East Harling - The Great East Window

The Great East Window
	This notable window has a romantic history: removed for safety in Cromwell's time, it was hidden in the attic of East Harling Hall, the ancient home of the Lovells, then standing to the north of the church. There it remained until they sold the manor to Thomas Wright in 1736, and he restored the glass to the church. It was removed again for safety in the 1939-45 World War, and replaced and re-leaded in 1947.
The panels of the window depict (left to right):- Top row: (1) the Archangel Gabriel greet the Blessed Virgin Mary (2) Blessed Virgin Mary visits Elizabeth (3) The Nativity (4) The Shepherds (5) The Wise Men. Second row: (1) fragments (2) Simeon receives Jesus in the Temple (3) Jesus before the Doctors of the Law (4) the marriage feast in Cana (5) fragments. Third row: (1) Mary Magdalene holding a vase of ointment (2) Judas betrays, and Peter defends our Lord (3) the Crucifixion (4) the body of Jesus is taken down from the cross (5) The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary into heaven by five angels. Bottom row: (1) Sir Robert Wingfield (2) the Resurrection (3) the Ascension (4) Pentecost (5) Sir William Chamberlain.

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