North Muskham St Wilfrid

Glass

The Barton rebus

There are several stained glass windows. Two north aisle windows and the south aisle east window contain 15th century glass incorporating the Barton rebus. A rebus is a heraldic device hinting at the name of the bearer, in this case representations of a barrel or 'tun', part of the rebus based on the Barton (Bear - tun) family name, the badge of the family who were the benefactors to the church before the Reformation, and resided at Holme.

Chancel

East Window

East window The upper section
of the window		 St Wilfrid's
coat of arms		 St Wilfrid St Paulinus

The east window is a memorial to the Rev. Francis Oswald Colley, vicar of North Muskham 1902-05.

The Nottingham Journal includes a detailed description of the design in a report on the service of dedication on 15 August 1907:

'In the centre is a figure of our Lord in glory, and on the right of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Southwell for the diocese, according to the old seal of the chapter. Near to this is a figure of St Paulinus, Archbishop of York (the original diocese in which the church was situate), who baptised in the river Trent, probably close to the site of the present church, his first converts to Christianity.

On the immediate left of the central window is represented St. Wilfrid, Archbishop of York and patron saint of the church, whilst next is represented St Mary Magdalene, the patron saint of Newark, where the late vicar was for eight years curate.

Beneath are the coats of arms of the respective figures, viz., of York, Southwell, St Wilfrid, and Newark, whilst under the figure of our Lord is represented the sacred sign according to Sarum use. The top lights represent the events of the Passion. On one is represented the head of Judas, with a rope round his neck ; on another a lamp and staves ; on another the column to which the Lord was chained, together with the whip of cords; on another the crown of thorns, spear, and reed, with sponge; and on another the Cross, with three nails.'

The inscription reads:

TO
the Glory of God
and in
loving memory of
Francis Oswald
Colley M A
Vicar of
North Muskham-
cum-Bathley
1902-1905
This window is
erected by his Mother,
Brother & Sisters.

North Aisle

East Window

East window of
the north aisle

Detail

 Inscription Maker's mark of
Hincks and Burnell 

The east window of the north aisle has stained glass produced by the Nottingham company of Hincks and Burnell in 1939. The window was commissioned by Maria Beatrix Hull in memory of the Rev John Winstanley Hull (vicar of North Muskham from 1853 to 1902), his wife Charlotte Augusta, his eldest son William and his youngest daughter, Katherine. The Latin inscription reads:

Hanc fenestram ornandam curavit
Maria Beatrix Hull in piam
memoriam Johannis Winstanley
Hull hujus ecclesiae decem lustra
vicarii, Carlottae Augustae uxoris
ejus, Gulielmi filii ejus natu maximi,
Katherinae filiae natu minimae.
Anno Domini MCMXXXVIII.

North wall windows

Window Barton rebus Glass panel Glass fragment
West window in the north wall East window in the north wall

The north wall of the north aisle has to the west a window with stained glass panels showing the Barton rebus and to the east a window with similar 15th century stained glass fragments in the head.

South Aisle

West window in the south wall

The south wall of the south aisle has to the west a stained glass window dating from c.1913. A brass plaque reads:

TO THE GLORY OF GOD IN MEMORY OF SAMUEL THOMPSON
PARISH CLERK OF NORTH MUSKHAM & BATHLEY
A.D.1847 TO A.D.1913 & TO COMMEMORATE
THAT UNTIL A.D.1854 THE PARISHES OF NORTH MUSKHAM
(S. WILFRID), & HOLME (S. GILES), WERE UNITED.
THIS WINDOW IS GIVEN BY HIS SON THOMAS THOMPSON

 

East window

The east window of the south aisle has fragments of 15th century stained glass, including ones showing the Barton rebus.

The east window
of the south aisle		 Fragments of
15th century glass
at the top of
the middle light

Fragments of
15th century glass
at the top of
the left-hand light

 Inscription scratched
into the glass at the
bottom of the
right-hand light

Tower

West window

West window Detail of west window
showing the coat of
arms of Thomas L K Edge

The west window portrays St Paulinus and incorporates the coat of arms of Thomas Lewis Kekewich Edge of Strelley Hall, near Nottingham, who gifted it to the church. It was made by C. E. Kempe & Co. of London and dedicated on 15 August 1907.

The inscription reads:

d. d. Thomas L. K. Edge
of Strelley mcmvii