Gwennap, St Wenappa
North aisle 3
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
- Powell, James of Whitefriars
- Main subject
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a. b, c. Christ healing the sick at Capernaum d. An angel shows John the river of life - Tracery subject
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B1. A1. A2. A3. A4. - Dedicatee
- John Frederick Tabb, son of Thomas and Elizabeth Tabb of Redruth, physician and surgeon, Lt Col RAMC Royal Army Medical Corps (TD), died
- Notes
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- Birth of a son (date not given) to Mr T Tabb of Redruth and his wife, .
- Baptism of John Frederick Tabb, (year given as , probably a mistake).
- The Census
RG9/1579 (Part 2),
records the four-year old son
John T. Tabb
[sic] of Thomas and Elizabeth Tabb living at 7 Fore Street, Redruth. - Poland, John. Records of the Miller Hospital and Royal Kent Dispensary, , Greenwich, H Richardson. JF Tabb was, at various times, Honororary Medical Officer of Christchurch district, p 234, and Greenwich district, p 284.
- Promotion of John Frederick Tabb to Surgeon Major, 2nd Kent Royal Garrison Artillery (Volunteers), London Gazette, , p 7557
- Truro Diocesan Faculty Petition dated,
,
Faculty issued
.
To insert stained glass in the third window from the East wall in the North Aisle of the Parish Church of Gwennap
) but with no other drawings or documents.
(vicar of Gwennap was the Revd Algernon Herbert Thorold,
churchwardens Messrs AM Tabb, JA Ford and CH Beauchamp).
Another copy of the Faculty is also held under
( - Maker’s mark - friar.
6906/1
, artistRead
.
.
Order number - The dedicatee’s parents, Thomas and Elizabeth Tabb, are the dedicatees of .

To the glory of God and in loving memory of John Frederick Tabb physician and surgeon Lieut. Col. R.A.M.C. (T.D.) Born died
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Tracery. St Luke and four medicinal plants.
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St Luke
B1.
St Luke, the beloved physician
( ).
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Saffron Foxglove
A1, A2. Two medicinal plants.
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Valerian Hyssop
A3, A4. Two medicinal plants.
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An angel went down at a certain season [into the pool,] and troubled the water ( )
a. An angel stirs up the water at the pool of Bethesda.
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He healed many that were sick of divers diseases ( )
b, c. Christ healing the sick at Capernaum.
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He shewed me a [pure] river of water of life, clear as crystal ( )
d. An angel shows John the river of the water of life, running down from heaven.
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The inscription, running across the base of all four lights.
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The mark of the maker, Powell of Whitefriars, in the bottom right-hand corner of d, just above the IL of April.