St Ives, St Ia the Virgin
Tower west
Entries in grey
are not obtained from documentary evidence, but
are inferred from content, context, etc .
Date of manufacture and insertion
1863
Number of lights
3
Maker
Powell of Whitefriars (Edward Poynter)
Main subject
Peter raises Dorcas from the dead:
4 .
Offertory Sentences on looking after the poor and sick from the service of Holy Communion
3a .
Tabitha (Dorcas) gives clothes to the poor
3b .
Tabitha (Dorcas) on her deathbed
3c .
Two messengers ask Peter to come to Joppa
2a .
Peter sends away the weeping women
2b .
Tabitha (Dorcas) is raised from the dead by Peter’s prayer
2c .
Peter presents Tabitha (Dorcas) alive
1 .
Offertory Sentences on looking after the poor and sick from the service of Holy Communion
Tracery subject
The three Theological Virtues:
B1 .
Charity
A1 .
Faith
A2 .
Hope
Donor
Robert Hichens ,
brother of dedicatees
Dedicatees
Mary Hichens ,
died 30th May 1833 aged 53.
Elizabeth Scott ,
née Hichens,
widow of Lt James Woodward Scott, RN,
died 29th June 1862 aged 81.
Designs
Dorcas gives clothes to the poor (3a . Dorcas gives clothes to the poor)
1868 . Leigh-on-Sea, St Clement, South aisle 1 . a . Dorcas gives clothes to the poor.
1874 . Trowbridge, St Thomas, Chancel north . a . Dorcas gives clothes to the poor.
Dorcas on her deathbed (3b . Dorcas on her deathbed)
1868 . Leigh-on-Sea, St Clement, South aisle 1 . b . Dorcas on her deathbed.
1874 . Trowbridge, St Thomas, Chancel north . b . Dorcas on her deathbed.
Peter restores Dorcas to life (2b . Peter restores Dorcas to life)
1868 . Leigh-on-Sea, St Clement, South aisle 1 . c . Peter restores Dorcas to life.
1874 . Trowbridge, St Thomas, Chancel south . a . Peter restores Dorcas to life.
Peter presents Dorcas alive (2c . Peter presents Dorcas alive)
1874 . Trowbridge, St Thomas, Chancel south . b . Peter presents Dorcas alive.
Notes
Initials of designer and date of manufacture in 2c
just below Dorcas.
Donor, dedicatee. Orders have been given for its [the window’s] completion .
Royal Cornwall Gazette December 12, 1862 p 4 .
Brief mention of new window in tower, and donor,
Royal Cornwall Gazette February 6, 1863 p 8 .
Contributions of late Robert Hichens to church (including this window)
Royal Cornwall Gazette July 3, 1869 p 6 .
Window designed by Sir Edward Poynter (gives subject as Transfiguration)
Cornishman July 30, 1919 p 5 .
Brooks, Alan. The Stained Glass Designs of Sir Edward Poynter,
Victorian Society Annual ,
1996 ,
pp 27–36.
The window has a jewel-like quality by virtue of a dense composition
executed in richly coloured glass of high quality.
Three scenes were repeated at Leigh, Essex (1868 )
and Lyttleton, New Zealand (1871 )
and four at Trowbridge (1874 ).
Maker (designed by EJ Poynter) from
Powell Archive
No number/163 .
Two two-light windows by Edward Poynter on the story of Dorcas in
St Thomas, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, Chancel north and Chancel south.
Powell Archive ,
Robert Eberhard,
Church Stained Glass Records ,
Wiltshire, Trowbridge,
St Thomas .
Pedigree of the donors and dedicatee of the window:
One of the families that are donors and dedicatees of stained-glass windows in Cornwall, UK.
Pedigree of Hichens
Pedigree of Hichens
Window donor:
Window dedicatee:
Window donor and dedicatee:
Arms of father:
[ ]
Arms of mother:
[ ]
John Hichens b c 1706 .
Person
Richard Hichens b c 1708 .
Person
Elisabeth Hichens b c 1751 .
Person
Thomas Hichens b c 1777 .
Person
Cecilia Hichens b c 1778 .
Person
Mary Hichens b c 1780 , d 1851 .
Person
m 1800
Union
James Halse b c 1768 , d 1838 .
Person
Richard Hichens b c 1782 .
Person
Thomas Hichens b c 1752 , d c 1788 .
Person
m 1776
Union
Mary Allen
Person
Jane Hichens b c 1754 .
Person
Sarah Hichens b c 1756 .
Person
Thomas Hichens b c 1709 , d c 1788 .
Person
m 1750
Union
Catherine Pearce
Person
Anne Hichens b c 1768 .
Person
Thomas Hichens b c 1769 .
Person
Mary Hichens Bolitho b c 1853 .
Person
m 1873
Union
Walter Kidman Foster
Person
William Johns Bolitho b c 1854 , d 1854 .
Person
Cecilia Maria Bolitho b c 1855 , d 1931 .
Person
m 1888
Union
Archibald Edward Scott b c 1852 , d 1924 .
Person
Catharine Johns Bolitho b c 1856 , d 1922 .
Person
m 1880
Union
Edward Alverne Bolitho b 1842 , d 1908 .
Person
Nora Bolitho b c 1857 .
Person
Elizabeth Maud Bolitho b c 1859 .
Person
Loveday Wilhelmina Bolitho b c 1861 .
Person
William Edward Thomas Bolitho b 1862 , d 1919 . Donor of Leusdon Nave north 1 , Leusdon Nave south 1 .
Person
m 1888
Union
Ethel Grace Macleod b 1862 , d 1944 . Donor of Leusdon Nave north 1 , Leusdon Nave south 1 .
Person
Mary Hichens Yonge b 1818 , d 1902 . Donor of St Ives South aisle 2 .
Person
m 1851
Union
William Bolitho b 1815 , d 1895 . Donor of Gulval South Chapel south 2 .
Person
Cecil Drake b c 1848 .
Person
Sarah Cecilia Drake b c 1849 .
Person
Mary Drake b c 1851 .
Person
Walter Yonge Drake b c 1853 .
Person
Frances Elizabeth Drake b c 1854 .
Person
Margaret Hichens Drake b c 1855 .
Person
Loveday Eleanor Drake b c 1857 .
Person
William Maurice Drake b c 1858 .
Person
Edith Drake b c 1860 .
Person
Enid Agatha Drake b c 1861 .
Person
Algernon Francis Drake b c 1864 .
Person
Cecilia Yonge b 1820 , d 1915 . Donor of St Ives South aisle 2 .
Person
m 1847
Union
William Hinton Drake
Person
Loveday Ann Yonge b c 1822 , d 1906 . Donor of St Ives South aisle 2 .
Person
Walter Yonge b c 1824 , d 1849 . Dedicatee of St Ives South aisle 2 .
Person
Cecilia Hichens b c 1793 , d 1866 . Dedicatee of St Ives South aisle 2 .
Person
m 1815
Union
Walter Yonge b c 1789 , d 1869 . Dedicatee of St Ives South aisle 2 .
Person
Elizabeth Hichens b c 1822 .
Person
Harriet Elizabeth Hichens b c 1854 .
Person
Alice Mary Hichens b c 1856 .
Person
Margaret Jane Hichens b c 1857 .
Person
William Jones Hichens b c 1859 .
Person
Richard Arthur Hichens b c 1860 .
Person
John Ley Hichens b 1862 .
Person
Baron Henry Paull Hichens b 1863 .
Person
Cecil Allen Hichens b 1865 .
Person
Maud Hichens b 1867 .
Person
Helen Alexandra Hichens b 1868 .
Person
Walter Richard Howel Hichens b 1873 .
Person
William Hichens b c 1824 , d 1874 .
Person
m 1853
Union
Harriet Catherine Jones
Person
Mary Hichens b c 1825 .
Person
Richard Hichens b c 1828 .
Person
Jane Ley Bazeley Hichens b c 1830 .
Person
John Ley Hichens b 1872 .
Person
Lionel Hichens b 1874 .
Person
John Ley Hichens b c 1833 .
Person
m 1871
Union
Catherine Bacchus
Person
Baron Hichens b c 1834 , d 1902 .
Person
m 1860
Union
Catharine Oldham
Person
William Hichens b c 1796 , d 1864 . Dedicatee of St Ives Lady Chapel south 2 .
Person
m 1821
Union
Elizabeth Stephens Ley Bazeley b 1801 , d 1879 . Donor of St Ives Lady Chapel south 2 .
Person
Elisabeth Hichens b c 1796 .
Person
William Hichens b c 1771 .
Person
m 1792
Union
Mary Allen
Person
John Hichens b c 1773 .
Person
Blanch Hichens b c 1774 .
Person
John Hichens b c 1738 , d 1775 .
Person
m 1767
Union
Blanch Hockin b c 1744 , d c 1820 .
Person
Edward Hichens b c 1740 .
Person
Elisabeth Hichens b c 1741 , d 1790 .
Person
Thomas Hichens b c 1744 .
Person
Mary Hichens b c 1747 , d 1786 .
Person
Mary Hichens b 1779 , d 1833 . Dedicatee of St Ives Tower west .
Person
Elizabeth Hichens b 1781 , d 1862 . Donor of St Ives Lady Chapel south 1 . Dedicatee of St Ives Tower west .
Person
m 1803
Union
James Woodward Scott d 1803 .
Person
Jane Hichens b c 1824 , d 1835 . Dedicatee of St Ives South aisle east .
Person
William Hichens b c 1825 , d 1850 . Dedicatee of St Ives Lady Chapel south 1 .
Person
Margaret Jope Hichens b 1826 , d 1849 . Dedicatee of St Ives South aisle east .
Person
Robert Snaith Hichens b c 1828 , d 1868 .
Person
Thomas Sikes Hichens b c 1834 , d 1916 .
Person
Frederick Harrison Hichens b c 1836 , d 1921 .
Person
Robert Hichens b 1782 , d 1865 . Donor of St Ives North aisle east , St Ives South aisle east , St Ives Tower west , St Ives Lady Chapel east , St Ives Lady Chapel south 1 .
Person
m 1823
Union
Jane Snaith b 1799 , d 1862 .
Person
William Hichens b c 1784 , d 1849 .
Person
William Hichens b c 1751 , d 1785 .
Person
m 1777
Union
Margaret Jope d 1795 .
Person
Ann Hichens b c 1753 .
Person
Jane Hichens b c 1755 , d 1815 .
Person
William Hichens b c 1711 , d 1770 .
Person
m 1738
Union
Mary Williams b c 1711 , d 1801 .
Person
Edward Hichens b c 1713 .
Person
Mary “Polly” Hichens b c 1715 , d c 1736 .
Person
James Hichens b c 1717 .
Person
m 1705
Union
John Hichens b 1674 , d 1728 .
Person
Jane Lanyon d c 1737 .
Person
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Erected by Robert Hichens in memory of his sisters, Mary Hichens and Elizabeth,
widow of Lieut. J.W. Scott RN 1863
(Inscription on a plaque near the window)
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Tracery.
B1 . Charity, with children.
A1 . Faith.
A2 . Hope, holding an anchor.
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4 .
Three Offertory Sentences from the service of Holy Communion (Book of Common Prayer, 1762 ):
4a .
He that giveth to the poor lendeth to the Lord
(Proverbs 19:17 ,
BCP )
4b .
While we have time let us do good unto all men
(Galatians 6:10 ,
BCP )
4c .
Give alms of thy goods and turn not thy face from the poor
(Tobit 4:7 ,
BCP )
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And Dorcas was full of good works and alms deeds which she did
(Acts 9:36 )
3a .
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And it came to pass in those days that Dorcas was sick and died
(Acts 9:37 )
3b .
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And widows
(Acts 9:41 )
And they sent unto Peter
(Acts 9:38 )
3c .
The inscriptions of 3c and 2c
have been mixed up. This inscription should probably be And they sent unto Peter two men desiring him to come .
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And all the widows stood by weeping but Peter put them all forth
(Acts 9:39–40 )
2a .
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And turning to the body he said Tabitha arise and she sat up
(Acts 9:40 )
2b .
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Two men desiring him to come
(Acts 9:38 ) .
And he called the saints
(Acts 9:41 )
2c .
The inscriptions below 3c and 2c
have been mixed up. This inscription should probably be And he called the saints and widows [and presented her alive] .
Just below Dorcas are the initials of the window’s designer, Edward John Poynter, and the date of
its manufacture, 1862 .
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1 .
Three Offertory Sentences from the service of Holy Communion (Book of Common Prayer, 1762 ):
1a .
To do good and to distribute forget not
(Hebrews 13:16 ,
BCP )
1b .
Be merciful after thy power. If thou hast much, give plenteously
(Tobit 4:8 ,
BCP )
1c .
Blessed is the man that provideth for the sick and needy
(Psalms 41:1 ,
BCP )
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