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Title: Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society. cn
Subjects: Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society
Publisher: Bristol, Eng. : The Society
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les. Sir Stephen Glynn speaks of St. Leonard as the patron saint, butAtkyns says the church is dedicated to St. Thomas of Canterbury : whichwould be a very proper amende on the part of the Tracys for the part theytook in his martyrdom. The following notes had been kindly prepared by Mr. St. Clair Baddeleyon the Glass at Toddington House :— The Glass at Toddington is of three kinds—Swiss, German, and■English : and, properly speaking, the English should never have beeninserted among the others. It may, however,, be easily distinguished as TODDINGTON HoUSE. 7 consisting of large circular medallions displaying the arms and motto<Garter) of England : sometimes, with the addition of the crowned lettersH. and K. for Henry VIII. and Katharine Parr (?), and sometimes with thelabel of the Prince of Wales, Edward VI. These are said to have beenbrought from Sudeley Castle to Hayles, and thence to Toddington. TheSwiss Glass, which forms, of its class, one of the most important collections
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STAINED GLASS AT TODDINGTON HOUSE.Photo by Oscar Clark. in Europe, belongs to the period of the thirteen Cantons (1481-1798),during the chief part of which Switzerland was still formally dependentupon the^Empire: hence the frequent appearance of the Imperial Insignia.It has been largely manufactured at Basle, Zurich, Berne, and Lucerne,andj comes from churches, cloisters, and, in still greater quantity, from 8 Transactions for the Year 1900. private houses and municipal buildings. It was purchased by Charles,.2nd Lord Sudeley, at the cost of two francs a load, while travelling in.Switzerland. Its present value cannot be less than ;^5,ooo. It was a custom in the Swiss Confederation for both towns andindividuals to commemorate events and alliances by presents of stainedglass. There will not pass unnoticed a significant prominence given tothe murder of Wolfenschiess, of Rossberg, the Imperial Seneschal, inhis bath at a cottage, the liberties of which he had grossly invaded(Cf. Schiller,

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