Launceston, Guildhall
North
Entries in grey
are not obtained from documentary evidence, but
are inferred from content, context, etc .
Date of manufacture and insertion
1910
Maker
Fouracre & Son
Main subject
Armorial of Stephen, Aethelred, Edward II . 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
Commemorates visit by Duke and Duchess of Cornwall (the future
King George V and Queen Mary) on
8th June 1909 ,
Devon and Exeter Gazette June 9, 1909 p 6 .
Proposed to unveil window on Empire Day 24th May 1910 ,
Cornish & Devon Post April 23, 1910 p 5 ,
but some Empire Day celebrations affected by death of King Edward VII on 6th May 1910 .
As a result of King Edward VII ’s death, the Duke of Cornwall had acceded to the throne
by 24th May 1910 .
Maker, inserted on 26th April 1910 ,
Cornish & Devon Post April 30, 1910 p 5 .
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
(Oliver, George, Monasticon Dioecesis Exoniensis , p 23 . 1846 , Exeter, PA Hannaford ,
Peter, Richard, Peter, Otho Bathurst The Histories of Launceston and Dunheved in the County of Cornwall , p 90 . 1885 , Plymouth, W Brendon and Son ).
Aethelred.
Arms of Richard Plantagenet, Earl of Cornwall
(A Glossary of Terms Used in British Heraldry , p 55 . 1847 , Oxford, John Henry Parker ,
Burke, Bernard, The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales , p 230 . 1884 , London, Harrison & Sons .
Sigillum Burgi de Dunehevid
Seal of the borough of Launceston
(Peter, Richard, Peter, Otho Bathurst The Histories of Launceston and Dunheved in the County of Cornwall , p 90 . 1885 , Plymouth, W Brendon and Son ).
HRH George Duke of Cornwall.
Arms of the Prince of Wales
(Burke, Bernard, The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales
p I ,
1884 , London, Harrison & Sons).
HRH Victoria Mary, Duchess of Cornwall.
Brian de Bretagne 1068 –1075 .
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 June 8th 1909 .
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
(Burke, Bernard, The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales , p 587 . 1884 , London, Harrison & Sons ).
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 1337 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.