Tiffany Census

St. Paul's Cathedral, London, Ontario

Note: the text in the square brackets ([...]) are a short form of references which have been used to deduce the corresponding information.
The meaning of the site and item attributes is explained in the glossary.

Site Id:	49.1.1
Rating:	2 stars
Address:	472 Richmond Street
Location:	London, Ontario N6A 3E6, Canada
Lat/Lng:	42.98578, -81.24966
Tiffany 1910:	Page 119
Duncan 1980:	Page 224
Tiffany 1897:	Page 66
Tiffany 1893:	Not listed
Tiffany 1886:	Not listed
Completeness:	High
Building status:	Extant
Building date:
Architect:
Also of interest:

Site Items

49.1.1.1:	Meredith Memorial Window: The Good Shepherd (1897) (Extant)
49.1.1.2:	Meredith Memorial Window: Raising of Jairus' Daughter (1918) (Extant)
49.1.1.3:	Meredith Memorial Window: Blessed are the Pure in Heart (1923) (Extant)
49.1.1.4:	Meredith Memorial Window: Christ Knocking at the Door (1923) (Extant)

Item 49.1.1.1

Glossary (of terms) and References (as found in square brackets [...])

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Meredith Memorial Window
Theme:	The Good Shepherd [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 119
Duncan 1980:	Page 224
Tiffany 1897:	Page 66
Signature:	COPYRIGHT 1897 / TIFFANY GLASS & DECORATING COMPANY / NEW YORK [PHOTO]

Other documentation:	[LA1897]
Designer:	probably Frederick Wilson [TIFF1896, DEDUCED]
Designer comment:	Tiffany 1896 credits Wilson as the designer of a similar composition (reflected) [TIFF1896]
Memorial details:	John Walsingham Cooke Meredith (9 May 1809 - 24 May 1881) [INSCRIPTION, LA1897, FINDAGRAVE]
	and also Sarah Pegler Meredith (4 Jul 1819 - 12 Sep 1900) [INSCRIPTION, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor:	their son, Henry Vincent Meredith [ORG]
Date:	Design copyright 1897 [SIGNATURE]
	Installed ca. Sep 1897 [LA1897]
Lancets:	1 [PHOTO]
Inscription:	SUB SPE VIRTUTIS PRAEMIUM // JOHN WALSINGHAM COOKE MEREDITH 24 MAY 1881 / AND SARAH HIS WIFE 12 SEPTEMBER 1900 [PHOTO]
Category:	Christ the Good Shepherd
Location:	north nave [LA1897, CCB2024]
Comment:	The inscription was evidently updated after Sarah's death [DEDUCED]

Item 49.1.1.2

Glossary (of terms) and References (as found in square brackets [...])

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Meredith Memorial Window
Theme:	Raising of Jairus' Daughter [LA1918, LFP1918]
Tiffany 1910:	Not listed
Duncan 1980:	Not listed
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Signature:	none [PHOTO]
Other documentation:	[LA1918, LFP1918]
Designer:
Memorial details:	Ada Walsingham Meredith (7 Nov 1851 - 20 Dec 1916) [INSCRIPTION, LA1918, LFP1918, BDE1918, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor:	her brother, Richard Martin Meredith [LA1918, LFP1918, FINDAGRAVE]
Date:	Installed Jul 1918 [LA1918, LFP1918]
Lancets:	1 [PHOTO, LA1918, LFP1918]
Inscription:	SUB SPE VIRTUTIS PRAEMIUM // ADA WALSINGHAM MEREDITH / TWENTIETH DECEMBER NINETEEN SIXTEEN [PHOTO]
Category:	Jairus
Location:	south nave [CCB2024]

Item 49.1.1.3

Glossary (of terms) and References (as found in square brackets [...])

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Meredith Memorial Window
Theme:	Blessed are the Pure in Heart [INSCRIPTION, LFP1923]
Tiffany 1910:	Not listed
Duncan 1980:	Not listed
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Signature:	Louis C. Tiffany N.Y. [PHOTO]

Other documentation:	[LFP1923]
Designer:
Memorial details:	Anne Cooke Meredith (26 Jul 1838 - 23 Jul 1920) [INSCRIPTION, LFP1923, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor:	her brother, William Ralph Meredith [LFP1923, TDS1923, FINDAGRAVE]
Date:	Installed Apr 1923 [LFP1923, TDS1923]
Lancets:	1 [PHOTO]
Inscription:	SUB SPE VIRTUTIS PRAEMIUM // Blessed are the / pure in heart / for they / shall see God // Anne Cooke Meredith / Twenty Third July Nineteen Twenty [PHOTO, LFP1923]
Category:	Blessed are the Pure in Heart
Location:	north nave [CCB2024]

Item 49.1.1.4

Glossary (of terms) and References (as found in square brackets [...])

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Meredith Memorial Window
Theme:	Christ Knocking at the Door [INSCRIPTION, LFP1923]
Tiffany 1910:	Not listed
Duncan 1980:	Not listed
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Signature:	Louis C. Tiffany N.Y. [PHOTO, DEDUCED]
Other documentation:	[LFP1923]
Designer:
Memorial details:	John Stanley Meredith (6 Aug 1843 - 25 May 1920) [INSCRIPTION, LFP1923, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor:	his brother, William Ralph Meredith [LFP1923, TDS1923, FINDAGRAVE]
Date:	Installed Apr 1923 [LFP1923, TDS1923]
Lancets:	1 [PHOTO]
Inscription:	Behold I stand at the door and knock // SUB SPE VIRTUTIS PRAEMIUM // John Stanley Meredith / Twenty Fifth May Nineteen Twenty [PHOTO, LFP1923]
Category:	Christ Knocking at the Door
Location:	south nave [CCB2024]

References

BDE1918:	Brantford Daily Expositor (15 Aug 1918, p. 3)
CCB2024:	RACAR, Recovering the Lost Histories of the Meredith Family's Tiffany Windows at St. Paul's Cathedral, London, Ontario, C. Cody Barteet (Spring 2024, Vol. 47 No. 1 p. 46-70)
DEDUCED:	Deduced from other information
DUNC1980:	Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980)
FINDAGRAVE:	Findagrave.com, for deducing biographical or genealogical information
INSCRIPTION:	Inscription on item
LA1897:	The London Advertiser (11 Sep 1897, p. 8)
LA1918:	The London Advertiser (24 Jul 1918, p. 2)
LFP1918:	London Free Press (24 Jul 1918, p. 3)
LFP1923:	London Free Press (26 Apr 1923, p. 3)
ORG:	Organization
PHOTO:	Photo of item
SIGNATURE:	Signature on item
TDS1923:	Toronto Daily Star (26 Apr 1923, p. 3)
TIFF1886:	Announcement in American Architect and Building News, Tiffany Glass Company (6 Feb 1886)
TIFF1893:	Chicago Exposition booklet, Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company (1893)
TIFF1896:	Memorial Windows, Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company (1896)
TIFF1897:	A List of Windows: And Extracts from Letters & Newspapers, Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company (1897)
TIFF1910:	A Partial List of Tiffany Windows, Tiffany Studios (1910)