Thursday, June 13, 2024

The Heraldic Glass in the Chapter House of York Minster: Part 3 of 7 (the Northeast Window)


Continuing along to the next (the northeast) window in the Chapter House, we find these coats of arms:


Following the same general pattern for the arrangement of coats of arms that is followed in all of the windows, here in the rose window at the top, we see the arms of England, Gules three lions passant guardant in pale or, here, too, placed on aground of blue, the shield flanked by two golden fleurs-de-lis. Immediately below England, we have the arms of Edmund, Earl of Lancaster, Gules three lions passant guardant in pale or a label of five tags azure each tag charged with three fleurs-de-lis.

Below those two coats of arms, in the large rose window on the left, we have repeated the arms of England, also on a ground of France. Immediately below that coat of arms, we find another copy of the arms of Warenne, Checky or and azure.

In the large rose window on the right, we see yet another copy of the arms of England on a ground of France. Immediately below that coat, we see the arms of William de Ros, Gules three water bougets argent. The ground for his arms are blue, with a gold garb of wheat on each side.

Further below, in the small rose window on the left, we see the arms of Clare, Or three chevrons gules, which we have seen elsewhere in the Minster.

And in the small rose window on the right, we find the arms of Ralph Neville, Lord of Raby, Gules a saltire argent.

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