English Civil War Royalist soldiers: officers, pikemen, musketeers and military musicians, together with weapons. Memorial stained-glass window commissioned in 1662 to commemorate the 1645 Siege of Chester and Royalist defence of the city. In the Parish Church of St Chad at Farndon, Cheshire, England. Sepia-toned monochrome version of original photograph.
Farndon, Cheshire, England: unique 17th century English Civil War memorial stained-glass window, commissioned in 1662 to commemorate the 1645 Siege of Chester and Royalist defence of the city against attack by Parliament’s ‘Roundhead’ New Model Army. The window, which includes depictions of Royalist or Cavalier soldiers, is in the Barnston Chapel of the Parish Church of Saint Chad in Farndon. In the side panes of the window are pikemen (top and bottom rows) and musketeers (second and third rows). On the top row of the window, one of the four central panes is broken; the other central panes contain representations of (from left): Richard Grosvenor (c. 1604 - 1665), High Sheriff of Cheshire and ancestor of modern Dukes of Westminster; Sir William Mainwaring, slain aged 29 at the Siege of Chester; and William Barnston (1592 - 1665) of Churton (a village near Chester), sponsor of the window. On the second and third rows down, the four larger panes in the centre of the window depict weapons and military trophies with (top left) a depiction of Sir Francis Gamul or Gamull (1606-1654) of Buerton (a village in Cheshire, near Nantwich), Colonel of the Chester Town Guard and a constant attendant on King Charles I at the Siege. Gamul stands before his field tent, pointing at equipment and armour used by fellow members of the Royalist garrison. On the row below Gamul are pikes, a halberd, and an army drum and a flag. On the lowest row of the window in the four central panes are representations of (from left): the sergeant of a Royalist Greencoat regiment; an unidentified flag-carrying ensign, the most junior officer in King Charles I’s army; a flautist or fife player, and a drummer. Farndon, today a peaceful village, lies about nine miles south of Chester. The window was commissioned following the Restoration of the English monarchy in 1660.
Size: 2372px × 3321px
Location: Barnston Chapel, Parish Church of St. Chad, Farndon, Cheshire, England
Photo credit: © Terence Kerr / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No
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