The Great Stone Shields of York Minster, Part 5

To continue our look at the stone shields flanking the arches inside York Minster, we come to the following:

First, we have the arms of John de Warenne, 1st Earl Sussex (1231-1304), Checky or and azure; and the arms of John de Warenne, 2nd Earl Sussex (1286-1347) Checky or and azure.

Then we see the arms of Sir John Wake, Or a fess and in chief three roundels gules; and the arms of Sir John Wake or Baldwin Wake, Or two bars and in chief three roundels gules.

Next are the arms of Piers de Mauley, junior* (1249-1308), Or a bend sable; and those of Stephen Mauley (1289-1317), Archdeacon of Cleveland, Or on a bend sable three crosses flory or.

Then the arms of William le Vavasour (d. 1311), Lord of Hazelwood, Or a dance sable; and Piers de Mauley, junior (1249-1308), Or a bend sable.

And finally, the arms of Anthony de Bek, bishop of Durham, Gules a cross moline ermine; and those of either Gilbert de Clare, senior, Earl of Gloucester and Hertford (d. 1295), or Gilbert de Clare, junior, Earl of Gloucester and Hertford (d. 1314), Or three chevrons gules. (We have seen the arms of Clare before, as part of the arms of Clare College, Cambridge.)

* Piers de Mauley, senior, seems to have born the arms Vair a maunch gules, which we will see in a later post.