ANCIENT GLASS IN NEIGHBOURING CHURCHES. igi 
include a triple-towered castle with portcullis down, a number of 
quarries painted in yellow, of a heron swallowing a white-necked 
fish, a bird with a worm, crested pigeon, jenny wren, emu, duck 
swallowing a small crab, a heron pecking frog spawn, raven, a 
bird of prey eating a cow’s leg, a bittern, etc. 
ANCIENT GLASS IN NEIGHBOURING CHURCHES. 
Acastev .—The lower part of the east window of seven lights 
was filled with panels adorned with the foliage and fruit of the 
Oak, Holly, Bramble, and Rose. There is a row of seven figures 
which include Our Lord, St. Bartholomew, St. Thomas, and a 
queen with a sword and a clasped book. Tabernacled canopies 
remain over two figures. There is also a figure of St. James and 
two shields. The three lights in the south aisle window contain 
fragments and quarries. It had probably a figure of Archbishop 
Wulstan there is an open book and inscription “ ^Elstan.” 
Acomb .—Arms of Charles II. with initials C.R. and “ Beati 
Pacifici.” The arms were formerly in the east window. 
Bolton Percy .—The east window of five lights, c. 1470, contains 
figures of St. Peter, St. Anne with the Virgin, the Divine Mother, 
St. Elizabeth, St. John; below are figures of the following Arch¬ 
bishops of York—Scrope, Bowet, Kempe, Booth, and Neville, 
with their shields underneath. 
Poppleton , Nether .—St. Everildis (replaced by a bishop); below 
is an inscription “(&anct)e lEberiltug ora (pro nobi'0.)” In the “York 
Calendar,” the festival of this saint occurs on July 9th. 
Skipwith .—The east window of five lights has in the tracery 
shields of Bek and Plantagenet. The lights are diapered with the 
Thorn and Oak, and there are falcons in the borders. The east 
window of the Nave, South Aisle, has in the tracery a shield 
harry or and gules on a background formed by the Bramble, whilst 
the lights are adorned with the Oak. 
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