St Winnow, St Winnow
Lady Chapel east
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
4a .
St George slays the dragon
4b .
Virgin Mary and infant Jesus
4c .
St Christopher, carrying the infant Christ, wades through water
4d .
The Archangel Michael
3a .
Donor
3b .
Donor
3c .
Donor
3d .
Bishop
2a .
St Winwaloe
2b .
Annunciation to the Virgin Mary
2c .
St Mary Magdalene
2d .
St Leonard
1a .
Arms of Foster
1b .
Donor
1c .
Donor
1d .
Arms of Rich
Tracery subject
B1 .
Arms of Courtenay as Earl of Devon
A1 .
Arms of Kayle and Arcedekne
A2 .
Arms of Courtenay
Donors
Restoration by children of dedicatees:
Mary Uzella Daubuz ,
née Foster
Elizabeth Foster
Richard Foster
Dedicatees
Dedicatees of restoration:
William Foster
of Lanwithan,
died 13th August 1849 aged 74
Elizabeth Foster ,
née Rich,
wife of William Foster,
died 25th March 1867
Notes
J Polsue, A Complete Parochial History of the County of Cornwall, vol IV p 325 . William Lake, Truro, 1872 -
“Two or three other lesser windows of stained glass are memorial, but without inscriptions”.
Restored 1867
in memory of William and Elizabeth Foster, whose arms are at base, by their children.
Subject=PC : 89 and RICJ 2000 : 50.
Mattingly J, Clare S.
Important Medieval Glass Conserved at St Winnow, Cornwall,
Vidimus
Vol 30, June 2009 .
Mattingly J, Swift MG,
Pre-Dissolution stained glass in Cornwall—a gazetteer ,
St Winnow ,
(originally published in
Vidimus
Vol 31, July 2009 ).
Pedigree of the dedicatees of the window:
One of the families that are donors and dedicatees of stained-glass windows in Cornwall, UK.
Pedigree of Foster of Lanwithan
Pedigree of Foster of Lanwithan
Window donor:
Window dedicatee:
Window donor and dedicatee:
Arms of father:
[ ]
Arms of mother:
[ ]
William Bolitho b 1830 , d 1894 . Dedicatee of Gulval Chancel east (1886) .
Person
Sage Ley Bolitho b 1836 .
Person
Richard Foster Bolitho b c 1840 .
Person
Richard Foster Bolitho b c 1799 , d 1882 . Donor of Gulval Chancel east (1858) . Dedicatee of Gulval Chancel east (1886) .
Person
m 1829
Union
Amelia Sage Ley b 1800 , d 1886 . Dedicatee of Gulval Chancel east (1886) .
Person
Catherine Johns Bolitho b c 1806 .
Person
Mary Foster Bolitho b c 1813 .
Person
Philippa Foster b 1769 , d 1845 . Dedicatee of Gulval Chancel east (1858) , Gulval Chancel east (1886) .
Person
m 1798
Union
William Bolitho b 1773 , d 1856 . Dedicatee of Gulval Chancel east (1858) , Gulval Chancel east (1886) .
Person
John Foster b c 1773 .
Person
Lewis Charles Daubuz b 1837 , d 1838 .
Person
John Claude Daubuz b 1842 , d 1915 .
Person
Mary Wilmot Arundell Daubuz b 1843 , d 1894 .
Person
m 1868
Union
Walter Coode b 1838 , d 1885 .
Person
William Baril Daubuz b 1845 , d 1860 .
Person
Elizabeth Frances Anne Daubuz b 1847 , d 1934 . Donor of Kea Chancel east .
Person
Julia Penelope Daubuz b 1850 , d 1852 .
Person
Mary Uzella Foster b c 1806 , d 1886 . Donor of St Winnow Lady Chapel east .
Person
m 1835
Union
John Daubuz b 1803 , d 1883 . Donor of Truro St Mary’s aisle 4 .
Person
Elizabeth Foster b 1807 , d 1889 . Donor of St Winnow Lady Chapel east . Dedicatee of Lostwithiel North aisle west , Lostwithiel South aisle west .
Person
Caroline Elizabeth Mabel Foster b 1863 , d 1928 . Donor of St Winnow Nave north 1 , St Nectan Chancel east .
Person
Richard Foster b c 1836 , d 1920 . Donor of St Nectan Chancel east . Dedicatee of St Winnow Nave north 1 .
Person
m 1860
Union
Elizabeth Robins Bolitho b 1839 , d 1910 . Donor of St Nectan South aisle east . Dedicatee of St Winnow Nave north 2 , St Nectan Chancel east .
Person
William Thomas Foster b c 1838 .
Person
Thomas Robins Foster b c 1839 .
Person
John Foster b c 1841 , d 1851 . Dedicatee of St Winnow Lady Chapel south 1 .
Person
Edward Rich Foster b c 1842 , d 1869 . Dedicatee of Lanlivery North Chapel 1 .
Person
Lewis Charles Foster b c 1844 .
Person
Caroline Elizabeth Foster b c 1845 .
Person
Dorothy Dunnett Foster b c 1847 .
Person
Mary Uzella Foster b c 1848 .
Person
Henry Durett Foster b 1850 , d 1934 . Donor of Lanlivery Chancel north 2 , Lanlivery North Chapel 1 .
Person
Gertrude Foster b c 1852 , d 1853 . Dedicatee of St Winnow Lady Chapel south 1 .
Person
Helen Gertrude Foster b c 1854 , d 1855 . Dedicatee of St Winnow Lady Chapel south 1 .
Person
Gerald John Foster b c 1856 .
Person
Richard Foster b c 1809 , d 1869 . Donor of St Winnow Lady Chapel east . Dedicatee of Lanlivery Chancel north 2 .
Person
m 1835
Union
Caroline Robins b c 1814 .
Person
William Foster b c 1775 , d 1849 . Dedicatee of St Winnow Lady Chapel east .
Person
m 1805
Union
Elizabeth Rich b c 1784 , d 1867 . Donor of St Winnow Lady Chapel south 1 . Dedicatee of St Winnow Lady Chapel east .
Person
Thomas Foster b c 1780 .
Person
m 1764
Union
Richard Foster b c 1732 .
Person
Mary Westlake b c 1741 .
Person
Pedigree will scroll horizontally if wider than screen.
Larger version .
This window was restored A.D. 1867 , in memory
of William and Elizabeth Foster, of Lanwithan, by their children,
Richard Foster, Mary Uzella Daubuz, and Elizabeth Foster
(Inscription on a plaque below the window)
Tracery
A1 (tracery left).
Arms of Kayle of Cornwall are
quarterly, battelly counter-battelly argent and sable
(Burke, Bernard, The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales , p 553 . 1884 , London, Harrison & Sons ).
Arms of Arcedekne of Cornwall are
argent three chevronels sable
(Burke 1884 , op. cit. , p 22 ).
B1 (tracery top centre).
Probably the arms of Courtenay as Earl of Devon.
Quarterly first and fourth or, three torteaux, for Courtenay;
second and third or a lion rampant azure for Redvers (the old Earls of Devon)
(Burke 1884 , op. cit. , p 234 )
The supporters of these arms were two boars argent bristled, tusked and unguled or,
which resembles the crest here.
A2 (tracery right).
Probably the arms of Courtenay,
or, three torteaux,
(Burke 1884 , op. cit. , p 234 )
with a label for difference (the brown band across the top, originally with three vertical bands, the outer
two of which have been lost).
4a .
St George
4b .
The Virgin and Child
4c .
St Christopher
4d .
St Michael
3a .
Image of donor
3b .
Image of donor, possibly William Kayle of Ethy in St Winnow. He is wearing
armour on which are the arms of Arcedekne (1st and 4th ) quartered with Kayle
(2nd and 3rd ).
3c .
Image of donor, possibly Philippa Trenoweth, the wife of William Kayle, who may be the figure
shown in 3b .
3d .
Inserted half-figure of a bishop
2a .
Probably St Winnow (Winwaloe)
2b .
Virgin Mary, from an otherwise lost Annunciation scene
2c .
St Mary Magdalene
2d .
A bishop saint traditionally identified as St Leonard
1a .
The arms of Foster of Lanwithan (dedicatee of 1867 restoration) are
per pale sable and gules on a saltire ermine a bugle horn between four escallops.
(Burke 1884 , op. cit. , p FIS–FOX ,
Burke, Bernard, Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry , vol I p 694 . 8th edition, 1894 , London, Harrison & Sons ).
1b .
Donors
1c .
Donors
1d .
The arms of Rich (dedicatee of 1867 restoration) are
quarterly or and azure
a chevron between three roundles each charged with a lion rampant all counterchanged.
(Papworth, John W. Ordinary of British Armorials, vol I p 463 . 1874 . London, T Richards ,
Burke 1884 , op. cit. , p 851 ).