St Stephen-by-Saltash, St Stephen
North aisle 1
Entries in grey
are not obtained from documentary evidence, but
are inferred from content, context, etc .
Date of manufacture and insertion
1912
Number of lights
4
Maker
Fouracre & Son
Main subject
a .
,
Noah
b .
Abraham and Isaac climb the mountain
c .
Moses and the brazen serpent
Tracery subject
Two angels above Christ healing leper, saving Peter and woman with issue of blood
B1 .
Christ saves Peter from drowning
A1 .
Christ heals a leper who kneels before him
A2 .
Healing of a woman with an issue of blood; she kneels before Christ after having
touched his robe
Subject type
Figurative historical
Dedicatees
Robert Smith of Burrell,
died 20th March 1892 aged 76
Elizabeth Smith ,
née Dyer,
wife of Robert Smith
William Smith ,
son of Robert and Elizabeth Smith,
died 9th September 1898 aged 47
Robert Smith , jnr,
son of Robert and Elizabeth Smith,
died 25th November 1907 aged 53
John Smith ,
son of Robert and Elizabeth Smith,
died 15th July 1908 aged 46
Florence Elizabeth Smith ,
only daughter of William and Jessie Smith,
died 25th December 1908 aged 16
Robert William Henry Couch Smith ,
son of William and Jessie Smith,
died 5th April 1911 aged 25
Notes
Truro Diocesan Faculty.
Truro Diocesan Kalendar 1913 p 150 (28th March 1912 ). Heard & Sons, Truro (D/E/3/15 ) .
… to insert a Memorial Window of Stained Glass in the North Aisle of the same Church
with the following inscription:—To the Glory of God, and in memory of Robert Smith, of Burell, and Elizabeth, his wife,
their three sons and two grandchildren who are interred in this Churchyard.
Maker (WD Snell/Fouracre), dedicatees, dedication on
21st April 1912 ,
Western Daily Mercury April 22, 1912 p 7 .
Spelling of Burell varies widely,
Porter Philip EB. Around and about Saltash , p 271. Saltash, Dingle & Co, 1905
spells it thus, and describes location and family.
Pedigree of the dedicatees of the window:
Pedigree will scroll horizontally if wider than screen.
Larger version .
To the Glory of God, and in memory of Robert Smith of Burell,
and Elizabeth his wife their three sons, and two grandchildren,
who are interred in this churchyard. Erected April 1912
Tracery:
B1 .
Lord save me.
(Matthew 14:30 )
Peter tries to walk on water, and begins to sink.
A1 .
Be thou clean.
(Matthew 8:3 ,
Mark 1:41 ,
Luke 5:13 )
Christ cures a man of leprosy.
A2 .
Go in peace.
(Mark 5:34 ,
Luke 8:48 )
Christ cures the woman who has an issue of blood.
Main lights:
a .
After the flood, the ark comes to rest on Mount Ararat
(Genesis 8:4 ).
God makes a covenant with Noah that never again will there be a flood. As a sign of this
covenant God puts a rainbow in the sky
(Genesis 9:13 )
b .
Abraham and Isaac climb the mountain to the place where Isaac is to be sacrificed.
Abraham carries the fire and knife, Isaac carries the wood.
(Genesis 22:6 )
c .
Moses makes a serpent of brass and puts it on a pole. At their feet are the serpents
against which the brass serpent will protect them.
(Numbers 21:9 )
d .
While Elijah is living by the brook, he is fed by ravens.
(Ⅰ Kings 17:6 )
Photograph copyright © William Finnigan
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