Babworth
All Saints

Glass

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Key to Glass

Chancel

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According to Pevsner (1979) the east window was produced by William Wailes in 1855. However, the Lincoln Diocesan Architectural Society report for 1859 noted that 'a new east window, filled with stained glass by Bell and Clayton' had been installed in the church. No maker's mark is visible.

2.

The window on the east is in memory of Lieutenant Arthur Hardolph Eyre, who died on 4 February 1874 during the last engagement of the Third Ashanti War. He was wounded in battle during the advance towards Coomassie (now Kumasi in Ghana) and killed while being carried by bearers to the rear. He was aged 23.

Military scenes from the war are shown in the bottom left and right hand corners of the window.

The inscription on a marble plaque below the window reads:

In memory of Arthur Hardolph Eyre
only son of Majr Genl Sir Wm Eyre KCB & Lady Eyre
daughr of ye Honble I Bridgeman Simpson of Babworth
he was killed in ye last engagement Ashantee war
Feb 4th 1874 aged 23

He pleased God and was beloved of him so that
living amongst sinners he
was translated  Wisdom iv 10

This window
is erected by his friends and relations to
record the noble end of a worthy life and to
express their sympathy
3.

The window in the centre of the chancel south wall commemorates Mary Bridgeman who died of typhoid fever a week after giving birth to a son in 1880. She was aged 28.

The inscription on a brass plaque below the window reads:

In Memory of
MARY BRIDGEMAN.
Eldest Daughter of
The Revd William and Lady Frances Bridgeman Simpson
Born at Babworth, July 27th 1851

Married Feby 22nd 1876 to
Walter Pleydell Bouverie,
Eldest Son of
The Right Honble Edward Pleydell Bouverie, P.C.,
Of Market Lavington, Wiltshire,
Second Son of William 3rd Earl of Radnor.

Died in London Jany 18th 1880,
Having given birth on Jany 10th to a Son.
ALEC,
Who Died Jany 17th
And was buried together with her at Lavington, Jany 22nd.
4.

A memorial window to Lady Frances Laura Bridgeman Simpson who died in 1887.

The inscription on a marble plaque below the window reads:

In memory of
Lady Frances Laura wife of the Rev William Bridgeman Simpson
and daughter of Charles William fifth Earl Fitzwilliam K.G.
Born 22 Oct 1813    Married 23 June 1837    Died 25 March 1887

Tower

5.

The west window depicts Noah (holding a model of the Ark), St John the Baptist and Moses (holding the Ten Commandments).

Pevsner (1979) states the window dates from 1879 and is by C. E. Kempe of London. This is unlikely as no maker's mark is discernible and it is not listed in The Corpus of Kempe Stained Glass in the United Kingdom and Ireland.

A newspaper report of the church restoration in 1878 mentions a new window being 'put in the west end.' However, on the north wall of the ringing chamber (and not far from the window) is a brass plaque that marks the erection of a window in memory of the Rev William Bridgeman-Simpson who died in 1895:

TO THE GLORY OF GOD & IN AFFECTIONAL REMEMBRANCE OF
THE REVEREND WILLIAM BRIDGEMAN-SIMPSON
BORN 9TH SEPTEMBER 1813. DIED 1ST APRIL 1895
FOR 57 YEARS RECTOR OF THIS PARISH
THROUGH WHOSE INSTRUMENTALITY & CHIEFLY THROUGH WHOSE GENEROSITY
THIS CHURCH WAS ENLARGED AND RESTORED
THIS WINDOW IS ERECTED BY HIS FIVE SURVIVING CHILDREN
“PREPARE YE THE WAY OF THE LORD, MAKE STRAIGHT
IN THE DESERT, A HIGHWAY FOR GOD”. ISA: XL 3.

North Aisle

6.

The westernmost window is to Albert Verney Hirst (1904-81), a local farmer. The inscription reads:

IN MEMORY OF
ALBERT VERNEY
--- HIRST ---
1904 – 1981
WHO LIVED AND

FARMED NEAR HERE
FOR 57 YEARS
7.
Royal Army Service
Corps badge		 St Martin's
church, Ranby		 Prison Chaplain's
badge		 Beehive (Jessup
was a well
known apiarist)

The easternmost window is in memory of the Reverend Edmund Francis Jessup, Rector of Babworth from 1950 to 1984, honorary chaplain to the forces and chaplain of Ranby Prison. The left light of the window represents his army life and includes the badge of the Parachute Regiment, Chindit Badge, Army Chaplain's badge and Royal Army Service Corps badge), the centre light shows his work in the parish of Babworth with Ranby (including a view of St Martin's church, Ranby) and the right light represents his work in the prison service and his contribution to education.

The inscription at the bottom of the window reads:

This window was given by his family and friends in memory of
the Reverend Edmund Francis Jessup Rector of this Parish 1950 – 1984,
Honorary Chaplain to the Forces, and Prison Chaplain.