Leigh-on-Sea, St Clement
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
- 3
- Maker
- Powell of Whitefriars (Edward Poynter)
- Main subject
- Three scenes from the story of Dorcas:
a. b. c. - Subject type
- Narrative
- Donor
- William Foster of Pittington House, Leigh-on-Sea, husband of dedicatee, died aged 84
- Dedicatee
- Elizabeth Foster, fourth daughter of Capt Thomas Shaw and Mrs Mary Shaw, first wife of donor, died aged 47
- Designs
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- Dorcas gives clothes to the poor (a. Dorcas gives clothes to the poor)
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- . St Ives, St Ia the Virgin, Tower west. 3a. Dorcas gives clothes to the poor.
- . Trowbridge, St Thomas, Chancel north. a. Dorcas gives clothes to the poor.
- Dorcas on her deathbed (b. Dorcas on her deathbed)
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- . St Ives, St Ia the Virgin, Tower west. 3b. Dorcas on her deathbed.
- . Trowbridge, St Thomas, Chancel north. b. Dorcas on her deathbed.
- Peter restores Dorcas to life (c. Peter restores Dorcas to life)
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- . St Ives, St Ia the Virgin, Tower west. 2b. Peter restores Dorcas to life.
- . Trowbridge, St Thomas, Chancel south. a. Peter restores Dorcas to life.
- Notes
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- Death of dedicatee, , , , , (funeral).
- Insertion, donor, dedicatee, subject, , , .
- Marriage at Holy Trinity, Rayleigh, of William Foster of Pittington House, Leigh, and Mary Susannah Beadel, widow of Henry Gould Beadel, of Limehouse, Rayleigh, , , , .
- Death of donor, , , .
- Powell Archive
No number/46
, artistPoynter EJ
. - Robert Eberhard, Church Stained Glass Records, Essex, Leigh on Sea, St Clement.
- Brooks, Alan. The Stained Glass Designs of Sir Edward Poynter, Victorian Society Annual, , pp 27–36.
- Hillman, Clive R. The Windows of St Clement Leigh, pp 30–31.
- Three-light window by Edward Poynter containing six scenes from the story of Dorcas in St Ia, St Ives, .
- GRO record gives age at death 48.
In memory of Elizabeth the beloved wife of William Foster, of this place. She was the fourth daughter of Captain Thos and Mary Shaw born died .
Her last words were This is perfect peace.
This is the peace that passeth all understanding
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a.
This woman was full of good works and almsdeeds which she did
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The medallion is surrounded by diapering with a repeated pattern of wheat and grapes, symbolising the bread and wine of Holy Communion.
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b.
And it came to pass in those days, that she was sick, and died
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The medallion is surrounded by diapering with a repeated pattern of holly and ivy, symbolising Jesus and his mother, the Virgin Mary.
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c.
And turning him [Peter] to the body said, Tabitha, arise
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As in a, the medallion is surrounded by diapering with a repeated pattern of wheat and grapes.
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Inscription running across the base of all three lights.
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