Cornish stained glass

St Ives, St Ia the Virgin

e1. Chancel east

Entries in grey are not obtained from documentary evidence, but are inferred from content, context, etc.

Date of manufacture and insertion

1906

Number of lights

3

Maker

Kempe, CE

Main subject

St Nicholas and St Peter : Christ in majesty : St Ia and St Andrew

Tracery subject

ihr : four angels

Donor

Mrs Caroline Seaborne Richardson, née Davy, of Tregenna Castle, daughter of Sarah Maria Davy, one of the donors of the previous Chancel east.

Dedicatee

1. Betty Wallis, widow of Samuel Wallis, Captain and Commissioner of Royal Navy, maternal grandmother of Sarah Maria Davy, died 13^th November 1804
2. Samuel Stephens of Tregenna Castle, father of donor, died 25^th February 1834
3. Samuel Wallis Stephens, eldest son of Samuel Stephens of Tregenna Castle, brother of Sarah Maria Davy, died 25^th December 1835
4. Betty Stephens, only daughter and heiress of Samuel Wallis, commissioner, RN, mother of Sarah Maria Davy, died 24^th July 1846
5. Sarah Maria Davy, née Stephens, wife of Revd_Charles William Davy, mother of donor, died 16^th June 1878

Notes

1. Death of Betty Wallis Royal Cornwall Gazette November 17, 1804 p 3.
2. Death of Samuel Stephens Royal Cornwall Gazette March 1, 1834 p 3.
3. Death of Samuel Wallis Stephens Royal Cornwall Gazette January 15, 1836 p 3.
4. Death of Betty Stephens Royal Cornwall Gazette July 31, 1846 p 3.
5. Marriage of Charles Garner Richardson and Caroline Seaborne Davy, 2^nd September 1852, Hampshire Advertiser September 4, 1852 p 8, London Evening Standard September 6, 1852 p 4, Royal Cornwall Gazette September 10, 1852 p 5.
6. Death of Sarah Maria Davy London Evening Standard June 20, 1878 p 1.
7. Truro Diocesan Faculty 16/5/05.
8. Copper plaque near west door states that the window was restored by Caroline Seaborne Richardson at All Saints Tide 1905
9. Insertion, donor, dedicatees (death dates inaccurate) Royal Cornwall Gazette June 7, 1906 p 3, Cornishman June 7, 1906 p 3. Design is the same as the window that it replaced, two figures of St Ia and St Nicholas having been added.
10. TDM 1906 : 166 - replaced previous Chancel east window destroyed in explosion at Hayle Dynamite Works on 5^th January 1904, Royal Cornwall Gazette January 7, 1904 p 4.
11. Truro Diocesan Kalendar 1907 p 163 (31^st May 1906). Heard & Sons, Truro (D/E/3/12, D/E/4/6).
12. Kempe, 2000 : COR 13.1.