Launceston, Guildhall
North
Entries in grey are not obtained from documentary evidence, but are inferred from content, context, etc.
- Date of manufacture and insertion
- Maker
- Fouracre & Son
- Main subject
- Armorial of Stephen, Aethelred, Edward . Duke and Duchess of York in wreaths. Brian of Bretagne and Black Prince.
- Subject type
- Decorative
- Donor
- Public subscription and a donation from Richard Peter, JP, former Mayor and Town Clerk of Launceston.
- Notes
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- Commemorates visit by Duke and Duchess of Cornwall (the future King George and Queen Mary) on , .
- Proposed to unveil window on Empire Day , , but some Empire Day celebrations affected by death of King Edward on . As a result of King Edward ’s death, the Duke of Cornwall had acceded to the throne by .
- Maker, inserted on , . Includes details of subjects and photo of window.
This window is erected by public subscription and by a donation from Richard Peter, JP Justice of the Peace
Sigillum Ecclesiae Sancti Stephani de Lanston
Seal of St Stephen’s Priory, Launceston (, ).
Aethelred.
Arms of Richard Plantagenet, Earl of Cornwall (, .
Sigillum Burgi de Dunehevid
Seal of the borough of Launceston ().
HRH George Duke of Cornwall.
Arms of the Prince of Wales (Burke, Bernard, The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales p , , London, Harrison & Sons).
HRH Victoria Mary, Duchess of Cornwall.
Brian de Bretagne –. 1st Norman Earl of Cornwall.
In the background is a representation of St Stephen’s Priory, seen also in the seal at the top of the light. The arms on the shield appear to be gules a lion rampant argent.
Brian de Bretagne.
To commemorate the visit of TRH the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall to their capital . John Kittow, Mayor
The arms of the town of Launceston are gules
a triple circular tower in a pyramidical form or, the first
battlements mounted with cannon of the last, all within a border azure
charged with eight towers domed argent. The crest is in a ducal coronet or,
a lion’s head gules between two ostrich feathers argent
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Below the arms is the town’s motto
Royale et loyale
(Royal and loyal), a reference to its
support for the Royalist cause during the Civil War.
Edward the Black Prince Duke of Cornwall.
In the background is a representation of Launceston Castle, seen also in the seal at the top of the light and the town’s arms.
Edward the Black Prince.