Thursday, August 1, 2024

Fourteen Armorial Windows of a Single Pattern, Part 5 of 7


Continuing our survey of the coats of arms in these fourteen windows in York Minster which are all of a single pattern or type, we come to the following:


In this window, we find the arms, from left to right, of:


Hook or Houke (same name, different spellings!), Azure a fess between three fleurs-de-lis or

John FitzHugh, Azure fretty a chief or; 

England (in the center, as with the other windows in this series), Gules three lions passant guardant in pale or

William de Rythre, Azure three crescents or; and

Here, we're going for probabilities. The shield is Argent a lion rampant azure. Is this an error for Percy (modern)? Percy modern is Or a lion rampant azure. Papworth's Dictionary of British Armorials cites 17 different families with Argent a lion rampant azure, the most likely being Fauconberg/Falconbridge, which comports with the identifications in the Dictionary of British Arms which also makes  Fauconberg/Falconbridge the most likely identification for this coat.

Then in the next window,


we find the following coats of arms, also from left to right:


Deyvill, Or on a fess between four fleurs-de-lis gules two fleurs-de-lis or

Furnival, Argent a bend between six martlets gules (yes, I know that the bend looks sable here, but that is the same issue we have seen previously in some of the other windows in this series, where the red has blackened over the years); 

England, Gules three lions passant guardant in pale or

Meynell, Azure three bars gemel and a chief or. Burke’s General Armory notes: "Meynell or Mennell (co. York). Azure four (another, six) bars gemel and a chief or;" and

Evers, or Eure, Quarterly or and gules on a bend sable three escallops argent.

I really have to admit that all of these windows, taken as a whole, are very impressive, and not just for the heraldry contained in them!

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