Cornish stained glass

Fowey, St Fimbarrus

N1. North clerestory 1

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

Date of manufacture and insertion

1881

Number of lights

3

Maker

Fouracre & Watson

Main subject

SS George : Teath : Patrick

Subject type

Figurative historical

Donor

“Public subscription”

Dedicatee

Revd Dr Edward Treffry

Notes

1. Truro Diocesan Kalendar 1883 p 152 (30^th November 1881). Heard & Sons, Truro.
2. One of nine windows consecrated on St Andrew’s Day 30^th November 1881. Plaque on tower arch.
3. Progress with the windows: Cornish Telegraph April 14, 1881 p 5, Western Daily Mercury August 31, 1881 p 2, Royal Cornwall Gazette September 2, 1881 p 4, Western Morning News October 3, 1881 p 3, Cornishman October 6, 1881 p 6, Cornishman October 6, 1881 p 7, Royal Cornwall Gazette October 7, 1881 p 7, Western Morning News October 13, 1881 p 3, Western Daily Mercury October 13, 1881 p 2, Royal Cornwall Gazette October 14, 1881 p 4, Western Daily Mercury October 22, 1881 p 3, Exeter and Plymouth Gazette Daily Telegrams November 9, 1881 p 2, Western Morning News November 15, 1881 p 2, Western Morning News November 15, 1881 p 4, Western Daily Mercury November 17, 1881 p 6, Western Daily Mercury November 18, 1881 p 3 (list of saints), Western Morning News November 18, 1881 p 4 (on show at studio before insertion), Western Daily Mercury November 22, 1881 p 3, Royal Cornwall Gazette November 25, 1881 p 7.
4. Insertion, maker, dedicatee, unveiling ceremony: Western Morning News December 1, 1881 p 4, Western Daily Mercury December 1, 1881 p 2, Western Daily Mercury December 2, 1881 p 3 (mentions sale of old clerestory windows), Royal Cornwall Gazette December 9, 1881 p 6.
5. Balance of £4 14s 11d after paying all expenses Royal Cornwall Gazette February 24, 1882 p 7.
6. Part Ⅱ of description of window and saints Cornishman March 2, 1882 p 7