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Description: Stained-glass window in the south wall of Holy Trinity Church, Coventry, erected during the tenure of Rev. Dr Walter Farquhar Hook, Vicar of Holy Trinity Church, Coventry from 1828. Heraldry: 3 rows of shields: Top, left to right: Party per pale gules and argent, a cross potent and quadrate in the centre between four crosses patée all counterchanged (See of Lichfield) (Cross of St Chad) "Shield of the Trinity" diagram on a mandorla/vesica Party per pale gules and argent, a cross potent and quadrate in the centre between four crosses patée all counterchanged (See of Lichfield) impaling Azure, three crescents or on each an ermine spot sable (Ryder) quartering Gules, three lapwings or a bordure argent (Terrick) (Burke, Sir Bernard, The General Armory, London, 1884, p. 1003) (personal arms of w:Henry Ryder, Bishop of Lichfield 1824–36) Middle, left to right: Quarterly argent and sable, a cross between four escallops all counterchanged (Hooke) (Burke, Sir Bernard, The General Armory, London, 1884, p. 505) (Rev. Dr Walter Farquhar Hook, Vicar of Holy Trinity Church, Coventry from 1828); Per pale gules and vert, an elephant on his back a tower triple-towered all or (Town/Borough of Coventry) (Burke, Sir Bernard, The General Armory, London, 1884, p. 236) Azure, a (wolf's) head or a martlet gules for difference Bottom, left to right: Argent, a fess between six crosses-crosslet fitchée gules Arms of Craven, with an earl's coronet above, for William Craven, 2nd Earl of Craven (1809–1866); Sable, an eagle displayed or Royal arms of the United Kingdom (1816–1837) (George IV and William IV both reigned during the tenure of w:Henry Ryder, Bishop of Lichfield (arms above))
Title: Holy Trinity Church, Coventry - stained-glass window
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