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Lancastrian Period.
King Henry V. and Ms bride Katherine of France received at
York by the Lord Mayor, John de Bedale, and the citizens (1421).
The ninth window the
Yorkist Period.
King Edward IV. assumes the badge of the house of Lancaster
in order to induce the Lord Mayor, John de Gisbume, and citizens
to allow him free passage through the city (1471).
The tenth window, given by Mrs. Emma Walker, wife of
Mr. Alderman William Walker, in memory of her late father,
Mr. Alderman Weatherley, who was City Sheriff in 1864 and
Lord Mayor in 1868, illustrates the
Tudor Period.
King Henry VII. Knights William Todd, Lord Mayor of
York, and Alderman Eichard Yorke, M.P. for the City, in
recognition of the loyalty of the citizens during the rebellion
of Lambert Simnel (31st July, 1487).
In the centre is the King, holding the sword, and calling
on the Lord Mayor and the Alderman to come forward that
they may receive the honour intended. He is supposed to
have been previously expressing his thanks to the Corporation,
which has waited upon him. Behind him are two pages, in
the Tudor colours, white and green.
To the King's right are the Lord Mayor, Alderman Yorke,
and other Aldermen ; also John Vavasour, Esq., the Recorder
(nearest to the throne, and head only seen). These are supposed
to be the foremost of a numerous deputation.
To the King's left are John Rotherham, the Archbishop,
who had formerly been (1474-1488) Lord Chancellor, and
who was probably Henry's host in July, 1487 ;
Henry Percy,
Earl of Northumberland, Lieutenant General of the North,
who, in that capacity, would carry the sword of state before
the King, which he is supposed to have just placed in the
Sovereign's hand, but still holds in his own grasp the scabbard
thereof ;
and, behind him. Sir William Stanley, K.G., Chamberlain
of the Household, the same who placed the crown on
Henry's head after the battle of Bosworth.
In the upper compartments are the shields of the City of
York and of Alderman Weatherley, each encircled by the
Lord Mayor's chain.