34 PAINTED GLASS IN MORLEY CHURCH, DERBYSHIRE. 



In the canopy work of the window now under notice, yellow is 

 used ; but not in the same way as in those to which reference has 

 just been made. It is used on the chamfers and in the recessed 

 parts only. There is, in the east window of the choir of York 

 Minster, canopy work very similar to that in Plate III. It was 

 painted by John Thornton, of Coventry, in 1405.* This would 

 fix the date very early in the 15th century. 



We will now turn to the figures. St. Elizabeth is not by any 

 means an elegant figure, being rather short. She is represented 

 wearing gloves, and has a closed book in her right hand. Her 

 dress, seen below the blue mantle, is richly embroidered, and she 

 wears white shoes. She stands on a handsomely decorated dais. 

 In the compartment below the figure are some persons in the 

 attitude of supplication. Three of them are females in black 

 dresses and black hoods ; the bodies of the dresses are cut low, 

 and show an under-dress of yellow, which appears to be embroi- 

 dered ; a very elegant necklace completes the costume, the 

 pendant jewels from which nearly cover the breast. The male 

 persons wear long blue coats, with a girdle, to which is attached a 

 yellow purse ; they wear yellow hose and have yellow hair ; their 

 shoes are white. These costumes appear to be such as were worn 

 during the Tudor period. It has been suggested t that this 

 window may be a memorial to John Sacheverell, who was killed at 

 Bosworth Field, 1485 ; but this does not agree with his brass 

 which is on the wall near by. On it are five girls and three boys, 

 and the dresses are not quite the same. 



The other light has a figure of St. Peter ; the same shortness 

 will be noticed in him. He wears a ruby robe and a white under 

 dress, which is richly embroidered. From the third and fourth 

 fingers of his right hand hang the keys, and he supports an open 

 book with both hands, though the left is not visible. His hair is 

 yellow : " His hed was crolle and yellow the hair " — evidently a 

 favourite colour of hair. 



* See Poole and Hugall's History, p. 98. 

 f Ckurchcs of Derbyshire, Vol. iv., p. 344. 



