Clayton & Bell,
to the memory of Mrs. Salome Fox. In the upper tracery are the Alpha and
Omega, with the date of erection "Anno Dm'ni MDCCCXCVII." In the central
light below is the risen Saviour, seated on a throne, holding the emblem
of sovereignty, with the inscription over His shoulders "Because I live
ye shall live also." In each side light are three angels in adoration.
An inscription runs across the three lights, "I am he that liveth and was
dead, and, behold, I am alive for evermore." Beneath are three square
compartments, representing (1) three women, (2) three soldiers, (3) the
apostles SS. John and Peter at the sepulchre, with the inscription "Who
shall roll us away the stone from the door of the sepulchre?" and again,
below all, "To the glory of God, and in loving memory of Salome Fox, who
died June 26, 1883, aged 65." This cost about 85 pounds.
The window at the west end of this aisle, by Heaton, Butler & Bayne, was
filled with coloured glass, by the late Mr. Henry Boulton, in memory of
his first wife, being partly paid for by a surplus of 40 pounds remaining
from what was collected for the chancel east window, and the rest (about
40 pounds more) by Mr. Boulton himself. The subject is the Saviour's
baptism in the Jordan.
In the north aisle of the nave, the easternmost window was erected in
1902, at a cost of 98 pounds, from a bequest of the late Mr. Charles Dee,
as a memorial of his friend the late Mr. Robert Clitherow. The subject
is "The good Samaritan," who, in the central light, is relieving the
wounded wayfarer; while, in the side lights, the Priest and Levite are
represented as passing him by. In the two upper quatrefoils are angels
holding scrolls, with the inscriptions (1) "Let your light so shine
before men," (2) "That they may see your good works." An inscription
runs across the three lights, "Blessed is he that provideth for the sick
and needy, the Lord shall deliver him in the time of trouble;" and, below
all, "To the glory of God, and in memory of Robert Clitherow, a truly
Christian gentleman, by his faithful servant." {38} The artists were
Messrs. Clayton & Bell.
The next window to this, also by Messrs. Clayton & Bell, is considered
the best specimen of coloured glass in the church. It was erected by
public subscription, largely through the exertions of the late Mrs.
Terrot, then of Wispington Vicarage, near Horncastle, her husband, the
Rev. Charles Pratt Terrot, a clever artist
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