Within the last five years twenty-two windows have been enriched with stained glass: eight in the Lantern or Central Tower; six in the South Clerestory of the Nave; one in the Apse; seven in the North Transept. The object has been to lay the foundation of a general design illustrative of a portion of the “Te Deum.”

The eight windows in the Lantern or Central Tower represent angels, and round the sustaining arches is inscribed,—“To Thee all angels cry aloud, the heavens and all the powers therein; To Thee cherubin and seraphin continually do cry: Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of Sabaoth, heaven and earth are full of the majesty of Thy glory.”

The six windows in the South Clerestory, west of the Transepts represent Prophets, in illustration of that verse in the “Te Deum:”—“The goodly fellowship of the prophets praise Thee.”

It is hoped that this commencement may lead not only to the completion of what has been begun, but also to the enrichment of the corresponding windows on the north side of the Nave, in illustration of the “Noble Army of Martyrs.”

The Clerestory windows eastward of the Transepts offer the means of representing the “Glorious Company of the Apostles.”

In the east window in the Apse, below the Clerestory, are the figures of St. Peter and St. Paul.

This window was enriched to the “Glory of God’s House,” and as a token of respect and affection for the Venerable William H. E. Bentinck, M.A., Archdeacon of Westminster, who, in 1859, completed his fiftieth year as a dignitary of this Collegiate Church.

The next thing observable is the stained glass in the three windows at the east end, containing each two figures. In the left window, the first figure represents our Saviour; the second, the Virgin Mary; the third, Edward the Confessor; the fourth, Henry III.; the fifth, St. Augustine; the sixth, Melitus, the Bishop of London, in the right hand window.

The window of stained glass in Henry V.’s Chantry, was at Dean Ireland’s expense, by Willemont; the arms are those of Edward the Confessor, Henry III., Henry V., Dean Ireland’s, and the Abbacy of Westminster.