Falmouth, King Charles the Martyr
South aisle 1
Entries in grey are not obtained from documentary evidence, but are inferred from content, context, etc.
- Date of manufacture and insertion
- Number of lights
- 4
- Maker
- Wippell, J (designed by Cuthbert Atchley)
- Main subject
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3a. Emblem of St Germans Priory 3b. Epscobeth Kernow 3c. Onen hag oll 3d. Emblem of St Petroc 2a. 2b. 2c. 2d. 1a. 1d. - Donor
- Wife of dedicatee
- Dedicatee
- William John Chellew of Grey Friars, Cliff Road, Falmouth, died aged 75.
- Notes
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- Baptism of Richard Berryman Chellew (older brother of dedicatee, with whom he was in business), son of William Chellew and Elizabeth Berryman Chellew, .
- Baptism of dedicatee, son of William Hicks Chellew and Elizabeth Berriman Chellew, (born ) .
- Death of dedicatee , , , , (notice).
- Maker’s mark - Cuthbert Atchley’s mark (NADFAS) - assume Wippell manufacturer.
- Truro Diocesan Faculty Petition,
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citation posted
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granted
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On the Significance of the Chellew Memorial Window
Three of the four saints depicted are Keltic and, therefore, have the Keltic tonsure. From the left the first is St. Feock holding a chalice and vested in the Keltic form of the chasuble, usually red, over the albe: the amice was not used then, and the maniple was like a handkerchief.
The 3rd figure, St. Budoc, wears the bishop’s crown—mitres not being worn here in Cornwall until two or three centuries later. The crosier is as a walking stick with some ornament at the top.
The 4th figure, St. Petroc, with his bell and staff wears a blue cloak for pictorial effect only as the grey would be impossible in glass. The details may be further verfied among other sources from pictures in Archaeologia Celtic Liturgy,” and Louis Gougaud’s “Christianity in Keltic Lands.”
, from Warren’s “The 2nd figure, St. Nicholas, is vested, not quite as in his 4th century style of design—for that would be unbecoming in the glass—but mediæval fashion, the chasuble being green as this is the colour for confessor bishops (see St. John Hope and Atchley’s “English Liturgical Colours”)
Above are the shields with the badge of St. German (from St. German’s Church), the Arms of Truro Diocese, the Arms of Cornwall surmounted with the crown of the King’s eldest son, and the badge of St. Petroc taken from Rialton St. Column [recte Columb] Minor, and referring to his conversion of King Constantine of Cornwall. The badges of SS. German and Petroc suggest the two early ecclesiastical centres in Cornwall.
The Cornish inscriptions refer to the diocese of Cornwall and to the Cornish motto.
M.H.N. Cuthbert Atchley
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The papers included with the Faculty Petition include the following undated note signed
by Cuthbert Atchley.
- Insertion, maker, subjects, , .