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A window of five compartments, the three centre ones the Resurrection of Christ, the two outer ones the unbelief of S. Thomas, and the Virgin Mary at the tomb, in the tracery are Apostles and Martyrs with sacred monogram.

Mr. John Ward contributed largely to the erection of this window.

Mr. Ward was churchwarden of the parish during the years 1855 to 1866, a period of eleven years, during which much important and lasting work was done to the Church.

The fourteen compartments of this window represent the Fall of Man, from his expulsion from the Garden of Eden to the curse of Canaan. Beneath each subject is a text. The tracery has Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. At the foot of the window the label reads—

""Erected to the honour and glory of"

- Almighty God and in memory of

W. Wilmot, esqre, was the last member of an old Coventry family, he practised as a Solicitor, and was Mayor 1858. Clerk to the County Magistrates for many years, and agent to the Marquis of Hertford. He was buried in Allesley Churchyard.

In fourteen compartments are represented incidents from the lives of the Patriarchs, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, from the separation of Abraham from Lot to Jacob's sleep at Bethel, there are texts at the foot of each panel. In the tracery there is the tower of Babel, the destroying angel, and diffusion of tongues. The label at the foot of window has-

""Erected to the honour and glory of"

- Almighty God and in memory of

On a brass plate beneath the window is engraved—

""The above window was placed here"

- to the memory of Charles Dresser

Mr. Charles Dresser was a silk merchant, and Mayor of the City, 1857, he was also Churchwarden 1851-2.