LADY CHAPEL-SOUTH AISLE. 
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The story illustrated is that of King Edward, who when return¬ 
ing from mass in honour of St. John, was met by a pilgrim who 
asked alms of him. The king had no money on him at the time, 
so took the ring from off his finger and gave it to the pilgrim. Two 
pilgrims from Ludlow being in the Holy Land met another pilgrim 
who gave them a ring to return to their king, and tell him that 
within six months he would be in Paradise with St. John, on 
whom he had bestowed the ring. 
The subjects below, under canopies, are the Massacre of the 
Innocents; the soldiers are in armour and the children are impaled 
on spears. Christ with the doctors in a “Gothic” temple; His 
mother and another woman are present, the doctors have their 
books with them. Christ’s baptism in the Jordan. Christ with 
the Holy Dove descending on His head is being baptised by St. 
John who wears a hairy coat and is pouring water from a jug on 
to the head of Christ : an angel is present. 
In the base of the central light is a canopy, having under the 
central niche a figure of St. Elizabeth and John as an infant 
between a male and a female kneeling in the side niches. The 
side lights contain modern shields. 
The border to the central light has golden crowns on a blue 
ground, and the outer lights have a vertical series of ovals, blue 
and red, encased in tracery. 
III. South Aisle (second from east). Three Lights. 
Ouv Lady of Sovvows—Isaiah and King Edwin. 
The window consists of three large figures under canopies, and 
a subject panel under the central one. The tone is white, relieved 
by blue and red. 
The centre canopy is octagonal and has two tiers, each con¬ 
taining a figure of Christ pronouncing the benediction, and with a 
figure in each side niche. The canopy is supported by pinnacled 
buttresses containing seated lions and golden eagles. Below the 
canopy the buttress has two tiers of niches, each with an angel. 
The whole terminates in a full-faced wolf’s head with a staff 
through its mouth. 
The side canopies are tall, having three tiers supported by side 
buttresses containing figures and golden eagles. A cherubim 
occupies the lower central part of canopy. In the third light the 
