The Whole Armour of God

© University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, photo Martin Crampin

1920

Four-light window with St Michael and angels arming Lord Glantawe with the whole armour of God. Each of the items mentioned in Ephesians is annotated (helmet of salvation, sword of the spirit etc).


firm/studio: T. F. Curtis, Ward & Hughes

Church of All Saints, Oystermouth, Swansea
north wall of the nave (window number: nVI)

Texts: 'Take unto you the whole armour of God' (Ephesians 6:13) 'Watching thereunto with all perseverance' (Ephesians 6:18).

Given in memory of John Jones Jenkins Baron Glantawe of Swansea (1835-1915) by his daughters (amended with information provided by Edward Llewellyn-Jones).


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Record added by Martin Crampin. Last updated on 14-11-2019

 

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Geoffrey R. Orrin and F.G. Cowley, A History of All Saints' Church, Oystermouth (1990), p. 71.

Lord Glantawe's name appears as John Jones when it should be John Jones Jenkins, although the inscription on the window leads to that presumption. For historical accuracy, he was born John Jenkins on the 10th May 1835 in Clydach and later in life he added his mother's maiden name as a middle one thus becoming John Jones Jenkins. The first official incidence was his first marriage in 1854. The other detail is that the face of the figure kneeling is that of him taken from a portrait photograph from... Show full comment