Gilbert de Clare, 8th earl of Gloucester, was a strong supporter of Edward II and fought with him at the Battle of Bannockburn on the 24th of June 1314 where he was killed aged 23. He was also one of the Lords ordainers that in 1311 ordered the expulsion of his brother-in-law Piers Gaveston who was Edward's favourite.
The east window at Gloucester Cathedral was created as part of the rebuilding of the abbey church of St Peter. Built in the Perpendicular style it was the largest window in Europe. The decorative scheme portrays the Coronation of the Virgin and the glass mostly dates from the 1350s.
This stained-glass window is the Good Samaritan Window at St Mary’s Church, Lutterworth, Leicestershire, designed and made by the firm of Burlison & Grylls, one of the foremost English stained glass studios of the late 19th century.
This fifteenth century stained glass panel depicts William the Conqueror, in 1085, giving a charter to the monk Aldwin. It can be found in the north wall clerestory window of the chancel in Great Malvern Priory.
Henry Haig studied painting and sculture at Wimbledon School of Art between 1945 and 1950. From 1952 to 1955 he studied stained glass at the Royal College of Art. After teaching in schools for five years, he opened his own studio.
