St Gluvias, St Gluviacus
Tower west
Entries in grey
are not obtained from documentary evidence, but
are inferred from content, context, etc .
Date of manufacture and insertion
1889
Number of lights
3
Maker
Mayer of London and Munich
Main subject
2 .
Jephthah becomes captain of the Gileadites
1a .
English artillery (Royal Regiment of Artillery?) colours
1b .
Arms, crest and motto of Griffin
1c .
Arms of Duchy of Cornwall
Donor
Miss Elizabeth Catherine Griffin ,
daughter of dedicatees, who became the second wife of the Vicar of St Gluvias, the Revd Alexander Allen Vawdrey,
the following year.
Dedicatees
Elizabeth Pownoll Griffin ,
née Williams,
only daughter of John Williams of Penryn,
wife of Frederick Griffin,
died at Fort William, Calcutta
30th June 1859 aged 24
Major Frederick Cockburn Griffin ,
Royal Artillery, killed in action
at Fort Dhalimkote, Bhootan, India,
6th December 1864 aged 31
Notes
Insertion, maker, subject, donor, dedicatees
Western Morning News December 26, 1889 p 5 .
CintW 4/1/1890.
Jephtha Window presented by Miss Griffin ,
Truro Diocesan Kalendar 1891 p 154 (28th December 1889 ). Heard & Sons, Truro (D/E/3/6 , D/E/4/3 , TCM/1257/3 ) .
Dedicatee Major FO Griffin, R.A.,
Kelly’s Directory of Cornwall 1893 p 1112 .
Donor, dedication on Holy Innocents’ Day 28th December 1889 ,
Lake’s Falmouth Packet and Cornwall Advertiser June 29, 1906 p 5 .
Window mentioned in report of donor’s death.
Western Morning News July 17, 1907 p 7 .
The people made him head and captain over them
(Judges 11:11 )
To the glory of God, and in loving memory of Frederick Cockburn Griffin,
Major Royal Artillery, who was killed in action at Fort Dhalimkhote, Bhootan, India,
6th December, 1864 , aged 31 years; also of
Elizabeth Pownoll Griffin, obit
30th June, 1859 , aged 24 years,
at Fort William, Calcutta, buried 1st July
in the Military Burial Ground
(Inscription on a tablet below the window)
a and b
a detail.
1a .
English Artillery (Royal Regiment of Artillery?) Colours
(Hogg, Oliver Frederick Gillilan,
English artillery, 1326 –1715 :
being the history of artillery in this country prior to the formation of
the Royal Regiment of Artillery
London, Royal Artillery Institution
1963 ).
b detail.
1b
Arms, crest and motto of Griffin.
c .
c detail.
1c .
Arms and motto of the Duchy of Cornwall.