Cornish stained glass

Gwennap, St Wennapa

North aisle west

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

Date of manufacture and insertion

1892

Number of lights

4

Maker

Clayton & Bell

Main subject

Christ with the Doctors in the temple above Annunciation, Nativity, Deposition, Flight to Egypt, Presentation at the Temple.

Tracery subject

Agnus Dei and angels

Donor

Miss Mary Anne Curgenven, aunt of dedicatee.

Dedicatee

Henry Martyn Jeffery, FRS, mathematician, of 9 Dunstanville Terrace, Falmouth, died 3^rd November 1891.

Notes

1. Death of dedicatee, Cornishman November 5, 1891 p 8.
2. Dedicatee described as descended from Henry Martyn, the missionary. Royal Cornwall Gazette April 28, 1892 p 8.
3. Truro Diocesan Kalendar 1893 p 170 (26^th May 1892). Heard & Sons, Truro (D/E/3/7, D/E/4/4, TCM/1257/3) A Four-Light Stained-Glass Window (Clayton and Bell) unveiled, the gift of Miss Curgenven, in memory of the late H. M. Jeffery; the principal subject is Our Lord with the Doctors in the Temple..
4. The donor, Miss Curgenven, gave two other windows: All Saints’, Falmouth, West and (through a bequest in her will) Lamorran Tower west in memory of her father, Revd William Curgenven. In all three cases, the window was made by Clayton & Bell and was the only window by this studio in the church.