PAINTED GLASS IN MORLEY CHURCH, DERBYSHIRE. 35 



We now take the remaining three-light window (Plate IV.). It is 

 complete, and presents a much more cheerful and harmonious ap- 

 pearance than that which we have just described. It is rather over- 

 done with blue, — a fine colour, but apt to give a sombre appearance 

 where there is too much of it. In the centre-light of this window 

 are pictured the four evangelists writing on scrolls, each seated at 

 a desk, and accompanied by his emblem. All the evangelists 

 have wings. St. Mark wears a curious cap, or bonnet. All have 

 long yellow hair, and St. Matthew has a beard. The scrolls have 

 been broken, what remains of the inscriptions appears to be : — 

 St. Mark, iftts ; St. Luke, in bis binis ; St. Matthew, rami itt c t 

 filru ; St John, vpr compkus oia. 



We will now take the glass in the bay to the right of the Evangelists. 

 In it are portraitures of St. William of York, and St. John of Bridling- 

 ton. The former was Archbishop of York from 1144 to 1147, m 

 which year he was deprived ; but in the year 1 153 he was restored, 

 and remained until his death in T154; he is said to have been 

 poisoned with the sacrament. Butler denies this ; but it is so 

 associated in an anthem sung on the feast of his translation, Jan. 

 7th, which is in the York Breviary. He is said to have done many 

 miracles during his life, as well as after his death, which took place 

 on the 4th June, 1154. " His body gave the usual sign of sanc- 

 tity, distilling a healing oil" (Poole and Hugull's History, p. 42). 

 He was canonized in 1226 by Pope Nicholas. He was succeeded 

 by Roger, whose portrait is seen in the other bay on the left of 

 the Evangelists ; he became Archbishop on 10th October, 1154. 

 About this time there was much objection raised as to subjection 

 to the See of Canterbury, the Archbishops of York asserting their 

 independence. Roger, who appears to have been a man of con- 

 siderable spirit, took a rather curious method of asserting his in- 

 dependence. " For, being cited to attend a Council at West- 

 minster (n 76) before Hugo, the Pope's Legate, a seat was designed 

 for the York Metropolitan on the left of that personage, one for 

 Richard, the Archbishop of Canterbury, being placed on the right. 

 Roger, indignant at this arrangement, endeavoured to intrude him- 

 self between the Legate and Richard ; but the latter not giving 



