Truro, Cathedral Church of St Mary
n24. North nave aisle 3
Entries in grey are not obtained from documentary evidence, but are inferred from content, context, etc.
- Date of manufacture and insertion
- Number of lights
- 1
- Maker
- Clayton & Bell
- Main subject
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2 upper. King Edward the Confessor 2 lower. Leofric, Kenstec 1. King Edward and Queen Edith placing Leofric on episcopal throne, - Donor
- Kenneth Haweis James of 10 Orme Court, London, metal broker, son of dedicatee, died aged 79
- Dedicatee
- Elizabeth Jane James, née Page, died , aged 68
- Notes
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- Death of dedicatee, .
- Offer of windows in memory of parents by donor .
- . Letters from Kenneth James and .
- Insertion of n22 in memory of donor’s grandparents and offer of windows in memory of father and mother on completion of nave .
- Insertion of this window (and n25, in memory of donor’s father), , .
To the glory of God and in loving memory of Elizabeth Jane (Page) wife of Henry Charles James formerly of this city born in London and died there
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2 upper. Edward the Confessor is shown crowned, wearing royal robes with a fur collar and a chain around his neck bearing a cross. His left hand holds a sceptre surmounted by a fleur de lys and crown, whilst his right hands holds a ring, a reference to the legend of his meeting with a beggar. As Edward had no money with him, the beggar received a gold ring, which he asked two English pilgrims in the Holy Land to return to the king.
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· LEOFRIC · EDWARD THE CONFESSOR · KENSTEC ·
2 lower. On the left is Leofric, the first bishop of Exeter. He is shown wearing Bishop’s vestments including mitre and gloves, his robes embellished with a jewelled morse and orphreys. His right hand and shoulder support a crozier, whilst his left knee and hand support a closed book.
On the right is Kenstec, the Bishop of Cornwall. He is shown wearing a monastic habit girdled at the waist; he holds a crozier in his left hand whilst his right hand holds a scroll on which is written Ego Kenstec humilis ad episcopalem sedem de Dinnurrin electus fateor me sedi Dorowernensi obsequium debitum …esti turum (I, humble Kenstec, elected to the episcopal seat in Dinnurrin, confess my obedience to the seat of Canterbury) a summary of the document in which Kenstec professes canonical obedience to the Archbishop of Canterbury (Haddan, AW, Stubbs, W., eds. Councils and Ecclesiastical Documents Relating to Great Britain and Ireland, Vol p 674, Oxford, Clarendon Press, , Jenner, H. Dingerein and the Geraints, 79th Annual Report of the Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society, p 65 Truro, O Blackford, ).
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EDWARD · AND · HIS · QUEEN · ENTHRONING · LEOFRIC
1. The King is central, with Leofric, in Bishop’s vestments excluding mitre, placed between the royal couple. They clasp his hands and lead him towards the episcopal throne as Bishop of Cornwall and Crediton.
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The inscription at the base of the window.
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