Three Windows, Six Coats of Arms

Continuing (but coming near to the end of) our perambulation around York Minster, we come to a set of three windows which contain two coats of arms each.

You will probably recognize each of these arms, as we have seen them elsewhere in the cathedral.

In the first window we see the arms of FitzAlan, Barry of eight or and gules (the one black bar has apparently replaced a red one); and Latimer, Gules a cross patonce or.

In the next window we see the arms of Ros or de Ros, Gules three water bougets argent; and de Clare, Or three chevrons gules.

And in the third window, the arms of Warenne or de Warenne, Checky or and azure; and Percy ancient, Azure a fess of five fusils or.

On a genealogical note, it was Henry, 1st Baron Percy of Alnwick, who changed his arms from Percy ancient (as appear in this window) to Percy modern (which we have also see elsewhere in the Minster), Or a lion rampant azure. John de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey, was Henry, 1st Baron Percy of Alnwick’s maternal grandfather. So now you know the family connection between these two coats of arms!