St Just-in-Penwith, St Just
South aisle 3
Entries in grey
are not obtained from documentary evidence, but
are inferred from content, context, etc .
Date of manufacture and insertion
1928
Number of lights
3
Maker
Clayton & Bell
Main subject
2b .
Winged bull—symbol of St Luke
1a .
Lilies.
Arms of Nisbet
1b .
St Luke
1c .
Roses.
Arms and motto of the Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland
Tracery subject
Penwith cliff scene.
Donor
Bertha Nesbitt of Boscean, St Just in Penwith,
fifth daughter of Stephen Harvey James (purser of Botallack Mine), widow of dedicatee,
died 17th February 1938 .
Dedicatee
Dr Robert Garven Nesbitt, JP, of Boscean, St Just, general practitioner,
died 16th July 1923 aged 65.
Notes
Marriage of Robert Garven Nesbitt,
son of William Humphreys Nesbitt, and Bertha James, daughter of the late Stephen Harvey James,
1st October 1890 ,
Cornwall OPC Marriages .
Death of dedicatee
Cornishman July 18, 1923 p 5 .
GRO entry gives surname as Nesbett.
Truro Diocesan Faculty petition dated
20th August 1928 ,
D/R/6/16 .
Citation posted
14th September 1928 .
Faculty issued
27th September 1928
Insertion, donor, dedicatee,
Cornishman November 8, 1928 p 3 ,
Cornishman November 8, 1928 p 6 .
Death of donor
Cornishman February 24, 1938 p 8 .
Pair with
South aisle 1 ,
South aisle 2 .
Manufacturer from signed drawing in Faculty Petition.
For God’s greater glory and in dear memory of Robert Garven Nesbitt born
April 19th 1858 died
July 16th 1923 this
window is dedicated by Bertha his wife daughter of Stephen Harvey James of this parish
Main scenes.
1a .
The arms of Nisbet of Dean, Midlothian,
are argent a chevron gules between three boars’ heads erased sable
(Burke, Bernard, The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales , p 735 . 1884 , London, Harrison & Sons ).
1c .
The arms of the Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland
(granted on 20th March 1907 ) are
argent on a saltire gules, a dexter hand appaumé fessewise,
couped at the wrist proper,
on a chief ermine a harp crowned between two fleams or.
The motto of the RCSI is Consilio manuque
(scholarship and dexterity)
(RCSI Heritage Collections ).
St Just. Cornwall. S. Side No 3.
Drawing of the window, signed by Clayton & Bell, included in the petition for the Faculty to
erect the window.
From the collections at Kresen Kernow, reference
D/R/6/16 .
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