CHAPTER HOUSE. 
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York, at Whitsuntide. On Whit Sunday the King met his Parlia¬ 
ment in the Chapter House, where aid was given for carrying on 
the war. Wallace was defeated at Falkirk. On September 9th, 
1299, Edward I. married for his second wife, Margaret of France. 
On May 2nd, the King held a Council at York for another ex¬ 
pedition to Scotland. The English took Caerlaverock Castle. In 
1306, the Scots rebelled under Bruce, and on the 6th of July, 1307, 
Edward died at Burgh-on-Sands in Cumberland. 
The Chapter House was originally erected independently of the 
Minster, but at a later time it was connected by a vestibule or 
slype to the North Transept. 
There are seven noble windows, each having five lights, and the 
different patterns of foliage on them and of which some are repeated 
are ten Oak in thirteen lights, five Maple in eight lights, four 
Thorn in eight lights, two Ivy in four lights, and three Straw¬ 
berry Each window contains twenty subjects, and in each of the 
three circles at the top are a pair of heraldic shields arranged 
vertically amidst foliage, whilst each of the two cinquefoils below 
contain a shield. 
With the exception of one window, the glass is original. Each 
light is filled with a white diapered ground. From the head of a 
monster half-animal (white), half-fish (red), issues a central tree 
trunk, and from its sides branches rise in graceful curves and 
twinings, having sprigs with leaves and fruit. On the diaper are 
geometrical figures outlined in leads, some ornamented in a rich 
brown, over these are larger geometrical outlined forms and small 
circular panels, principally red and blue. Each light has eight 
vertical panels, alternately grisaille and subject, thus there are four 
subject panels in each light taken from the Bible or the lives of 
saints, and depicted on ruby or dark blue grounds. The stiff 
drawing of the figures and the colouring are characteristic of 
13th century work. The panels are of varied geometrical forms, 
principally outlined in brown and ruby. 
In the south-western window each light commemorates a 
different saint and depicts four scenes from the saint’s life. In 
the first light each subject is under a canopy, which architectural 
feature is introduced and henceforth becomes the leading feature 
in the design of painted glass. 
