Bodmin, St Petroc

e1. Chancel east

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

Date of manufacture and insertion
Number of lights
5
Maker
Clayton & Bell
Main subject
Te Deum
2a. Peter and John the Evangelist 2b. Angels, including the archangel Gabriel 2c. Christ as Salvator Mundi 2d. Angels, including the archangel Raphael 2e. The apostles James the Great and Jude
1a. The prophet Moses 1b. The apostle Andrew and the Blessed Virgin Mary 1c. The Archangel Michael 1d. John the Baptist, Paul 1e. Bishop, cardinal.
Tracery subject
B1. Angel in adoration
B2. Agnus Dei
B3. Angel in adoration
A1. Two angels playing musical instruments
A2. Two angels playing musical instruments
Donor
Friends and family
Dedicatee
Col Walter Raleigh Gilbert, CB, Chief Constable of Cornwall, died aged 83
Notes
  1. Death of dedicatee, Western Evening Herald p 2, Cornish Telegraph p 5, Cornishman p 7
  2. Maker, donors, dedicatee, subject, unveiled , Western Morning News p 5, Royal Cornwall Gazette p 2, Cornishman p 4, Cornish Telegraph p 5.
  3. Dedicatee, Truro Diocesan Kalendar p 162 (). Heard & Sons, Truro (D/E/3/9, D/E/4/5).
  4. Church included in C&B list c.1910.
  5. Image of window.

To the honoured memory of Colonel Walter Raleigh Gilbert, C.B., born , died . By his friends who love and revere him—

In the centre is Christ in Majesty surrounded by angels, archangels and cherubs and, in the words of the Te Deum, the glorious company of the Apostles, the goodly fellowship of the Prophets, the noble army of Martyrs and the holy Church throughout all the world.

Tracery. At the top is the Agnus Dei (Lamb of God) with angels in adoration on either side. Below them are two pairs of angels playing musical instruments (psaltery, dulcimer and woodwind, viol).

2a. The apostles John the Evangelist (holding chalice) and Peter (holding keys) at the front. At the back is a female figure holding a martyr’s palm frond.
2b. Angels, with the archangel Gabriel, holding a lily, at the front.
2c. Christ as Salvator Mundi (Saviour of the World), holding an orb.
2d. Angels, with the archangel Raphael, holding a fish, at the front.
2e. The apostles James the Greater (holding a pilgrim’s staff) and Jude (holding a carpenter’s set square) near the front.
1a. At the front is the prophet Moses, holding the tablets. Towards the back a female figure holds a martyr’s palm frond.
1b. The apostle Andrew (holding the cross) and the Blessed Virgin Mary at the front. At the back a female figure holds a martyr’s palm frond.
1c. The archangel Michael, in armour and holding a shield and sword.
1d. John the Baptist (holding a staff with an Ecce Agnus Dei banner) and the apostle Paul (holding a sword) at the front
1e. At the front are, on the left, a bishop and, to the right, a cardinal in scarlet garments.