THE NORTH AISLE

Before its dedication as a Children's Corner (now used as the coffee area), the West End of the North Aisle was a place where prayers had been silently said for those engaged in the Great War.

In 1930, Canon E. B. Spurgin (Vicar of St. John's from 1902 - 193 8) expressed a wish on behalf of himself and his wife, for the institution of a Children's Corner in the church, to commemorate both their 25th Wedding Anniversary and his own recovery from an operation. The Children's Corner was dedicated by the Bishop on Sunday, 19th October, 1930.

There are two stained glass windows in this area. One is in memory of Miss Gertrude Pearse, Principal firstly of the Kindergarten section of Westburton and later of Manor House School, as a tribute of affection by her old scholars and other friends. It depicts the kneeling child, Samuel, and is dated 15th October, 1929.

Another window, depicting St. Paul, was given in memory of Canon Spurgin by his wife, and was dedicated on 1St November, 1963, by Canon Webb (Vicar of St. John's from 1938 - 1964). Later, an inscription reading "and Marguerite Gladys 1880— 1975, devoted Wife and Mother" was added to this window.

It was hoped that a new stained glass window would be inserted in the blank window in this area to celebrate the Millennium, children from local schools being invited to submit designs. However, owing to the heavy demands on our financial resources, it was reluctantly decided in November 2000 that the project be abandoned.

Moving on down the North Aisle we come to the next group of three stained glass windows. The first window is a memorial to Albert Butterworth, who was organist and choirmaster at St. John's for 38 years. He died on 9th May 1932, and the window was dedicated exactly one year after his death.  It portrays St. Gregory the Great and the words on the pages of the open book held by St. Gregory are - "O praise the Lord of heaven: praise Him in the height".

The middle window, depicting the Annunciation, is a memorial to Canon Webb; Vicar of St. John's from 1938 - 1965, the money being subscribed by parishioners and friends. It was unveiled and dedicated in March 1968 in a brief ceremony before Sung Eucharist in the presence of a large congregation; the Vicar (Canon Oldaker), Church Wardens and choir processing from the chancel to where the window was sited.

The third - and oldest - window in this group commemorates Leslie Collins, who fell in warfare a few months before the Armistice, and was the gift of his mother. The window was dedicated by the Vicar, Canon Spurgin, immediately after the "Silence" on Armistice Day, 1927.

Continuing down the North Aisle, we come to a group of three stained glass "war" windows. The first window is in memory of Vivian Charles Wolfe Sutton, 7th September, 1918. The middle window is in memory of Cyril James Ashton, Captain, 6th Battalion K. W. K. Regiment, who died of wounds in France, 12th March, 1891, aged 23 years. The third window is in memory of William Alfred Layton Robinson, 2nd Lieut., The Queen's R. W. S. Regiment. He was killed in action near Ypres on 26th June, 1917.

We then come to a mural tablet which came from the former church. It commemorates John Kendrick Turner, who died on 26th October, 1844, aged 30. He died only some six months after the consecration of the old church and must have been one of the first to be laid to rest at St. John's. His funeral was conducted by the first Vicar of St. John's, the Rev. S. Holmes.

The last (single) window before we come to the War Memorial Chapel, depicts St. Martin of Tours and is in memory of Capt. Percival Leggett, Captain of Worcestershire Regiment and the Gold Coast Hauses.

Part of the inscription on his window reads:

died nobly doing his duty for Queen and Country, 29th June, 1900, aged 35 years.

He was buried at Takroasi, West Africa.

THE MEMORIAL CHAPEL

We have now reached the (War) Memorial Chapel on our journey down the north side of the church. The Chapel was designed by George F. Fellowes-Piynne, F. R. I. B. A., the architect who had previously designed other parts of the present church. The cost of the Chapel was £1,005 10s.2d. (in old money). It was in place by All Saints' Day, 1920. The altar, with adjoining panels bearing the names of those to be commemorated, was dedicated on Sunday, 23rd January, 1921, by the Bishop of Rochester, Bishop Harmer, in the presence of what was described in the parish magazine as "one of the largest congregations St. John's has ever known . . .”

The names of ninety members of the armed forces who lost their lives in the First World War and nineteen names from the Second World War are inscribed on the wooden panels. The figures of the archangels St. Michael and St. Gabriel are carved on each side of the altar.

Electric light was first used in the Chapel for the Remembrance Service on 14th November, 1926.

All the oak pews, except two, were given in memory of former members of St. John's and, although given at different times, were made to the same design.

An oak bench, in keeping with the pews, given by an anonymous donor in memory of two sisters, Annie and Alice Purser, is used as a kneeler at the altar.

The stained glass windows merit mention. The first window is dedicated to the memory of his family by the bequest of Harry Griffin, who died on 3rd April, 1944, and who was "a very devoted member of the church". The window, which was dedicated on 12th October, 1969, portrays John the Baptist as a boy, with his parents, the intention being to remind us of family life. Musical instruments of the same period are shown around the border of the window because of Mr. Griffin's interest in music.

The second window depicts St. John, both as an Apostle and as an Evangelist, and was given by Miss Purser in memory of her sisters, Jessie and Beatrice Purser. It was dedicated on Rogation Sunday, 6th May, 1947, the Patronal Festival.

The third window, which is the work of Sir Ninian Comper (who also designed the East Window and Lady Chapel Window) was dedicated on Remembrance Sunday, 1954. It depicts St. Alban, the first English Martyr. It is of painted, not stained, glass and was given by an anonymous donor in memory of those who fell in the 1939 - 1945 war, and whose names are listed on the memorial panels on top of the oak screen in the Chapel.

The Old Contemptibles' Memorial Tablet in the Chapel was unveiled on Sunday, 8th April, 1951, in the presence of members of the Council, neighbouring branches of the Old Contemptibles' Association and local Ex-Service Associations. The service, with the Trumpeters of the King's Troop, Royal Horse Artillery in attendance, must have been quite impressive. The Sidcup Branch of the Old Contemptibles was disbanded in 1990 and their Colour is one of those laid up in the Chapel.

The Pulpit
The pulpit, a superb specimen of old Flemish wood-carving, came from Antwerp. It bears the date 1651. It was presented to St. John's by the Rev. E. Wyatt Edgell, Rector of North Cray, and came from the original church. The pulpit is purported to bear the inscription "Antwerp, 1651". However, no-one has been able to find the word "Antwerp". An old Sidcup Directory states that the pulpit originally had a gate and it is probable that "Antwerp" was inscribed on the gate. Close inspection of the top of the staircase to the pulpit shows where the gate hinges once were.
The evangelists, who form the subject of four of the panels, are portrayed in an unusual sequence: Matthew, Luke, John, Mark. The fifth panel is of a later date and inferior design, and appears to have originally stood against a wall. This panel was carved after the pulpit's removal, probably from the original church. Among the other ornamental carvings are more than twenty cherubs' heads and two grotesque faces.

The Chancel Screen
The chancel screen is designed in Corsham Downe stone, with green shafts from the Forest of Dean. The gates and grilles are of rich wrought ironwork.
Mr. Edward Layton, Vicar's Warden for 23 years, gave the screen to the church in 1901 in memory of two of his relatives.
The cross rises above to within two feet six inches of the apex of the chancel arch.

Statues of the Apostles
The statues of the apostles were given by Mrs. Shirley Woolmer in memory of her husband, the Rev. Charles Edwards Shirley Woolmer, Vicar of St. John's from 1887 - 1902, and to whose initiative the present nave is largely due.
The left hand (or north side) paired group are, commencing at the bottom: St. John and St. Peter; St. Simon and St. James the Less; St. Matthias and St. Thomas. The right hand (or south side) paired group are: St. Bartholomew and St. Andrew; St. Jude and St. James the Great; St. Philip and St. Matthew. High in their places above the apostles stand the archangels St. Michael and St. Gabriel.
These figures were dedicated on Trinity Sunday, 1903

The East End and Chancel
The glass in the East window is a replacement. The original East window was inserted as a memorial to the wife of the Rev. T. C. Lewis (Vicar of St. John's, 1882 - 1887), who was accidentally shot in the Vicarage garden by her young son in 1886. The window (together with the window in the Lady Chapel) was destroyed by enemy action on 20th March 1945, when the church received damage from a V2 rocket, which landed on the premises of Mr. Charles Knight, the builder, at the corner of Rectory Lane and Craybrooke Road. There is an inscription at the bottom of the window, which reads: "This window restored in 1951 replaces one destroyed by enemy action in 1945".
The present window was designed by Sir Ninian Comper, then aged 86, and his "autograph" of bees are included in the window. The window was dedicated by the Bishop of Rochester at Evensong on Whit Sunday, 10th June 1956. The south "light" of the window was restored by many subscribers and in memory of those whose names appear in a framed parchment erected in 1958 near the entrance to the Lady Chapel.
The marble has-relief of Leonardo de Vinci's Last Supper was given by Henry Berens. It originally stood behind the altar in the apse of the first church.
Prior to the building of the present chancel in 1882, the beautiful old oak Flemish canopy over the altar stood at the West End of the former Nave, where it formed a sort of interior porch.
Last, but not least, are the two standard altar candlesticks. They are five feet in height and are richly and symbolically decorated.
 An amethyst is set in the base of each candlestick. They are divided into four panels, each in beaten work. The front panel has a cross, and round this is a thorny plant growth. In the centre of the cross is mounted the amethyst. The second panel has an open book on which is inscribed the opening words of St. John's Gospel - "In the beginning was the word" (in Latin) - and behind this is a floral design of lilies. The third panel has a crown, a wreath of laurel and palm branches, with the letters S. J. for St. John. The fourth and back panel has roses, the flower of England. The candlesticks were dedicated on the eve of All Saints' Day, 1910.

The Lady Chapel
The Lady Chapel was consecrated on 31st October 1882, the eve of All Saints' Day, by Edward Parry, Suffragan Bishop of Dover.
The Memorial Chairs have the name of a departed one carved on the top of the back of the chair. Fifteen of the chairs had been given by December 1933 and, by April 1934, all twenty-four of the chairs requested had been presented, with a promise of four more. Two of the chairs are in memory of a former gentleman of the choir and of a former choirboy. These chairs have now been moved to the west end of the church.
The window behind the altar in the Lady Chapel was given by St.John's branch of the Mothers' Union to replace the one destroyed by enemy action in March 1945. It was designed by Sir Ninian Comper  (who also designed the present East window) and was dedicated on Whit Sunday, 1947. The window portrays the Madonna and Child. The letter 'M' constantly recurs in her richly figured blue robe, which is lined with ermine.
At the bottom of the window are the roots of an oak tree, whose branches, with their leaves and acorns, form a decorative pattern. In one corner of the window is a little strawberry plant, showing leaves, flowers and fruit; it is thought this may be the artist's private mark.
The four smaller windows portray Jesus in the manger, Jesus fleeing from Herod, the boy Jesus in the carpenter shop, and Jesus in the Temple.
The rail fixed near the steps leading up to the Lady Chapel was a gift in 1969.
In 1975, the Lady Chapel was re-decorated, newly curtained and carpeted, largely due to the Mothers' Union.
The stone columns, which divide the Chancel from the Lady Chapel, were originally at the bottom of the chancel steps before the screen was erected.

 

The South Aisle
South Aisle, the first window we come to depicts the adoration of the Infant Saviour by the Shepherds and the Magi. The whole window is a memorial to the Rev. C. E. Shirley Woolmer, Vicar of St. John's from 1887 - 1902.
The centre "light" was the gift of the Shirley Woolmer Masonic Lodge and was dedicated by The Rev. Basil E. Spurgin, (Vicar of St. John's from 1902 - 1938 and who had, at one time, been the Rev. Shirley Woolmer's curate) in July 1903.
The two side "lights", the gift of the congregation and other friends, were dedicated on Sunday morning, 25th October, 1903, by the Archbishop of Maidstone, who also preached the sermon.
The citations read:
Presented by members of the congregation and other friends in affectionate remembrance of Charles Edward Shirley Woolmer, for 16 years Vicar of this Parish, who entered into Rest on the Feast of St. Luke, 1902.
To the glory of God and the memory of the Rev. Charles Edward Shirley Woolmer, M. A., this window is placed by the Brethren of the Shirley Woolmer Masonic Lodge, of which he was one of the Founders and the first Master.
The other window before the door in the South Aisle depicts St. George and was dedicated at the Family Service on 11th September, 1966. The window was given by way of a thank offering for the inspiration of Baden-Powell in founding the (Boy) Scouts' Association and, in particular, for those who formed the St. John's Troop in 1909. It was members of the Sunday School who at that time "demanded" the formation of a Troop, and who persuaded their teacher, Harry Hall, to take on the post of Scoutmaster. As it was the second troop in Sidcup it was given the title of "Second Sidcup" and, although not a controlled troop, it has always been closely connected with St. John's.
The inscription reads:
To the glory of God this window is erected in 1966 in gratitude for the service given by the leaders of St. John's Scouts since 1909.
The first window past the South Aisle door depicts St. Cecilia, the Patron Saint of Musicians. As early as the fourth century she was celebrated as one of the greatest Roman martyrs.
The wording on the window reads:
This window is dedicated to the Glory of God and the beloved memory of Lilian Green, born November 2 1st, 1860, entered into rest February 22nd, 1899. 'She has been a succourer of many.'
There then follow three windows representing Christ as Healer, and are in memory of Dr. Frank Shapley who died in 1899, aged 42. He had a considerable part in the building of the Sidcup Cottage Hospital in Granville Road (where the Barnard Health Centre now stands). It is said that he carried in his arms to the new building the blanket-wrapped patients from the two or three cottages in Birkbeck Road, which until then had accommodated the sick folk of Sidcup. (The United Services Club in Main Road, which was built in the 1880s, was once Dr. Shapley's home.)
The inscription reads:
To the glory of God friends place these windows in memory of Frank Shapley, Surgeon, who died November 15th, 1899.
Under the third of these three windows, the inscription reads:
An offering to God's house from the Sunday School Children, 1901.
On the wall is a memorial to Thomas Henry Plaskett, who died on 1st October, 1850, aged 77 years. He directed that he be buried at the East Chislehurst Church. (For a short while, St. John's was known as St. John the Evangelist, East Chislehurst.) His remains are deposited in the vault under the church. There is a similar memorial to his wife, Charlotte Cecilia, who died in 1848. The Plasketts lived in what was known as the Manor House, which is now the Registrar's office. Mr. Plaskett had been Chief Clerk of the Home Office, having worked his way up to become Permanent Secretary to the Home Office at the time of his retirement in 1849. He received a pension of £1,412 a year, no mean figure for those times.
There are three more stained glass windows in the South Aisle before we reach the Baptistery (now moved to the north aisle). 

The left window depicts a disciple at Joppa named Tabitha or Dorcas, who did many good works. When she became sick and died, Peter, who was visiting nearby at the time, was sent for and found all the widows and others weeping and showing the coats and garments which Dorcas had made. Peter went into the room alone, where she lay, knelt down and prayed, saying "Tabitha, arise". She opened her eyes and, seeing Peter, sat up. He gave her his hand, lifted her up, called the people and presented her alive.
The inscription on this window reads:
In loving memory of Elizabeth Jemima Callan who died the 17th June, 1906, aged 58 years.
The middle window, which depicts the Good Samaritan, has the inscription:
To the dear memory of Edward Layton, 25th April, 1919.
Edward Layton was a former Vicar's Warden of St. John's.
The right hand window shows Eunice, or St. Caritas, a holy New Testament woman who, like Dorcas, was never canonised.
The inscription reads:
In loving memory of Edith Pearse, August 26th, 1921. This window is the gift of the pupils of Westburton School, Sidcup.

 

The Baptistery

At the West End of the South Aisle we come to the Baptistery, (now moved to the north aisle). The architect did not intend the Baptistery to be in its present position. In his original design he placed it where the West End door now is, the West door in the original design being beneath the tower. However, the building committee adversely criticised this arrangement and the architect was induced to alter his design.

The font, which came from the original church and was the gift of Henry Berens of Sidcup Place, is a hexagon of white Carrara marble. Each side bears a bas-relief: the four evangelists, the Baptism of Our Lord and Faith bearing a cross. The first baby to be baptised in the font, on 14th July 1844, was George Walker Petty.

The Baptistery window, which was donated anonymously, was inserted in 1958, the subject being taken from the 10th chapter of St. Mark, verse 14: "Suffer the little children to come unto Me, and forbid them not".

 

The Nave
The centenary of the nave was celebrated on 22nd July, 2001, at the 10.00 am Sung Eucharist, during which seven people were confirmed by Bishop Michael Gear.
At the start of the service, the following message from George Carey, Archbishop of Canterbury, was read:
One hundred years ago my predecessor, Archbishop Frederick Temple, consecrated the nave and transepts of St. John's Church. That was an important moment in the history of St. John's and it is good to reflect on God's goodness and faithfulness in the years since this.
May God bless you all at St. John's, keeping you faithful in worship and dedicated in service of all your neighbours.
(signed) George Cantuar
This letter was accompanied by a signed photograph of the Archbishop, under which he had written:
With every blessing as you celebrate 100 years' service since the consecration of nave and transepts.
The following gives the history of the laying of the foundation stone and consecration of the Nave.
The Nave was designed by George Fellowes-Prynne F. R. I. B. A., who also designed other parts of the church. The foundation stone was laid on 18th November, 1899, by the Rev. Canon Francis Murray, Rector of Chislehurst, who remembered being present with his father, George Murray, Bishop of Rochester, when the latter consecrated the first church 55 years earlier.
The following description of the laying of the foundation stone is taken from the Parish Magazine of December 1899:
Having proceeded to the site, he (Canon Murray) deftly used the Silver Trowel presented to him for the occasion, and after a little effort the stone was squarely laid as a cube, perfect and complete, in the Name and to the Glory of the Blessed Trinity in Unity.
Under the stone new silver and copper coins of the realm were deposited in sealed bottles, with the "Times", the "Church Times", the "District Times" and the "Parish Magazine", together with a card containing the names of the Hon. Secretary of the Building Fund (B. Allen, Esq.), the Architect (Geo. Fellowes-Prynne, Esq., F. R. I. B. A.) and the Builders (Messrs. Goddard and Sons).
The collection amounted to the handsome sum of £76 9s. 6d. owing in a great measure to a generous donor who did not care to have her name known.
The Nave and transepts were consecrated by Frederick Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury, on 13th July, 1901.
The cost of the Nave was approximately £11,500.

 

Stained Glass of St John's

After the Second World War, when the church was damaged on 20^th March 1945 by a V2 rocket, 

several new windows were installed, including the east window, the Lady Chapel window, 

the window at the west end of the north aisle, ‘Suffer the little children’, and the one dedicated to 

St Alban in the Memorial Chapel. 

These four are the work of Sir Ninian Comper, (the last one being by Comper and Bucknall). Comper was one of the greatest of the stained glass designers of his time; he designed the windows on the north side of the nave of Westminster Abbey 

(where his ashes are interred beneath a plaque commemorating him); also the east window, and one other, in Southwark Cathedral.

The East Window

The North light

 

At the top there is a seraph with red wings. This is taken from Isaiah Chapter 6 verse 2:

‘each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, 

and with twain he did fly’. 

Beneath is the symbol St John, the Lamb. Below this is the figure of St John the Baptist holding a lamb. 

Then there is a pattern of three money bags which stand for the bags of gold thrown as dowry by St Nicholas into the house of three girls to save them from prostitution. 

It is appropriate that the saint is shown below in his bishop’s attire with two children beside him. One child is standing holding a Bible; the other is kneeling to receive a blessing. 

It is because of his championing of children that he has become known as Santa Claus. 

He is in the window to acknowledge that St John’s was the daughter church of St Nicholas, Chislehurst.  

 

The Centre light

Above, encircled with flaming golden light within a mandorla (the almond shape), 

a beardless Christ in Majesty sits holding up his hands in blessing. 

Over Jesus hovers the Holy Spirit in the form of a dove. 

You can see the tie between John the Baptist and Jesus in this (Mark Chapter 1 verse 10). 

Beneath the feet of Jesus is the world with seven stars, symbolising the Virgin Mary, who stands below her son as an adult, but she holds the infant Jesus on her right arm. 

Two angels on either side of her hold a cloak decorated with fleur-de-lys. 

Beneath is a heraldic device, a shield with four drops of blood in the top quarters and three in the lower quarters. 

This device is known as ‘gouty de sang’, and is related to St Anselm below in the third frame. 

He was Archbishop of Canterbury, and a contemporary of St Margaret of Scotland, and is probably included in the window as he shared two attributes with her: exile, and love of learning. 

He, too, has a blue cloth at his back decorated with fleur-de-lys, but not supported by angels. 

He holds a crozier, and he carries a book entitled ‘Cur Deus Homo’, ‘Why God (was) man’, which was one of his great works, proving the necessity of the incarnation. 

The drops of blood cannot refer to his martyrdom as he died in his bed, but to the incarnation and sacrifice of Jesus on the cross. 

St Anselm engaged in fierce arguments with Kings William Rufus and Henry I over the investiture of church leaders. 

He maintained that only the church had the authority to choose its bishops, and in the course of these disputes he was twice exiled. 

The dispute over investiture came to a head in the reign of Henry II when Becket was murdered in Canterbury.

 

The South light

As in the north light a red, winged seraph is at the top. Beneath is a chalice with a snake or dragon emerging from it. 

This is from the legend of St John’s being challenged by a priestess, and driving Satan from the cup. In the figure of St John the Evangelist, he is holding a scroll, his Gospel, while a watchful eagle, his symbol, sits at his feet. 

Below again is a diamond-shaped shield, on the left of which is the lion of Scotland, and on the right is a cross with a martlet in each quarter. 

This latter device is that attributed in later years to the coat-of-arms of Edward the Confessor. 

Now we come to St Margaret, a descendant of Edward. 

The figure is inscribed Margareta Regina and she holds a crucifix and a Bible. She seems to have no direct relationship with Kent. 

She was the granddaughter of Edmund Ironside, king of England before Canute. She married King Malcolm of Scotland, whose father Duncan was murdered by Macbeth (see Shakespeare). 

Her life was devoted to scholarship and good works. Since Margaret is derived from the Greek word ‘margaron’ meaning pearl, she became known as the Pearl of Scotland. 

Towards the end of her life she lived with her husband in Edinburgh Castle, where there is a chapel dedicated to her. 

Her daughter Matilda was married to King Henry I, thereby uniting the Norman and Saxon crowns. In the bottom right hand corner of St Margaret’s figure in the inscription ‘This window restored in 1951 replaces one destroyed by enemy action in 1945’. 

There is a strawberry plant which is the mark of Comper. He was eighty-six years old at the time and had been knighted the year before. 

Perhaps Comper included St Margaret because he was a Scot! It is fitting that the east window should honour not only Our Lord and His Mother, St John the Evangelist and John the Baptist, but also Anselm, Nicholas and Margaret who were saints of their times.  

 

Two other windows bear Comper’s mark: the window in the Lady Chapel (1947) and St Alban in the Memorial Chapel (1956). The window at the west end of the south aisle, ‘Suffer the little children’, is by Comper and Bucknall.

 

The Lady Chapel

Mary and Jesus are within a mandorla. She stands on a crescent moon and above her is a vase of lilies, both symbols of purity. Comper’s mark, the strawberry plant, is clearly visible in the bottom right corner, with the date, MCMXLVII (1947). 

Four windows on the Lady Chapel’s south wall are by Bell and Beckham; The Nativity, the Flight into Egypt, the Holy Family, and Christ with the doctors. The panel in memory of a mother and baby was previously in the chapel of Queen Mary’s Hospital, as mentioned above.

 

South Transept and South Aisle

The first  windows are a memorial to the Rev Shirley Woolmer. The three lights depict the Shepherds, the Nativity, and the Wise Men. and are by Percy Bacon. 

Some of the faces appear to have acquired a green tinge, and the dedication below the lights is out of sequence. 

Above these windows are two oculae (round windows) depicting the Holy Spirit as a dove. 

The next window along the south aisle, also by Percy Bacon, portrays the Visitation of Mary to Elizabeth; then St. George by Maile (you can see the firm’s mark, a mailed fist). 

Next are four windows by Heaton, Butler and Bayne: St Cecilia, then three scenes of healing. 

Then three windows by Percy Bacon: Dorcas, the Good Samaritan, and Caritas (Charity). 

The last window, ‘Suffer the little children’ is by Comper and Bucknall. 

This area was the baptistry before the font was moved to the north aisle in 2020.

 

The North Aisle

Starting from the west end: St Paul; then Daniel. Behind the Rest Room is St Gregory. There is no maker’s mark; the colour and style of the face suggest it may be a late Kempe and Tower design, though the canopy is not in Kempe’s style. 
Next, the Annunciation, signed by Maile. There follow four windows in memory of men who died in World War I, the last being by Percy Bacon. St Martin, by the north door, is by Heaton, Butler and Bayne.
The next window represents Zacharias, Elizabeth and John (Maile). The window depicting St John (1946) is by Morris of Westminster (not William Morris!). St Alban, by Comper, (1954) was the first martyr in England. He was a Christian Roman soldier.