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In the lower compartments are the shields of— 1, Yorke ;
:2, Henry VII.; and, 3, Percy.
The eleventh window the
Stuart Period.
King James I., on Ms accession to the crown of England, welcomed
at York by the Lord Mayor j Kobert Walter, and his brethren
(April 16, 1603).
The twelfth window was given by W. B. Eichardson, Esq.,
in memory of his father, the late Mr. Alderman William
Eichardson, Lord Mayor in 1846, and marks the
Stuart Period.
The subject illustrated in this window is the declaration
made by King Charles the First to the peers and others assembled
at York, on June 13th, 1642.
The king said that " he would not require or exact any
obedience from them but what should be warranted by the
known law of the land ;" and finally, that " he would defend
the lawful liberties of the subjects of England and just
privileges of all the three estates of Parliament ; and would
require no further obedience from them than as accordingly
he should perform the same."
This was the programme of Falkland, Hyde, and the constitutional
royalists ; and no celebration of obsoleted princi •
pies is here in question.
The persons represented—commencing from the left-—
are :
1.—Edward Hyde, Esq., M.P., who was a chief adviser of
the king at this time, though he had as yet declined
office. He is best known by the title, which he obtained
after the Eestoration, of Earl of Clarendon.
2.—Edward, Lord Lyttleton, Lord Keeper of the Great Seal.
3.—Lucius Carey, Viscount Falkland, Secretary of State.
In the centre compartment is the King in his robes,
holding in his hand the declaration.
Behind him is the Prince of Wales, afterwards Charles IL
In the right compartment, are :
-1.—Eobert Bertie, Earl of Lindsay, K.G., Lord Great
Chamberlain of England, soon afterwards made Commander-in-chief
of the royal army. This veteran soldier
represents the old-fashioned military element of the
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