
1b. St Austell baptising.
1c. St Martin dividing his cloak.
1d. St Piran baptising.