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It is the work of J. B. Capronnier, of Brussels, and is from
the design of J. E. Doyle, Esq., of London, author of the
Chronicles of England."
The fourth window was given by Alderman Thomas
Cabry, sheriff in 1861, and is illustrative of the
Plantagenet Period (1298).
In the upper part are, on one side, the arms of the City
of York, surmounted by the cap of maintenance ;
and, on
the other, the monogram on a shield, the device and
the motto of the donor. The event commemorated is the
confirmation of the Great Charter in a parliament held at
York, on January 15th, 1298, in the reign of King Edward
the First. The English authority having been recently overthrown
in Scotland, the king, who was abroad at the time,
engaged in war with France, summoned a parliament to
meet at York under the Earl of Surrey, his lieutenant in the
North, in order to provide for the subjugation of the Scots.
The Parliament met on the morrow of St Hilary, and immediately
resolved that the confirmation of the Great and
Forest Charters which had been, in the previous November,
wrung from the king, should be ratified and published anew.
Accordingly, the parliament having met in the Cathedral
Church, the Bishop of Carlisle (the see of York being then
vacant), standing in full pontificals between the Constable
and Marshal of England, read to the assembly the Great
Charter with the newly added articles (among which was
the celebrated statute, De Tallagio non concedendo)^ and
then pronounced sentence of excommunication against all
those who should violate the same. It is the moment after
the conclusion of this ceremony which furnishes the subject
depicted in this window. On the left is John de Halton,
Bishop of Carlisle, who, after having performed his solemn
function, still holds in his hands the Charter, and looks to
the representative of the king for his public assent to what
has been done. Behind the bishop are Humphrey de Bohun,
Earl of Hereford, the Constable, and Eichard Bigod, Earl of
Norfolk, the Marshal of England, two noblemen who by
their firmness at this period greatly aided in securing and
extending the liberties of their country. In the centre is
John de Warrenne, Earl of Surrey, guardian of Scotland,
and lieutenant in the North, who, in the kings name,