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Title: Handbook to the Cathedral Church of St. Peter, York; being notes on the architecture, stained glass, shields and monuments
Year: 1895 (1890s)
Authors: Benson, George, architect
Subjects: York Minster
Publisher: York, B. Johnson
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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deacon d. 1155, Sir Thomas* of Richmond, buried in Chaworth Prebendary the Minster of Y^oik -Galfrid* —William,*Master of St.LeonardsHospifcU. ITliomas z5th Barond.1475 :Elizabeth, dau. ofRalph, LordGreystock* =Eichard, heir of SirJohn Darcy -Elizabethz=Henry, Lord Scropeof Bolton Thomas Henry Ralph Geoffrey Alioe^=Sir James Margaretr=:Sir Christopher DaubyI Strange ways I MariarrrRobert Sir ChristopherrrrElizabeth. dau.Roo< of Richard Neville, LordLatimer. The execution of the archbishop raised muchTlie ScropeChapel of indignation throughout Yorkshire, and the people ^^ ■ came in large numbers to his tomb, regarding him as a saint; offerings were made there, and miracles are said to have occurred before it. The king issued an order forbidding these offerings, and ordered the wooden screen enclosing it to be taken down and the tomb to be piled with wood and stone to prevent access to it. Offerings, however, still continued. ( Many members of the Scrope family having been buried
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SCROPE CHAPEL—LADY CHAPEL. 103 in the chapel of St. Stephen, in 1449 Sir Thomas le Scrope, Lord of Masham, founded a chantry therein for himself, Elizabeth his mother, Elizabeth his wife, William his uncle; also his late father, John, his elder brother, John; Stephen, late Lord le Scrope, and Margery his wife, Eichard, late archbishop, Henry, late Lord le Scrope, Stephen, formerly archdeacon, his uncles; Phillippa, late wife of the aforesaid Henry, the late Lord le Scrope, his other ancestors, etc. In the east wall is a broken piscina with shell ornament at back. The lady chapel (the four eastern bays, Plate XI), Ladij Chapel / ,. \ . • • „ u u • •/ differs from the chon- prmcipally by havmg its clerestory passage outside, also against each pier a bracketwith canopy, and other minor difierences. The east window (Plate IX) is the largest window retain-ing its original glazing, and is about 78 feet high by 33 feetwide (that at Gloucester is 72 feet by 33 feet, but the lowerp

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