Monday, July 22, 2024

Fourteen Armorial Windows of a Single Pattern, Part 2 of 7


Continuing along the wall with these similarly patterned windows, we come to the next pair. First:


With the following coats of arms:


From left to right, we have the arms of:

Beaufort, England and a bordure compony or and azure; John de Mowbray, 2nd Baron Mowbray (1286-1322), Gules a lion rampant argent; England, Gules three lions passant guardant in pale or; Anthony de Bek, bishop of Durham, Gules a cross moline ermine; and Ranulph de Neville (d. 1331), Gules a saltire argent.

For the next, I do not have the photograph of the full window, as I discovered after I got home that it was out of focus. So here is the close-up, which is in focus:


And here, from left to right, we see the arms of:

William le Constable (d. after 1316), Quarterly gules and vair a bend or); Brown/Browne, Sable three lions passant in bend between two double cotices argent; England again, Gules three lions passant guardant in pale or; Ros/Roos, Gules three water bougets argent; and FitzWalter, Or a fess between two chevrons gules.

Yes, I know that at first glance the fess and chevrons in this last coat appear to be black, but if you click on the image above and then zoom in, you can see more of the red. You will also note that the reds in William le Constable's and the Ros/Roos arms also look a lot more black than red. I don't know if it's a buildup of dirt/soot/smoke over the ages, or simply a color shift of the materials used to create the red, but something has caused the red to shift towards black to the eye.

Still, you have to appreciate the work that went into creating these armorial windows!

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