Cornish stained glass

Truro, Parish Church of St Mary

Chancel east

Entries in grey are not obtained from documentary evidence, but are inferred from content, context, etc.

Date of manufacture and insertion

1845

Number of lights

5

Maker

Warrington, William

Main subject

1. Angel in canopy over St Philip
2. St Peter in canopy over St John the Evangelist
3. St John the Baptist in canopy over Christ
4. St Paul in canopy over St James the Less
5. Angel in canopy over St Simon the Zealot

Elaborate canopy including pair of praying angels above principal figure in each light.

Notes

1. Desire to use funds raised for improvements for stained glass window over altar Royal Cornwall Gazette April 19, 1844 p 2.
2. Inserted in Truro, St Mary, Chancel east. Maker, insertion, subjects Royal Cornwall Gazette July 18, 1845 p 2.
3. Revd WW Harvey published a book of his sermons partly to help raise funds for the improvement of St Mary’s, including The filling two large eastern windows of the church with stained glass, having suitable subjects, Discourses preached in the parish church of St. Mary’s, Truro, Heard, Truro, 1846.
4. The Ecclesiologist No Ⅴ, September 1845, p 241. Chancel east and South aisle east, both by Warrington, inserted.
5. Royal Cornwall Gazette August 21, 1846 p 3 Two very large East Windows of stained glass [Chancel east and South aisle east] have been put in, with a mortuary window [SMs3] in the aisle; and three other windows of stained glass [two of which are probably SMs4, and SMs5] are in preparation.
6. The Ecclesiologist, No ⅬⅩⅩⅡ, June 1849, p 401. .Within the last few years five windows of stained glass have been inserted.
7. The Ecclesiologist, No ⅬⅩⅩⅩⅢ April 1851, p 156. During the last few years, eight windows of painted glass by Mr. Warrington, have been put up in this church, at three several times. These were:

   1845	Chancel east, South aisle east.
   1846	SMs3,
   1847	SMs4, SMs5.
   1850	SMs2, SMs6, SMs7.

8. J Polsue, A Complete Parochial History of the County of Cornwall, vol Ⅳ p 253. William Lake, Truro, 1872.
9. Truro Diocesan Faculty 19^th May 1892 and CintW 17^th November 1892 - from St Mary, Truro.
10. Donated to St Paul, Chacewater by Chapter of Truro Cathedral
11. Inserted in St Paul, Chacewater, Chancel east by Solomon of Truro after restoration by Farmiloe of London. Royal Cornwall Gazette December 22, 1892 p 4.