St. Dunstan’s Window
The window commemorates the life of Thomas More, Lord Chancellor of England (1529-32). More was beheaded in the time of Henry VIII and his head lies within the Roper Chapel vault in St. Dunstan's Church. The window was the gift of friends from the St. Thomas More Church in Kansas City, Mo., U.S.A., and of friends from the St. Thomas More Church in Vienna, Austria and of the Reverend Hugh O. Albin, Vicar of the Parish. It was designed and made by Lawrence Lee. Photograph by Tommy Heyne.
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Sir Thomas More, Chancellor of England
Sir Thomas More, Chancellor of England
Alice, his wife
Alice, his wife
Margaret More, his daughter
Margaret More, his daughter
William Roper, son-in-law
William Roper, son-in-law
Cecily, More's daughter
Cecily, More's daughter
Grocyn, More's tutor
Grocyn, More's tutor
Erasmus, his friend
Erasmus, his friend
John Colet, Dean of St. Paul's & friend
John Colet, Dean of St. Paul's & friend
St. John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester
The text in the open book Fisher holds is from the Utopia. Fisher points to this text with his left hand: "That not only the king's honor but also his safety rests more upon his people's wealth than upon his own...." The other page has this text: "the people choose a king for their own sake and not for his--soby his care and labour they might live happily and secure from danger...that if a king should fall into such confirmed hatred of his people that he cannot secure their loyalty without resort to threats, exactions, and confiscations and his people's impoverishment, he had better abdicate his throne rather than attempt by these means to retain the name without the glory...what if I were to advise him to put aside pride...."
Queen Catherine, wife of Henry VIII
Queen Catherine, wife of Henry VIII
Thomas More, the Scholar
Thomas More, the Scholar
Thomas More, the Churchman
Thomas More, the Churchman
Thomas More, the Martyr
Thomas More, the Martyr
Cromwell, subsequent Chancellor
Cromwell, subsequent Chancellor
Wolsey, Cardinal and Archbishop of York
Wolsey, Cardinal and Archbishop of York
Armorial Group
- Oxford University
- The Great Seal of Henry VIII
- Diocesan arms of Canterbury
- The Borough of Chelsea
The Agnus Dei and Gifts of the Holy Spirit
The Agnus Dei and Gifts of the Holy Spirit
Armorial Group
- Tudor Arms of England
- The City of Westminster
- The City of London
- Symbol of St. Dunstan
St. Thomas More Church, Kansas City
St. Thomas More Church, Kansas City
Chelsea Old Church
Chelsea Old Church
St. Thomas More Church, Vienna, Austria
St. Thomas More Church, Vienna, Austria
More's house at Chelsea
More's house at Chelsea
The Tower of London
The Tower of London
Inscription
"He who humbleth himself shall be exalted and he who exalteth himself shall be humbled."
Inscription
I die "the King's good servant, but God's first."
The Duke of Norfolk
The Duke of Norfolk
Inscription
"Except the Lord build the house, except the Lord keep the city, they labour in vain that build it, the watchman waketh but in vain."
Inscription
"Except the Lord build the house, except the Lord keep the city, they labour in vain that build it, the watchman waketh but in vain."
Inscription
The gift of Alfred J. Blasca K.G.C.H.S and members of the S. Thomas More Roman Catholic Church in Kansas City, MO., U.S.A. of Professor Willibald M. Ploechl, K.H.S., Austrian Jurists and members of the St. Thomas More Roman Catholic Church in Vienna and of the Reverend Hugh O. Albin in M.A.B.D., Vicar of St. Dunstan with Holy Cross as a thanksgiving offering on his completion of 28 years of ministry.