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The St William Window

10a William celebrates mass in the Minster on Trinity Sunday

10b William welcomes his guests to a feast

10c William takes to his bed and prophesies his death

10d [Replacement panel for William during his final illness]

10e William’s death

11a William’s burial

11b William’s body unharmed during a fire in the Minster

11c The healing of a blind girl

11d A hydropsical woman is brought to the Minster

11e The hydropsical woman is cured at the tomb

12-13a Ralph and Besing appear before a judge

12-13b Ralph and Besing fight

12-13c Ralph is blinded by Besing

12-13d Ralph prays at St William’s tomb

12-13e Ralph is given new eyes

15a A man attacked by a devil

15b Lame men and cripples collect holy oil seeping from the tomb

15c A boy drowned in a well is revived by Saint William

15d A woman with withered arms prays at the tomb

15e Eight supplicants at the tomb

16a Lame men and cripples at the tomb

16b A paralysed man is brought to the tomb

16c A crippled boy is cured at the tomb

16d A hydropsical man at the tomb

16e Saint William saves a ship with a broken mast

17a A woman who swallowed a frog

17b The woman is cured at the tomb

17c A boy is cured at the tomb

17d A man is thrown from his horse into a river

17e A girl is saved from drowning in a river

18-19a William is canonised by the pope

18-19b King Edward I and Queen Eleanor of Castile are invited to the translation of William’s relics

18-19c King Edward falls from a mountain

18-19d Edward I gives thanks to Saint William for his deliverance

18-19e King Edward and Queen Eleanor hasten to York

1a The first donor panel

1b The second donor panel

1c The third donor panel

1d The fourth donor panel

1e The fifth donor panel

20a Saint William’s tomb is opened

20b The relics of Saint William are carried in procession

20c Archbishop Wickwane and six bishops

20d A servant is hit on the head by a stone

20e The servant escapes unharmed

21a A man with a bandaged leg

21b The man offers a model of his leg at the tomb

21c A woman falls into the river from Ouse Bridge

21d The woman is saved and gives thanks

21e A cripple is healed at the portable reliquary

22a An imprisoned man seeks to be released

22b The freed prisoner offers his chains at the tomb

22c A man hangs decorative textiles in a church

22d The man is hit on the head by a falling stone

22e Carrying the stone, the man leads the portable reliquary in procession

23a Three men at the tomb

23b Three cripples at the tomb

23c A woman kneels at the tomb

23d A mother and child kneel at the tomb

23e A leprous woman at the tomb

24-25a A hydropsical woman at the tomb

24-25b A crippled man and two supplicants at the tomb

24-25c A crippled woman is healed at the tomb

24-25d A lady is trampled by a horse

24-25e The lady gives thanks for her deliverance at the tomb

2a The marriage of William’s parents

2b William’s baptism

2c William's education

2d (Replacement panel for William as Treasurer of York Minster)

2e The death of Archbishop Thurstan

3a William is elected archbishop

3b William takes the oath of office

3c William’s enemies conspire against him

3d William and his enemies petition the pope

3e The pope gives his judgement

4a The pope’s letter is delivered to the dean of York.

4b William prays before his consecration

4c William is consecrated archbishop

4d The pope sends the pallium to William

4e Cardinal Hincmar carries the pallium to England

5-6a The death of Pope Lucius

5-6b The consecration of Pope Eugenius

5-6c The Cistercians appeal to Pope Eugenius against William

5-6d Pope Eugenius deposes William

5-6e Henry Murdac as archbishop of York

7a William is greeted by Henry of Blois

7b William retires from the world

7c The death of William’s opponents

7d The Holy Spirit reveals the news to William

7e William is given spurs by Henry of Blois

8a William goes to Rome again

8b William receives the pallium from the pope

8c William sails back to England

8d William meets Roger of Pont-l'Évêque at Canterbury

8e William is greeted by King Stephen

9a William travels round the diocese

9b William is greeted at the gates of York

9c The miracle of Ouse Bridge

9d William is greeted at the entrance to the Minster by the clergy

9e William is enthroned in the Minster

H2 The Virgin Enthroned

H3 Christ in Majesty

H4 Censing Angel