78 Report of the Meetings for 1894. 



APPENDIX II.— The Barony of Bothal. 

 Stained Glass in Bothal Church. 



Bothal Parish Church must at one time have been rich in stained 

 glass, for even when in its most neglected and dilapidated condition 

 there were fragments of fine old glass in several of the windows of 

 both the north and south aisles. The pieces in the east windows of 

 the north aisle were sufficient in number and size to show that the 

 glass in it had originally been adorned with a representation of the 

 Annunciation. On the left, the figure of the angel Gabriel was 

 discernible, as well as a scroll with the words of his salutation to the 

 Virgin, " Ave grata plena, Dns. tecum " (" Hail ! highly favoured, the 

 Lord is with thee.") The Virgin herself was seen on the right, and 

 the accompanying scroll had in it the first words of Mary's reply at 

 the close of Gabriel's greeting, " Ecce Ancilla Domini " (" Behold the 

 handmaid of the Lord.") Through the instrumentality and energy of 

 the rector, the Rev. the Hon. W. C. Ellis, M.A., the church was 

 restored. Many, if not all, of the fragments of the stained glass 

 referred to have been preserved by insertion in the windows. At 

 their best, however, they are only bits — shattered pieces. 



A new day is now dawning on the Church of St. Andrew, Bothal. 

 The great east window of the chancel has just been enriched by being 

 filled with modern stained glass. It is a window of three lights, and 

 the glass introduced into each of them forms a separate memorial. 

 Happily, through the personal influence of Mr Ellis, and the confidence 

 which those concerned in the memorials reposed in him regarding 

 subjects and artist, the three lights have all been filled at the same 

 time, and the work done by the same artist. Perfect harmony in 

 design and colour have thereby been secured. The left light has in 

 it a full length figure of St. Paul with his appropriate symbols. 

 Beneath it is the inscription: — 



To the Glory of God and in Memory of 

 Thomas Bowden died 1869 aged 61. 

 Dorothy Bowden died 1894 aged 85. 



They lived at Pegswood, and were highly respected in that village 

 in the parish, and in the surrounding district. One of their sons ig 

 Mr Thomas Bowden, who was for many years a member of Newcastle 

 City Council, a Churchwarden of St. Nicholas's Cathedral, and is now 

 auditor for the Corporation. 



The light on the right contains a corresponding figure of St. Peter 

 bearing his well-known symbols, and the inscription below is : — 

 To the Glory of God and in Memory of 

 Thomas Coxon, died 1883, aged 73, for 

 Many years Churchwarden of this Parish. 



Mr Coxon was also for a long time Bailiff on the Bothal estate 

 under the present Duke of Portland's predecessor. It was proposed, 



