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
1895
Number of lights
3
Maker
Fouracre & Son
Main subject
Suffer little children
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 1853 –93 ,
died 15th December 1893 .
Notes
Death of Angelica Buck,
daughter of Hugh and Catherine McDonell,
mother of dedicatee, relict of Capt Richard Buck, R.N.,
died 12th December 1879 ,
North Devon Journal December 18, 1879 p 8 ,
West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser December 18, 1879 p 5 .
Death of dedicatee,
Royal Cornwall Gazette December 21, 1893 p 8 ,
Western Morning News December 22, 1893 p 5 ,
Royal Cornwall Gazette December 28, 1893 p 3 .
Window to be unveiled 18th April 1895 ,
Western Morning News April 6, 1895 p 4 .
Maker, subject, dedicatee,
Western Daily Mercury April 19, 1895 p 3 ,
Western Morning News April 22, 1895 p 8 ,
Royal Cornwall Gazette April 25, 1895 p 3 .
Grant of arms to George Stucley Buck
in 1858 .
Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven
(Matthew 19:14 ).
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 15th Decr 1893 .
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 Matthew 19:14
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
(Burke, Bernard, The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales , p 140 . 1884 , London, Harrison & Sons ).
The division shown here is embattled or crenellated, rather than wavy, as given for
Buck of Daddon (Moreton), Bideford,
(Wikipedia
citing Debrett’s Peerage , 1968 , p 768).
The arms of Stucley are azure three pears pendent or
(Burke 1884 , op. cit. , p 984 ).
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.
(Burke 1884 , op. cit. , p 781 )
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
(Burke 1884 , op. cit. , p 140 ).
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.