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device for the imperial standard. This window is from a
design by J. E. Doyle, Esq., author of "The Chronicles of
England," and was manufactured by Messrs. John Hardman
and Son, of Birmingham.
The second window was the gift of Eobt. Farrer, Esq.^
Sheriff of York in 1858—and illustrates the
Anglo Saxon Period.
King Edgar grants permission to the men of the north to
make their own laws. In the upper compartments of the
window are— 1st, the arms of the city of York surmounted by
the cap of maintenance ; and 2nd, the arms, crest, and motto
of the donor. In the centre of the window is King Edgar,
who, standing before his throne and holding the sceptre,
announces to the ecclesiastical and military chiefs of the
north his grant to them of the privilege of making or
choosing the laws for themselves. It is my will," he says,
" that the temporal laws of the Danes shall be observed
according to the best form which they can choose." .
''And I have given this permission on account of your
fidelity to me, in which you have promised always to continue.*'
"
. . . Let Earl Oslac, then, and all the host
dwelling in this earldom take care that this be observed for
the glory of God, the need of all our souls, and the tranquillity
of the people."
On the right of the king is his chancellor holding the
charter recording the commission. Next the chancellor is
Oskytel, Archbishop of York, and his attendants.
On the opposite side is Oslac, Earl of Northumbria, who
is called in the Saxon chronicle " the beloved hero," "hoary
headed," "wise and wordskilled." With him are other
northern chiefs, one of whom bears aloft the royal sword of
state.
Behind these chiefs is the dragon, the ensign of Wessex,
Edgar's principal kingdom. As Edgar abstained during
many years of his reign from wearing his crown, it has beert
omitted in this representation of him.
In the lower compartments of the window are introduced
the dragon, the raven, and the white horse, the ensigns of
Wessex, Northumbria, and Kent.
This is from the design of J. E. Doyle, Esq., and was^
made by Messrs. James Powell and Son, of London.