John Astley

“ The five compartments are occupied by subjects from the Old and New Testaments, illustrative of the women of the Bible, viz., the death of Abraham's wife, Sarah, Elkanah visiting Samuel in the Temple, Naomi and Ruth, Elizabeth and S. John Baptist, and the presentation of Christ in the Temple by His mother. ”

“ The Right Honourable Edward Ellice represented the City of Coventry, in twelve Parliaments, from the year 1818 to the date of his death, September 17, 1863. In 1826 he was defeated by the Conservatives. Under Lord Grey's administration, 1833, he was made Secretary at War. A life-size portrait of him is to be seen at the School of Art.
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The window over the Vestry door at the east end of the Mercers' Chapel has seven compartments; in each two figures. ”

“ Two uppermost panels in the tracery, “The raising of Lazarus from the tomb, and the Evangelists in the four lower ones. The four larger divisions of the window each contain two subjects, viz., the type and antitype. 1st, Moses with the tables of stone-
"These are the words which the Lord hath commanded that ye should observe them.'
Virgin and Child with Joseph and adoring angels kneeling—
"For the law was given by Moses but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ." ”

“ Mary, Elizabeth and Sarah Lea were sisters of H. Lea, Esqre., whose death is recorded by the next window.
Miss Sarah Lea died 17th Feb., 1873, Miss Mary, 17th Aug., 1876, and Miss Elizabeth, 30th July, 1882; they were buried in the family vault, situated in the pathway through the churchyard, near to the North door of the Church.
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In the upper space in the tracery is an Angel bearing a scroll-
"Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness." ”

“ He was the Son of H. Cadwallader Adams, first Mayor of the reformed Corporation, 1835; for his gallantry he was Knighted, but the patent of his creation not arriving in the Crimea until after his death, Lady Adams was permitted the title during her life. ”

“ The centre, Almighty God and S. Michael; on the one hand, SS. John, Philip, James the less, Simon, Matthias, and Thaddeus; on the other hand, SS. Peter, Andrew, James the greater, Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, the tracery being filled with sacred emblems. Below the window is a brass, 7 feet by 7 inches, with this inscription:
"To the honour and glory of Almighty God and to the memory of Major-General Adams, C.B., of Anstey Hall, who died at Scutari, the 19th of December, 1854, aged 49, of wounds received at the battle of Inkerman. ”

“ In the tracery is the Ark, Kings Solomon and Hiram, and Hiram Abiif.
The label at foot of this window reads—
"The gift of Henry William | Eaton esqre | Member | of Parliament to the | City of Coventry MDCCCLXIX."
To the initiated this window will be of special interest, the donor being a Past Warden of the Grand Lodge of Freemasons of England.
H. W. Eaton, Esqre., was first elected, in the Conservative interest, as Member of Parliament for this City, in June, 1865, upon the death of Sir Joseph Paxton; in July, same year, upon a dissolution, he was returned with Mr. Morgan Treherne ”