A small selection of other figurative images in St Mary's church.

Stained Glass

The western window of the chancel clerestory contains reconstructed panels of medieval stained glass, the remains of the glass ejected from the nave during Victorian “restoration”. Other windows of the chancel contain fine examples of Victorian stained and painted glass. The chancel is dominated by the east window by Thomas Willement, ‘The Father of Victorian Stained Glass’, dedicated “ …. To the Memory of Canon and Lady Adeliza Norman by the Parishioners and Friends December 1889”. In the south wall are two windows by Herbert Bryans, an associate of Charles Eamer Kempe. One commemorates “ … A loving sister Lady Adeliza A.G. Norman”, who died in 1887, who was a sister of Charles, the 6th Duke of Rutland”. The second, depicting “Faith Charity Hope”, commemorates the 6th Duke himself, who died in 1888.

In the north wall, above the tomb of Lord John Roos, are two windows. The lower, by William Wailes, commemorates the death in 1874 of Richard Norman, elder son of Canon Frederick and Lady Adeliza Norman. The picture depicts Isaac and Abraham, but is more striking for the photographic quality of the portrait of the deceased as a child, mounted in the apex of the arch. The upper window, by Charles Eamer Kempe, with the words “I am the Truth and the Light ….”, commemorates Robert Manners Norman, the younger son, who succeeded his father as Rector in 1889 and died in 1895.

The south transept contains a magnificent example of Victorian stained-painted glass in its southern elevation. This depicts the Nativity surrounded by angels many playing medieval musical instruments. The central panels show the Holy Infant, Mary and Joseph flanked by the Shepherds and the Wise Men and accompanied by angels. This window commemorates the death in 1902 of Janetta, Countess of Rutland, a leading light in the Temperance Movement. It is attributed to the workshop of Charles Eamer Kempe, though his trademark wheatsheaf symbol is absent and the church inventory records the maker as Thomas Kempe. Above the Lady Chapel altar is the window with the inscription “Suffer little Children” dedicated to William Hickson, who died in 1883 aged 67. This window carries the signature of “Moore & Co Glass Printers London” , referring to A.L. Moore of Southampton Row.

Other Images

Carvings on the Font

Thomas White, Rector (1679-1685).

Henry de Codyngtoun, Rector of Bottesford (1361-1381).