Joseph & Cecelia Cantrell

Joseph Thomas and Cecilia Cantrell

Joseph Thomas Cantrell was the son of Joseph Cantrell and Elizabeth Robins. (see Joseph & Elizabeth Cantrell). He was born in 1802 at Kings Newton and educated at Repton Grammar School, then called to the bar at Lincoln’s Inn. He was a barrister and then a judge, finally being appointed Judge of the Derbyshire County Courts in 1847.

In 1840 he married Cecilia, daughter of the Rev. Henry Forster Mills, Chancellor of York and grand daughter of the Most Rev Dr Markham, Archbishop of York. They had only one daughter, Cecilia Elizabeth. (see Cecilia Elizabeth Cantrell). Sadly Cecilia died on the day that Cecilia Elizabeth was born, in London, in 1845.

The Stained Glass window was made by Harding of London.

It depicts Moses as the Lawgiver, with the commandments written on two tables of stone. A mistranslation of the biblical texts meant that Moses was described as having horns, instead of being glorified or shining. Moses was always depicted, even by Michelangelo, as having horns. These later became shafts of light, which can be seen in the depiction above.    
The 2 roundels say:
"The Law was given by Moses"  "But Grace and Truth came from Jesus Christ" (John 1.17)
The window also says: "All that the Lord hath said we will do" (Exodus 19.8)
And at the bottom: 
In Memoriam: Joseph Thomas Cantrell, Esq. of King’s Newton, died, April 4th, A.D. 1862, aged 59; and Cecilia, his wife, died, July 24th, A.D. 1845, aged 33. 
"O, Thou that hearest prayer, unto Thee shall all flesh come" (Psalms 65.2).