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of S. Martin were given away and in time descended to the 
Barons Trusbutt, of Hamlake (Helmsley). In 1230 a member 
of that noble house became rector, and to the nave he added 
aisles, which were half the width of the present ones. The 
walls on either side of the nave were pierced by two chamfered 
pointed arches of two orders, resting on central columns 21 
inches in diameter, having moulded caps enriched with nail- 
head or pyramid ornament, the forerunner of the dog-tooth. 
The bases have a circular mould resting on a square block of 
sandstone. To east and west the arches rest on moulded 
responds. The doorway had a pointed arch surrounded by 
nail-head ornament. The aisles would be lighted by narrow 
windows with pointed heads, and the nave roof continued over 
the aisles as in the beautiful 13th century church at Skelton, 
four miles away. It appears from the Archbishop's Register 
that in June 1307, two boys were lighting in the churchyard 
of S. Martin’s, Micklegate, and in the scuffle one of them 
received a blow on his nose, causing some drops of blood to 
fall on the ground. This pollution required expiation, and 
accordingly a license was granted by Archbishop Greenfield on 
June 5th, to the official at York, to sprinkle with holy water 
the churchyard of S. Martin in Micklegate. 
From 1306 to 1372, Torre, the antiquary, records the Prior 
and Convent of Wartre as exercising the patronage. During 
the fourteenth century the church was enlarged by increasing 
the width and length of the north aisle. The Early English 
doorway was preserved and rebuilt, forming the new entrance. 
The increase in the width of the aisle caused the lean-to roof 
to give place to a gabled one. The Decorated aisle was without 
buttresses, and the change from the small lancet windows to 
the large three-light windows, with flowing tracery, gave it a 
magnificent appearance. Internally the aisle was resplendent 
with painted glass, some of which remains. At its east end 
stood the altar of S. John the Baptist and S. Catherine, at 
which a chantry was founded for the soul of Richard 
Poller. On the altar stood a figure of the Baptist. The 
east window over the altar was removed when the church 
was lengthened in later times, and the window was built in 
the east end of the south chancel aisle. This window contains 
