St Mabyn, St Mabena
Chancel east
Entries in grey
are not obtained from documentary evidence, but
are inferred from content, context, etc .
Date of manufacture and insertion
1854
Number of lights
5
Maker
Not known
Main subject
The twelve apostles, each with one of the twelve Articles of Faith:
2a . St Thomas
2b . St Philip
2c . SS Peter and Andrew
2d . St James the Lesser
2e . St Simon
1a . St Matthew
1b . St Bartholomew
1c . SS John and James the Greater
1d . St Jude
1e . St Mattias
Tracery subject
Four white roses on foliage and two blue flowers
Subject type
Figurative historical
Dedicatee
Francis John Hext of Tredethy, died 25th January 1803 ,
and his wife Margaret Hext, née Lang,
died March 1794 .
Notes
Death of Margaret Hext, née Lang,
Cornwall OPC database .
Death of Francis John Hext,
Cornwall OPC database .
Probably a replacement for
Chancel east (1808) .
J Polsue, A Complete Parochial History of the County of Cornwall, vol III p 201 . William Lake, Truro, 1870
J Maclean, The Parochial and Family History of the Deanery of Trigg Minor in the County of Cornwall vol II p 464 . London, Nichols & Sons, 1876
Refers to dedicatee as sometime Rector of Helland
but these dedicatees had a son, also Francis John Hext
1779 –1842 , who was Rector of Helland.
Not found any other evidence that Francis Hext Snr (died 1803) was also a Rector of Helland.
Kelly’s Directory of Cornwall 1883 p 945 .
Kelly’s Directory of Cornwall 1893 p 1185 .
Very interesting style and design.
Insertion date (via Jo Mattingly,
personal communication) citing
Stephen Glynne p 29
1854, 2 Feb : E window has some stained glass newly inserted .
Original notes held at Flintshire Record Office. Notes on Cornish churches published in
Cann-Hughes, T., ed. (1934 –5 ),
Sir Stephen Glynne’s Notes on the Churches of Cornwall.,
Notes and Queries
CLXVII : 363–6, 400–02, 438–9;
CLXVIII : 5-7, 42-5, 74-7, 111-3, 151-3, 182-4, 219-20, 255-60, 295-7, 329-31, 366-8, 399-41, 437-9;
CLXIX : 6–8, 43–5, 78–81, 112–5.
To be republished by Paul Cockerham through the
Devon and Cornwall Record Society .
In memory of Francis John Hext, of Tredethy,
died A.D. mdccciii ;
aetatis lxxii ;
and Margaret his wife, died A.D. mdccxciv ;
aetatis l ;
Tracery
Main lights.
Lower details:
1b : (St Bartholomew),
1c (SS John and James the Greater),
1d (St Jude)
Credo in Spiritum Sanctum
(I believe in the Holy Ghost)
Sanctus Mattheus
1a .
St Matthew.
1a detail.
Ascendit ad caelos, sedet ad dexteram Dei Patris Omnipotentis
(He ascended into heaven, And sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty)
Sanctus Bartolomeus
1b .
St Bartholomew
1b detail.
Qui conceptus est de Spiritu Sancto, natus ex Maria Virgine
(Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, Born of the Virgin Mary)
Passus sub Pontio Pilato, crucifixus, mortuus, et sepultus
(Suffered under Pontius Pilate, Was crucified, dead, and buried)
Sanctus Johannes, Sanctus Jacobus Major
1c .
On the left, St John the Evangelist,
clean shaven holding a chalice with a dragon emerging it and,
on the right, St James the Greater holding a pilgrim’s hat with scallop shells on it.
1c detail.
Sanctorum communionem remissionem peccatorum
(The Communion of Saints; the Forgiveness of sins)
Sanctus Judas
1d .
St Jude, holding what appears to be a builders’ set square.
1d detail.
Et vitam aeternam
(And the life everlasting)
Sanctus Mathias
1e .
St Matthias, holding an axe.
1e detail.
Inde venturus est judicare vivos et mortuos
(From thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead)
Sanctus Thomas
2a .
St Thomas, holding a spear.
2a detail.
Descendit ad inferos, tertia die resurrexit a mortuis
(He descended into hell; The third day he rose again from the dead)
Sanctus Phillipus
2b .
St Philip, holding staff.
2b detail
Credo in Deum Patrem omnipotentem, Creatorem caeli et terrae
(I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth)
Et in Jesum Christum, Filium Eius unicum, Dominum nostrum
(And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord)
Sanctus Petrus, Sanctus Andreas
2c .
On the left,
St Peter holds a key and a book and, on the right, St Andrew holds
in his right hand a book and his left hand rests on the cross on which he was martyred.
2c detail
Sanctam ecclesiam catholicam
(The holy Catholick Church)
Sanctus Jacobus Minor
2d . St James the Less, holding
a fuller’s club, with which he was martyred.
2d detail
Carnis resurrectionem
(The Resurrection of the body)
Sanctus Simon
2e .
St Simon holding a saw, the instrument of his martyrdom.
2e detail