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
- Number of lights
- 5
- Maker
- Warrington, William
- Main subject
- Angel in canopy over St Philip
- St Peter in canopy over St John the Evangelist
- St John the Baptist in canopy over Christ
- St Paul in canopy over St James the Less
- Angel in canopy over St Simon the Zealot
- Notes
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- Desire to use funds raised for improvements for stained glass window over altar .
- Inserted in Truro, St Mary, Chancel east. Maker, insertion, subjects .
- The 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, . - The Ecclesiologist No , September 1845, p 241. Chancel east and South aisle east, both by Warrington, inserted.
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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.
- The Ecclesiologist,
No , June 1849, p 401.
Within the last few years five windows of stained glass have been inserted.
- The Ecclesiologist,
No 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. - .
- Truro Diocesan Faculty and CintW - from St Mary, Truro.
- Donated to St Paul, Chacewater by Chapter of Truro Cathedral
- Inserted in St Paul, Chacewater, Chancel east by Solomon of Truro after restoration by Farmiloe of London. .
Whole window
Canopy. The figures are, from left to right:
- An angel
- St Peter, holding the keys
- St John the Baptist, holding a lamb
- St Paul, holding his book of Epistles and a sword, the instrument of his martyrdom
- An angel
Towards the bottom of the canopy in each light is a pair of smaller angels. The pair in the left-hand light seem to be facing in the wrong direction, i.e., away from the centre of the window.
The main panels. The figures are, from left to right, St Philip, St John the Evangelist, Christ, St James the Less and St Simon.
Sanctus Phillippus [sic]
Left-hand light. St Philip holding a cross. He was martyred by crucifixion.
Sanctus Johannes
Second light. St John the Evangelist with a dragon emerging from a chalice.
Surgite, Eamus (Rise, let us be going) ().
Centre light. Christ holding a globe on which are shown symbols of the three great eras of the Church.
Sanctus Jacobus Minor
Fourth light. St James the Less holding a fuller’s club, the instrument of his martrydom.
Sanctus Simon
Right-hand light. St Simon the Zealot with a saw, the instrument of his martyrdom.
St Mary’s.
The window in its original location, in the parish church of St Mary, Truro. The original photograph is in an album belonging to the Daubuz family, now in the custody of Kresen Kernow, reference .
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