Stained glass window, St Nicholas' church, Carlton Scroop

Image: © J.Hannan-Briggs Taken: 23 Feb 2014

Above the altar is the main East Window from the reign of Edward III and is known as the Newmarch Window. This window displays an important, fine and rare example of 14th century medieval stained glass depicting two kneeling figures, each holding shields, and originally thought to be the donor and his wife. The Knight, wearing chainmail and a crimson cloak carries a Newmarch shield, while his companion wears a blue robe and bears the shield of the Briddeshall family. This latter figure bears the restored head of a priest, brought from another church and added at a later date, as also was a figure of Christ in Benediction carrying an orb in his left hand which was inserted in the top of the window. An entry in Bishop Dalderby’s Register at the Lincoln Archives Office clarifies the identity of the two figures as it records that John de Newmarch, Lord of the Manor at Carlton Newmarch (as the village was then known) presented William de Briddeshall, chaplain, to the vacant living of the parish in 1307. The tracery of the east window was a record of this event, with a priest and patron kneeling before a lost figure of a saint. John de Newmarch was dead by 1310 which dates the window to about that time. Restored in 1878. (Info from church guide)

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