St Neot, St Anietus
South aisle west
Entries in grey
are not obtained from documentary evidence, but
are inferred from content, context, etc .
Date of manufacture and insertion
1830
Number of lights
4
Maker
Hedgeland, John Pike
Main subject
Layout of arms as described in Grylls,
vide infra .
3a .
Grylls and Bere, 1635
3b .
Grylls and Gerveys, 1671
3c .
Grylls and Glynn, 1758
3d .
Grylls
2a .
Bere and Pengelley, 1530
2b .
Gerveys and Trevanion, 1620
2c .
Glynn and Pendarves, 1700
2d .
Grylls and Rashleigh, 1816
1a .
Bere and Bond
1b .
Gerveys and Chamond, 1580
1c .
Glynn and Polkinhorne, 1662
1d .
Grylls and Hill, 1783
Tracery subject
Layout of arms as described in Grylls,
vide infra .
B1 .
Grylls
A1 .
Bere (now at the top of b )
A2 .
Quartering of Grylls with others (now at the top of c )
Donor
The Revd Richard Gerveys Grylls,
vicar of St Neot
1792 –1820 ,
patron of St Neot,
died 20th December 1841 , aged 83
Dedicatees
Members of the Grylls family
Horace Bere Grylls ,
died 1st March 1936
at Menton, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, France
Notes
Gilbert, Davies. Some collections and translations respecting St. Neot and the former state of his church . Hedgeland, JP. A description, accompanied by sixteen coloured plates, of the splendid decorations recently made to the church of St. Neot, in Cornwall , p 40 . 1830 , London, W Clowes .
Gives location as the West window.
Grylls, Revd Henry.
Descriptive Sketch of the Windows of St. Neot Church , p 37 . 1844 , Truro, Heard
(No XVI ,
the Armorial window).
Death of the Revd Richard Gerveys Grylls of Helston,
Royal Cornwall Gazette December 24, 1841 p 3 ,
Oxford University and City Herald January 1, 1842 p 3 .
Grylls, Revd Henry.
Descriptive Sketch of the Windows of St. Neot Church , p 37 . 1844 , Truro, Heard
(No XVI , the Armorial window).
J Polsue, A Complete Parochial History of the County of Cornwall, vol III p 406 . William Lake, Truro, 1870
(the Armorial window , and inscription on plaque
below window describing restoration work, p 407).
Library of the Revd William Grylls (brother of the Revd Richard Gerveys Grylls, donor of the restoration),
donated to Trinity College, Cambridge,
William Grylls and the Grylls Collection .
Contains drawing of the window from Gilbert / Hedgeland, 1830 .
Image of window
Pedigree of Grylls of Helston:
One of the families that are donors and dedicatees of stained-glass windows in Cornwall, UK.
Pedigree of Grylls of Helston
Pedigree of Grylls of Helston
Window donor:
Window dedicatee:
Window donor and dedicatee:
Arms of father:
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Arms of mother:
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Charity Grylls b c 1784 , d c 1784 .
Person
Richard Gerveys Grylls b 1785 , d 1852 .
Person
Thomas Henry Stephens b 1851 , d 1882 .
Person
m 1876
Union
Mary Allen
Person
William Grylls b 1786 , d 1863 .
Person
m
Union
[Unknown]
Person
Ann Hill Grylls b 1788 , d c 1789 .
Person
Frances Grylls b 1790 .
Person
Elizabeth Grylls b 1792 , d c 1792 .
Person
Richard Gerveys Grylls b 1821 , d 1842 .
Person
Lucretia Frances Gerveys Grylls b 1822 , d 1834 .
Person
William Henry Gerveys Grylls b 1824 , d 1839 .
Person
Charles Gerveys Grylls b 1826 , d 1860 .
Person
Horatio Glynn Grylls b 1828 , d 1852 .
Person
Ellen Grylls b 1829 .
Person
Edward Grylls b 1863 , d 1863 .
Person
Richard Grylls b 1863 , d 1863 .
Person
Charles Bere Grylls b 1866 .
Person
Adèle Gerveys Grylls b 1867 , d 1868 .
Person
Arthur Grylls b 1869 , d 1869 .
Person
Horace Chamond Grylls b 1870 , d 1870 .
Person
Kate Bere Grylls b 1873 , d 1873 .
Person
John Bere Grylls b 1876 , d 1900 .
Person
Isabel Carss Gerveys Grylls b c 1908 .
Person
Shadwell Harry Grylls b c 1909 .
Person
Horace Bere Grylls b 1880 , d 1936 . Dedicatee of St Neot South aisle west .
Person
m 1907
Union
May Carss Newson
Person
Shadwell Morley Grylls b 1831 , d 1895 .
Person
m 1863
Union
Isabella Ellen Buller
Person
Henry Chamond Grylls b 1833 , d 1851 .
Person
Emma Grylls b 1836 .
Person
Adelaide Frances Grylls b 1841 , d 1866 .
Person
m 1863
Union
Vivian Dering Majendie
Person
Henry Grylls b 1794 , d 1862 .
Person
m 1820
Union
Ellen Mary Boulderson d 1841 .
Person
Richard Gerveys Grylls b c 1758 , d 1841 . Dedicatee of St Neot Tower west .
Person
m 1783
Union
Charity Hill b 1761 , d 1849 .
Person
Mary Millett Grylls b c 1787 .
Person
Humphrey Millett Grylls b c 1789 , d c 1834 .
Person
James Willyams Grylls b c 1815 .
Person
Louisa Ann(e) Grylls b 1817 . Donor of Cardinham Chancel north 2 , Cardinham Chancel east , Cardinham Chancel south .
Person
John Gerveys Grylls b 1819 .
Person
Humphry Millet(t) Grylls b 1821 .
Person
Sarah Ellen Grylls b 1822 .
Person
Emily Trevenen Grylls b 1824 .
Person
Thomas Glynn Grylls b 1826 .
Person
Sarah Ellen Grylls b 1827 .
Person
Charlotte Champion Grylls b 1829 .
Person
Cordelia Vivian Grylls b 1831 , d 1878 .
Person
Thomas Grylls b 1790 , d 1845 . Dedicatee of Cardinham Chancel east .
Person
m 1815
Union
Sarah Willyams b c 1790 , d 1871 . Dedicatee of Cardinham Chancel north 2 .
Person
Charles Grylls b c 1792 , d c 1792 .
Person
Cordelia Grylls b c 1794 .
Person
Emily Grylls b c 1796 .
Person
Emily Meliarn/Meliorn Grylls b c 1798 .
Person
Jane Mary Grylls b c 1824 .
Person
Glynn Grylls b c 1827 .
Person
Mary Trevenen Grylls b c 1828 .
Person
Glynn Grylls b c 1830 .
Person
George William Frederick Grylls b c 1832 .
Person
Charlotte Grylls b c 1834 .
Person
Emily Roberts m 1853
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Glynn Grylls b c 1800 , d 1866 .
Person
m 1823
Union
Jane Mary Trevenen b 1799 , d 1851 .
Person
Gervaise Grylls b c 1802 , d c 1803 .
Person
Gerveys Grylls b c 1803 .
Person
Caroline Grylls b c 1805 .
Person
Loveday Marshall Grylls b c 1809 .
Person
Mary Caroline Grylls b c 1836 .
Person
George Borlase Grylls b c 1837 .
Person
Henry Borlase Grylls b c 1839 , d 1925 .
Person
m 1871
Union
Anna Maria Tench Bedford b c 1841 .
Person
Loveday Marshall Grylls b c 1840 .
Person
Charles William Grylls b c 1841 .
Person
Helen Treweeke Grylls b 1843 .
Person
Thomas Grylls b 1845 .
Person
Emily Ann Grylls b c 1846 .
Person
Charles Grylls b 1812 , d 1876 .
Person
m 1835
Union
Caroline Borlase b c 1813 , d 1895 .
Person
Thomas Grylls b c 1760 .
Person
m 1786
Union
Mary Millett b c 1768 .
Person
Cordelia Grylls b c 1762 .
Person
Ann Grylls b c 1764 , d c 1764 .
Person
Mathew Grylls b c 1765 , d 1795 .
Person
Sarah Grylls b c 1768 , d 1823 .
Person
Anne Grylls b 1770 , d 1771 .
Person
m 1758
Union
Richard Gerveys Grylls b c 1735 , d 1771 .
Person
Cordelia Glynn b c 1734 , d c 1802 .
Person
Pedigree will scroll horizontally if wider than screen.
Larger version .
Omnes huius ecclesiae fenestras, incuria et vetustate collapsas, per annos
1826 ,
1827 ,
1828 ,
1829
e re privata restauravit, redintegravit, ornavit
Ricardus Gerveys Grylls, Helstoniensis, olim
ab 1792 ad
1820
huius parochiae vicarius, et adhuc patronus;
suo filio Henrico
vicario, praefecto operis Johanne Hedgeland, Londini;
pictore J. Nixon; opifice B. Baillie
In memoriam Horatii Bere Grylls
haec fenestra
anno domini
MCMXLV
iterum renovata est
(Richard Gerveys Grylls, of Helston,
formerly (from the year
1792 to
1820 )
vicar of this parish, and still patron,
at his own expense restored, renewed, and
ornamented all the windows of this church, which,
through neglect and lapse of time, had fallen
into decay; in the years
1826 ,
1827 ,
1828 ,
1829 ;
his son Henry being the vicar;
John Hedgeland of London,
the designer and conductor of the work;
James Nixon the painter; and B. Baillie the glazier)
(In memory of Horace Bere Grylls this window
was again restored in 1945 )
Tracery B1 .
The arms of Grylls of Helston, Cornwall are
or, three bendlets enhanced gules.
The crest is a porcupine passant argent and the motto
is Vires agminis unus habet
(One has the strength of an army)
(Burke, Bernard, The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales , p 433 . 1884 , London, Harrison & Sons )
Inscription at base of a .
Inscriptions at base of b .
Inscriptions at base of c .
Inscription at base of d .
Illustration of window in display panel,
probably a reproduction of one of the sixteen coloured plates in
Gilbert, Davies. Some collections and translations respecting St. Neot and the former state of his church . Hedgeland, JP. A description, accompanied by sixteen coloured plates, of the splendid decorations recently made to the church of St. Neot, in Cornwall , p 1 . 1830 , London, W Clowes ,
many of which are missing from this digitised copy. The arms shown here in the outer tracery lights
A1 and A2 are now at the top of the
inner two main lights b and c .