FUND RAISING LEAFLET FOR MEDIEVAL STAINED GLAS AND CRUMBLING WINDOWS

FUND RAISING LEAFLET FOR MEDIEVAL STAINED GLAS AND CRUMBLING WINDOWS

John Morton (1420 - 1500)

Cardinal and Archbishop of Canterbury

and Lord Chancellor of England

There is strong evidence of a link between the high status medieval stained glass at Lanteglos Church and John Morton - Archbishop of Canterbury 500 years ago! We plan to research this further.

  1. The whole of the church roof was restored and the south aisle roof built with oak timbers that were felled between 1469 and 1491 according to Dendrochronology carried out by English Heritage.

  2. Lanteglos church is relatively isolated with no great wealth in the area 500 years ago. Funding must have come from outside.

  3. The south aisle with mullioned windows and the porch were also added in the late 15th century

  4. The south aisle stained glass is 15th century in style and regarded as very high quality

  5. There were 2 Lanteglos Rectors with the surname Morton 1466 and 1489. Likely to be relatives

  6. There was another Rector, Thomas Maddys 1487 who was known to be close to John Morton. Richard III locked Morton in the Tower of London as a Lancastrian supporter, but he escaped to Flanders. Thomas Maddys was one of the people sent to Flanders with a pardon from Richard III for John Morton - but Morton decided not to risk it!

  7. There is a Morton coat of arms in the north chancel window. With very expensive gold rays surrounding it.

  8. John Morton was known as “The Building Bishop” because he built or enhanced many ecclesiastic buildings

  9. Morton was born in Dorset, had links with the Archbishop of Exeter and was some time Chancellor of the Duchy of Cornwall

  10. The letter ‘m’ on some clothes and elsewhere in the stained glass was sometimes used to indicate Morton’s imput

THE MORTON COAT OF ARMS in the north chancel 15th century window at St Julitta’s

A recently noticed link between the stained glass and John Morton is the PRESENCE of the letter m on the maiden’s dress which is a recognised way for Morton to attribute his benevolence

THE STAINED GLASS WORKSHOP AT LUCIAN GLASS STUDIO WITH JUDE GOSS. FILMED BY ADAM FOR THE LOTTERY HERITAGE.