St Dominick, St Dominica
North Chapel 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
- Fouracre & Son
- Main subject
- Tracery subject
- Rose : arms and crest of dedicatee : two inscriptions
- Subject type
- Narrative
- Donor
- Parishioners and friends
- Dedicatee
- The Revd Canon Richard Hugh Keats Buck, rector of St Dominick –, died .
- Notes
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- Death of Angelica Buck, daughter of Hugh and Catherine McDonell, mother of dedicatee, relict of Capt Richard Buck, R.N., died , , .
- Death of dedicatee, , , .
- Window to be unveiled , .
- Maker, subject, dedicatee, , , .
- Grant of arms to George Stucley Buck in .
Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven ().
May God be Glorified in the memory of His soldier and servant the Revd R.H.K. Buck Canon of Truro 40 years Rector of this parish who died . Beloved and regretted as a loyal upright English gentleman. This window was given by parishioners and other friends
Tracery. The scrolls in the outer lights contain the continuation of the passage from that begins at the bottom of the main lights. The inner lights contain the arms, crest and motto of the dedicatee.
Central tracery lights. The arms, crest and motto of the dedicatee. The quarters of the arms are:
- The arms of Buck are per fess wavy argent and sable three bucks’ attires fixed to the scalp, counterchanged (). The division shown here is embattled or crenellated, rather than wavy, as given for Buck of Daddon (Moreton), Bideford, (Wikipedia citing Debrett’s Peerage, , p 768).
- The arms of Stucley are azure three pears pendent or ().
- Unidentified: per pale azure and gules three battle-axes or?
- The arms of Pawley are argent a lion rampant sable on a chief dancettée of the last three mullets of the first. ()
The crest of Buck is between a buck’s attire fixed to the scalp, a lion rampant holding over the left shoulder a battle-axe, all proper
().
The motto of Stucley is
Bellement et Hardiment
(Beautifully and bravely)
(Wikipedia).
The last word of the motto is mis-spelt in the window.
Montage of the main panels of the three lights.
The bottom of the left-hand light, showing buttercups, symbolising the flora of the Tamar Valley, where the church is located.
The bottom of the centre light, showing strawberries, which are widely grown in the Tamar Valley, where the church is located.
The bottom of the left-hand light, showing daisies, symbolising the flora of the Tamar Valley, where the church is located.
Inscription running across the bottom of the three lights.
Left-hand light for comparison.
Centre light for comparison.
Right-hand light for comparison.