Truro, Cathedral Church of St Mary
s14 . Baptistry vestibule 2
Entries in grey
are not obtained from documentary evidence, but
are inferred from content, context, etc .
Date of manufacture and insertion
1889
Number of lights
1
Maker
Clayton & Bell
Main subject
3 .
St John the Baptist
2 .
John the Baptist preaching
1 .
Baptism of Christ in the river Jordan
Donor
Walter Deeble Boger of Wolsdon, Antony, Torpoint,
eldest son of Deeble Boger,
husband of dedicatee
Dedicatee
Amelia Harriet Boger,
youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs Thomas Holmes Bosworth of Westerham, Kent,
died 29th June 1887 aged 47
Notes
Marriage of Walter Deeble Boger and Amelia Harriet Bosworth,
15th August 1863 ,
at Westerham, Kent.
Royal Cornwall Gazette August 21, 1863 p 8 .
Death of dedicatee,
Morning Post July 4, 1887 p 1 ,
Western Morning News July 4, 1887 p 1 ,
Royal Cornwall Gazette July 8, 1887 p 5 ,
Kent and Sussex Courier July 15, 1887 p 3 .
Intention to donate,
Royal Cornwall Gazette October 18, 1888 p 5 .
Donor, dedicatee, subject, insertion,
Royal Cornwall Gazette January 9, 1890 p 7 .
The three windows of the Baptistry vestibule, the other two being
s13
and
s15
,
were all given at the same time by the same donor in memory of the same dedicatee.
The Baptistry vestibule has since been re-ordered as the Chapel of SS Samson and Boniface.
TO · THE · GLORY · OF · GOD · AND · IN · LOVING · MEMORY · OF AMELIA · HARRIET · WIFE · OF ·
· WALTER · DEEBLE · BOGER · OF WOLSDON · WHO · DIED · THE
29TH · OF · JUNE · 1887 · AGED · 47
To the Glory of God and in loving memory of Amelia Harriet wife of Walter Deeble Boger of Wolsdon who died the 29th of June 1887 aged 47
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S[ANCTUS] JOANNES BAP[TISTUS]
(St John the Baptist)
3 .
St John the Baptist,
holding a staff and a banner on which is written
Ecce Agnus Dei
(Behold the Lamb of God)
(John 1:29 ).
PÆNITENTIAM [sic] · AGITE
Poenitentiam agite
(Repent ye [for the kingdom of heaven is at hand])
(Matthew 3:2 )
2 .
John the Baptist preaching in the wilderness of Judaea.
HIC · EST · FILIUS · MEUS · DELECTUS [sic]
Hic est Filius meus dilectus
(This is my beloved Son)
(Matthew 3:17 )
1 .
John the Baptist baptises Christ in the river Jordan, with the Holy Spirit
descending like a ray of light.
John holds a staff and a banner on which is written
Ecce Agnus Dei
(Behold the Lamb of God)
(John 1:29 ).
The inscription, running across the bases of
s13 ,
s14 and
s15 .
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