Nativity : Baptism of Christ : Ascension above Crucifixion : Agony in Gethsemane : Last Supper
Tracery subject
Four evangelists’ symbols and six armorials
Robert of Cardinan (or Cardinham) seal
(Lysons, Daniel, Lysons, Samuel, Magna Britannia
vol 3, p lxxix*, 1814, London, T Cadell and W Davies)
argent on a chief sable a lion passant argent
(Pasco, WP, A Cornish Armory, p 26. Padstow, The Lodenek Press,
Priory of St Andrew, Tywardreath: gules, a cross saltire, or, between four
fleurs de lys, or
(Oliver, George, Monasticon Dioecesis Exoniensis,
p 36, 1846, Exeter, PA Hannaford).
Diocese of Exeter, gules, two keys in saltire or, surmounted of a sword in pale proper hilt gold
(Burke, Bernard, The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales, p 335. , London, Harrison & Sons).
Duchy of Cornwall, sable, fifteen bezants, five, four, three, two and one
(Burke , op. cit., p 230).
Fowey seal of the town of Fowey on a shield a ship of three masts on the sea, her topsail furled
(Pascoe, WH, A Cornish Armory, Padstow, 1979, Lodenek Press).
Nevill gules, a saltire argent
(Burke , op. cit., p 727).
Donor
Mrs Ann Alderson Lambert, née Kendray,
third daughter of Francis Kendray of Barnsley, wife of Mr Edward Lambert of London, trustee of the Treffry trust estates
(The National Archives
Treffry of Place), died , sister of dedicatee.
Dedicatee
Mrs Martha Elizabeth Thexton, née Kendray,
second daughter of Francis Kendray of Barnsley, wife of Thomas Thexton of Barnsley, surgeon,
died , sister of donor.
Notes
First marriage of dedicatee on
Yorkshire Gazette p 3.
Second marriage of dedicatee on
Leeds Intelligencer p 8.
Death of dedicatee Sheffield Independent p 3,
Barnsley Chronicle p 5.
In the event of certain alterations in the seating, &c.,
of the church being carried out, a new chancel window has been promised.Cornish Telegraph p 4West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser p 11.
£2300 obtained or promised for restoration, of which £300 specifically for east window,
Western Morning News p 3.
Maker’s mark.
Insertion, donor, maker,
Western Morning News p 4,
Royal Cornwall Gazette p 5.
Quotes an inscription underneath the window on a brassDedicated by Ann Alderson Lambert, to the memory of a beloved sister, who died March 5th, 1872.
There is now a reredos immediately below the window so this inscription, even if still present, is no longer visible.
From Dr Treffry’s speech at the ceremony: A lady said, “I will give a three-hundred-pound
east window provided the Church is restored.”.
Maker, subject, heraldry Western Daily Mercury p 2.
Family history of dedicatee
Barnsley Chronicle p 8,
Barnsley Chronicle p 2.
Death of Edward Lambert of 28 York Terrace, Regent’s Park and 8 John Street, Bedford Row on
,
Morning Post p 1.
His widow, Ann Alderson Lambert, donated a window in his memory to St Marylebone Church, London.
EW Rashleigh A Short History of the Town and Borough of Fowey, 1887, J Smith, Plymouth,
and CG=“designed by Dr. Drake of Fowey, author of the 1886 history of the church”.
Death of donor Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer p 4,
London Gazette,
p 4727.
Kelly’s Directory of Cornwall p 1106
states window is a memorial to the Meredith family. James Henry Meredith
was a trustee of the Treffry trust estates
(The National Archives
Treffry of Place), and on his death his widow Frances and son James Austen Meredith
conveyed the Treffry trust estates to Robert Thomas Head of Exeter and Edward Lambert of Bedford Row, London, husband of donor.
Kelly’s Directory of Cornwall p 123
states window is a memorial to the Kendrey family.
There is a brass plaque to the left of the window, on which is written
The Memorial at the east end of this chancel is here placed to the Glory of God
and in tender remembrance of Annie Ellen Purcell who fell asleep in Jesus
.
Erected by her loving Husband.
Its proximity to the east window suggests that the Memorial
might refer to this window, but the window was inserted in 1876, the year before Mrs Purcell died.
Keast (Keast, John, The story of Fowey, Cornwall. First published by the author, ) states that
her memorial was the (cream coloured) tiles, now largely hidden behind the reredos,
on which are written the Ten Commandments, the Creed and the Lord’s Prayer.