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The third window was given by Eichard Audns Clark,
Esq., as a memorial of his father, Sir William Stephenson
dark, Kt., Lord Mayor in 1840, and illustrates the
Norman Period.
In the upper compartment are the arms of the City of
York, surmounted by the cap of maintenance, and encircled
by the Lord Mayor s chain ;
and in the corresponding
division, a shield containing the monogram of the donor,
over which is his crest. The subject commemorated in this window
is the meeting of the northern barons at York, in August,
1138, to concert measures for the defence of the country
against the Scots, who, under King David I., were ab-eady
in possession of the border counties. In the centre stands
Thurstan, the archbishop, who in this emergency had been
appointed lieutenant in the North by King Stephen, and who,
in spite of his age and infirmities, had greatly exerted himself
to animate the spirit of the barons and to encourage
them to make a stout resistance. He holds in his right hand
a banner (probably taken from the cathedral) which on this
occasion he entrusted to their care. To his right (in a
scarlet cloak) is William le Gros, Earl of Albemarle and
Lord of Holderness, who, as the noble of highest rank present,
is supposed to have had the nominal command of the
forces assembled. With him appears Roger de Mowbray,
who, though still a boy, had been brought to the army with
the vassals of his great estates. Next to them is Bernard de
Baliol, who commanded the small force which was all that
Stephen could spare for the defence of his northern subjects.
His hand presses the hilt of his sword as he promises his
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best assistance. On the opposite side is Walter Espec, a
baron of very extraordinary strength and stature, who from
his long experience in the art of war, joined to a most
amiable and venerable character, was revered as a father and
obeyed as a general by the whole army." He is in the act
of extending his right hand towards the standard, which he
vows to defend. More to the front is Gilbert de Lacy of
Pontefract, placing his sword at the service of the King's
representative, and behind is William de Percy, with his
sword upraised. In the compartments below are the arms of
Albemarle, King Stephen, and De Lacy.