Several Jesuits, notably the Provincial, Mathieu, who was deposed by Acquaviva, were its stanch upholders. She strongly favored woman's advancement and was a stanch advocate of the Temperance Movement. During his first five years, Grubb was a stanch Quaker backbencher. Bandages could not stanch the flow of blood. Even reducing the payroll and his own salary were not enough to stanch the bleeding. They are all labelled "Stanch" on the 1905 Ordnance Survey map.