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CHAPTER XIV.
After Archbishop Thoresby's death in 1373 the work
which he had begun at the eastern end of the minster
seems to have been at a stand for a few years. In
1377 the church of Misterton was appropriated to the
fabric of the choir for ten years. This arrangement
was confirmed by a papal bull in 1379
; the work
was, therefore, probably resumed about 1380. It
seems to have gone on but slowly. Complaint was
made at a visitation of the Archbishop in 1390 that the
work was delayed, and that the rents and income
devoted to the fabric were diverted from their proper
purpose. The conclusion arrived at by Professor
Willis is that the western portion of the choir was
completed about 1400, and before 1405 that part of
the church was roofed in, and much progress made
with its internal fittings and decorations.' In the
latter year an agreement was entered into with John
Thornton of Coventry, glazier, by the Dean and
Chapter, for the glazing and painting of the great
eastern window, which was to be finished within three
years. For this he was to receive 4s. per week, iocs,
at the end of each of the three years, and if executed
to the satisfaction of the Chapter, he was to receive a
gratuity of ;^io in silver. It can scarcely be doubted
' Willis, p. 43.