St Neot, St Anietus
North aisle west
Entries in grey
are not obtained from documentary evidence, but
are inferred from content, context, etc .
Date of manufacture and insertion
16th century
Number of lights
4
Maker
Not known
Main subject
Twelve scenes from the life of St George
3a .
George fights against the Gauls
3b .
The Gauls behead George
3c .
The Blessed Virgin Mary restores George to life
3d .
The Blessed Virgin Mary arms George
2a .
George slays the dragon
2b .
George is led before the king
2c .
George’s body is lacerated
2d .
The emperor’s son rides upon George
1a .
A stone is hung from George
1b .
George is put into molten lead
1c .
George is dragged by a wild horse
1d .
George is beheaded
Tracery subject
B1 .
Medallion of the Order of Red Cross Knights—George slays the dragon
A1 ,
A2 .
Symbol of St George—a red cross on a white background
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 39 . 1830 , London, W Clowes
Grylls, Revd Henry.
Descriptive Sketch of the Windows of St. Neot Church , p 6 . 1844 , Truro, Heard ,
(No I , the St George window).
Axworthy, William A.
Historical Sketch of the Parish of St Neot
, p 28.
Paignton, Torbay Printing Works,
1906 .
Axworthy acknowledges at the beginning that much of his description of the windows is taken from Grylls.
Details=RICJ 2000 : 36-7.
Churchwardens’ a/c 1881
(oral-Jo Mattingly)
repaired 1881 Fouracre & Watson, cost £1.50.
Restored by Barley Studio ,
York, in 2003 .
Mattingly J, Swift MG,
Pre-Dissolution stained glass in Cornwall—a gazetteer ,
St Neot ,
(originally published in
Vidimus
Vol 31, July 2009 ).
Scenes from the life of St George.
Photograph CVMA inventory
no 005006 .
Photograph copyright © English Heritage (formerly the National Monuments Record).
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B1 .
Medallion of the Order of the Red Cross Knights:
St George on horseback slaying the dragon
Photograph CVMA inventory
no 021661 .
Photograph copyright © Barley Studio.
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Hic Georgius pugnat contra Gallicanos
(Here George fights against the Gauls)
3a .
George fighting against the Gauls.
Photograph CVMA inventory
no 021657 .
Photograph copyright © Barley Studio.
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Hic Gallicani mactant Georgium
(Here the Gauls slaughter George)
3b .
The Gauls, having made George prisoner, behead him at
the shrine of the Blessed Virgin Mary, who is seen with
n her infant child in the corner.
Photograph CVMA inventory
no 021658 .
Photograph copyright © Barley Studio.
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Hic beata Maria resuscitat eum a tumulo
(Here the blessed Mary restores him to life from the tomb)
3c .
The Blessed Virgin Mary, attended by an angel, restores
George to life
Photograph CVMA inventory
no 021659 .
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Hic beata Maria armat Georgium
(Here the blessed Mary arms George)
3d .
The Blessed Virgin Mary arms George with his helmet;
whilst one angel behind holds his sword and spurs, and a
second his sword and shield.
Photograph CVMA inventory
no 021660 .
Photograph copyright © Barley Studio.
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Hic mactat draconem
(Here he kills the dragon)
2a .
George slays the dragon. The king and queen of Egypt look
on from a tower, whilst their virgin daughter is seen in the distance,
bound, and attended by her little dog.
Photograph CVMA inventory
no 021662 .
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Hic capitur et ducitur ante regem
(Here he is taken and led before the king)
2b .
George, guarded and bound, is led before the king on a charge of treason.
Photograph CVMA inventory
no 021663 .
Photograph copyright © Barley Studio.
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Hic corpus eius laceratur
(Here his body is lacerated)
2c .
George is tortured, by two men who are tearing his flesh
with iron rakes.
Photograph CVMA inventory
no 021664 .
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Hic filius imperatoris equitat super eum
(Here the emperor’s son rides upon him)
2d .
George, saddled and bridled, and on all fours, is ridden by the king’s son,
who is brandishing a knotted whip over him, whilst one attendant is urging him
on with the point of his spear, and another with a club.
Photograph CVMA inventory
no 021665 .
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Hic pendent molarem ad eum
(Here they suspend a great stone to him)
1a .
George undergoes another form of torture, one executioner
drawing him up to a gibbet by his hands tied behind him,
whilst another attaches a heavy stone to his feet,
the king looking on.
Photograph CVMA inventory
no 021647 .
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Hic ponitur in furno cum plumbo
(Here he is put into a furnace with lead)
1b .
Another torture. George is thrown headlong into a furnace of molten lead
by an executioner, whilst a person, habited as a monk,
stirs the fire beneath; the king and another looking on.
Photograph CVMA inventory
no 021667 .
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Sanctus Georgius hoesius
(St George …)
1c .
The fifth torture. George is dragged by his feet, by a wild horse,
which is ridden by one individual, and led by another. The inscription
quoted by
Grylls 1844 , op. cit. , p 8
is Hic trahitur
n cum equo indomito (Here he is dragged by a wild horse).
Photograph CVMA inventory
no 021668 .
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Hic Georgius decollatus est
(Here George was beheaded)
1d .
The termination of George’s sufferings, by his being beheaded
in the king’s presence, with his confessor shriving him.
Photograph CVMA inventory
no 021669 .
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Illustration of window in display panel,
probably a reproduction of one of the sixteen coloured plates in
Gilbert and Hedgeland 1830 , op. cit. , p 1 ,
many of which are missing from this digitised copy.