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bishop of Canterbury for her first
husband, the Archbishop
of York for her second husband, and her four sisters
married bishops.
Against the wall is a Corinthian monument, with effigy
in rochet and gown, to Archbishop Frewen (1664).
Under the first arch from the east end on the north side of
the Lady Chapel is the plain altar tomb of the fighting Archbishop
Scrope, who was beheaded in a field near Bishopthorpe
in 1405 for high treason. In such great estimation
was this prelate held that his grave was visited by large numbers
of the people, w^hen so many miracles were said to have
been performed, that Henry IV. ordered it to be concealed
with great logs of wood. (Scrope's rebellion forms one of
the principal scenes in Shakespeare's Henry IV., parts 1
and 2.)
In a line with this monument, and under the second arch,
is one to the memory of William Markham (1807), who for
thirty years was Archbishop of York. It is of stone, richly
carved, and bearing shields emblazoned with coats of arms,
and is surrounded with a pavement of encaustic tiles. His
remains lie in Westminster Abbey.
The tomb of Archbishop Musgrave (1860) stands in the
centre of the chapel : the effigy is by Noble.
The great east window may be said to be a miracle of
masonry and glazing. It is 76 feet 9 inches high, by 81
feet 9 inches wide, and " is the largest window in the kingdom
that retains its original glazing." It is divided into
200 compartments, each filled with beautiful stained glass
having figures about two feet high. The subjects in the
upper part are taken from the Old Testament—the creation,
the Tower of Babel, scenes from the lives of the patriarchs,
of Moses, of David, and others. Those below the upper gallery
are from the book of Eevelations, except in the lowest
tier, which are representations of various saints, kings, and
bishops. The glass work was by John Thornton, of Coventry
(1408); who undertook to design and paint the various
subjects for the sum of four shillings per week for his own
work, and to complete the window in less than three years,
at the end of each year to have five pounds extra, and when
the work was completed ten pounds as a reward. The
masonry consists of three stages, having three divisions, each