St Michael Penkevil, St Michael
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
3
Maker
Willement, Thomas
Main subject
Christ and the Widow of Nain
Tracery subject
IHS : Four evangelists’ symbols and scrolls : two armorials in quatrefoils on extreme left and right.
Donor
Anne Frances, Countess Falmouth,
daughter of Henry Bankes, MP,
wife of Edward, 1st Earl of Falmouth and
4th Viscount Falmouth,
mother of dedicatee,
died 1st May 1864 .
Dedicatee
George Henry Boscawen,
2nd Earl of Falmouth and
5th Viscount Falmouth,
died 29th August 1852 .
Notes
Death of dedicatee,
Morning Post August 30, 1852 p 5 ,
Royal Cornwall Gazette September 3, 1852 p 4 .
Originally inserted in
Chancel east .
Maker’s mark and dated.
Insertion, subject, donor, dedicatee Royal Cornwall Gazette June 9, 1854 p 5 .
The figures are all copied from the best old Italian masters.
Cornish Telegraph June 21, 1854 p 3 .
Death of donor,
Illustrated London News May 7, 1864 p 17 .
Moved to
North transept east
during rebuilding in
1862 ?
Donor, dedicatee, maker Kelly’s Directory of Cornwall 1873 p 819 .
Donor, dedicatee, Kelly’s Directory of Cornwall 1893 p 1201 .
Harrison, Martin. Victorian Stained Glass , p 85. London, Barrie & Jenkins, 1980
(gives date of manufacture as 1856 ).
The only Son of his Mother, and she was a Widow
(Luke 7:12 ).
The quotation from St Luke’s Gospel describes the widow of Nain, but it
also applied to Countess Falmouth, the donor of the window, on the death of her only son,
the 2nd Earl of Falmouth,
the dedicatee of the window.
Jesus and the widow of Nain.
Tracery. At the top are the emblems of
the four Evangelists.
At the bottom left are the arms of Boscawen, Viscount Falmouth:
ermine a rose gules barbed and seeded proper
(Burke, Bernard, The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales , p 102 . 1884 , London, Harrison & Sons )
impaling the arms of Bankes of Dorset (the family of the Countess Falmouth, the donor of the window),
sable a cross engrailed ermine between four fleurs-de-lis or
(Burke 1884 , op. cit. , p 45 )
and the Boscawen motto Patience passe science
(Patience surpasses knowledge). Above the arms is the coronet of an earl,
with five “pearls” and four strawberry leaves visible, referring to the donor’s husband,
the 1st Earl of Falmouth.
At the bottom right are the arms and motto of Boscawen, below a similar coronet
referring to the dedicatee
the 2nd Earl of Falmouth.