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Sbrewsbnry, in 1403, the day after the battle, and probably when in 

 the agonies of death from wounds received on that celebrated field. 



Most of the wills contain a bequest '^ ad fahricam Ecclesice B. 

 Petri." It cannot be inferred from these words that the rebuilding or 

 repairing of the Church was going on at that time. But the completion 

 of the Chapter House and the Nave was then proceeding, and in some 

 instances this clearly appears from the bequests. These are not 

 always in money, but books, wearing apparel, and other property are 

 left to be sold, and the produce added to the bequest. Thus, Thomas 

 de Austan, one of the Vicars Choral of York, leaves to the fabric 

 three of his largest stills, for the distillery of aqua vita3, and waters 

 of flowers and herbs ; John Awstyn, a carpenter of York, leaves to 

 the new work of the Cathedral all his brass pnllies ; and Joanna 

 Skargill bequeaths for the same purpose her scarlet gown. William 

 Barker, of Tadcaster, leaves to the fabric at York a boat-load of 

 stone from the quarry of Thevesdale, near Tadcaster, granted by the 

 Vavasour family. W. Gowsell, husbandman, of Heworth, leaves one 

 horse, probably to be employed at the Cathedral. In the year 1409, 

 William Cawode, Canon of York and Ripon, an eminent lawyer and 

 diplomatist, bequeaths his whole library to be sold, the produce to be 

 applied to ornamenting the high altar with a screen. There are other 

 legacies relating to works in the interior of the Minster — the erection 

 or adorning of the altar, the founding of chrntries, the ofierings at 

 shrines, and the decorations of sacred images. In 1349, Archbishop 

 William de la Zouch left a sum of money for the ordaining of a 

 perpetual charity for his own soul, at which two chaplains were to 

 serve for ever in honour of God, the blessed Mary, and all Saints, 

 especially Mary Magdalene and St. Martha. 



The shrine, or bier of Saint William, which was of silver splendidly 

 adorned with gilding and jewels, was the object of frequent bequests. 

 To this shrine several persons left rings set with stones, and a chaplet 

 of gold set with pearls and emeralds, with a sapphire in the middle, 

 and a diamond above it. lu 1444, Thomas Karr, citizen and draper, 

 bequeathed money to pwchase a gold chain for the neck of the Virgin 

 Mary, another for that of the infant in her arms, and a gold ring to 

 be placed about the neck of the image of the Virgin. Costly articles 

 of gold and silver and jewels are specially bequeathed for the use of 

 the High Altar. Books are the last class of bequests noticed in this 

 part of the paper. One of the most remarkable of these is that of 

 John Dawtre, who leaves to his godfather, Wm. Langton, the use 

 during life of a certain book which the blessed Richard Ic Scrop had 



