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The Window of the Six Sheffield Worthies

The Window of the Six Sheffield WorthiesNear the Chapel of St Katharine is a beautiful 16th century screen which stood for some 400 years at the entrance to the Shrewsbury Chapel. Beyond it is a lovely window, with 15th century mullions and tracery. Into this have been placed portraits in glass of the ‘Six Sheffield Worthies’ by Christopher Webb. These were all soldiers and benefactors of this church. This work was a memorial gift of the Firth family of Sheffield in 1938.

Waltheof: was a 11th Century Saxon Lord of Hallamshire. Eventually he took an oath of loyalty to William the Conqueror. A courageous soldier, he lost favour with the king and was executed in 1076. He was regarded as a defender of Saxon liberties. As a result of miracles performed at his tomb, Waltheof came to be honoured as a saint and martyr.

William de Lovetot: was an energetic Norman baron. He was responsible for the first Norman church in Sheffield built on this site c1101, and for Sheffield’s motte and bailey castle, a mill, a bridge over the River Don and a hospital for the poor on Spital Hill.

Gerard de Furnival: was a Crusader and like his fellow Worthies, Nevil and Talbot, an inheritor of the Lordship of Hallamshire through marriage with the Sheffield heiress, Maud de Lovetot.

Thomas Nevil: married into the de Furnival family. He was authorised in 1386 by the King to continue the traditions of a market and fair in Sheffield.

John Talbot: was 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, married Maud, daughter of Thomas Nevil. He was an outstanding statesman and soldier who contributed resources for building the 15th century church. His descendants were the Talbot Earls of Shrewsbury who were to play a vital part in Sheffield’s history and that of the country.

Colonel Sir John Bright: was an astute Parliamentarian, General, and Governor of Sheffield Castle after its surrender to the Parliamentary forces in 1644. He served Sheffield during the Cromwellian period and later welcomed the Restoration of Charles II. He became one of the Capital Burgesses of Sheffield.