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From: Rodela T. <sc...@re...> - 2009-08-28 01:04:54
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is a memorial to Wm. Viner Ellis of Minsterworth. Subject: Events in the life of King Lucius, who is said to have been the first Christian king in this land, and to have been buried in the Church of St. Mary de Lode. The scrolls contain the monkish lines-- Es merito Celebris ex quo baptisma subisti. Lucius in tenebris prius idola qui coluisti. The four figures represent Robert, Duke of Normandy; Thomas of Woodstock, 1397; Humphrey, 1447; William Frederick, 1534; all three of them Dukes of Gloucester. The _first window_ (or over the west door into cloisters), of which only two lights are open, is a memorial window to Thomas Churchus (1870). The window, which is by Clayton & Bell, is very pleasing in colour. The _second window_ is to the memory of Mr Price, who died in 1860. The glass is by Ward & Hughes. The _third window_ contains some old glass in the upper half, restored by Hardman. Much of the lower half is new. The _fourth window |