324 NOTES AND QUERIES. [i2s.vm.ArBiL23,i92i. his business and who evidently had a and appoint my executors." William Inglish tender regard for him and the wife of his was one of the glass -painters to whom new former master, for besides calling his own ordinances for the better regulation of the daughter Janet, he left " To one prest I craft were granted in 1463-4. He was one quarter wayges to syng for all the evidently prominent in his profession, saules here foloyng, that is to say, for the i There can be little doubt that he was the saules of William Ynglishe and Jenett his "Will Glasyer of York" to whom the wyff." ('Reg. Test".' vi. 7 la, printed in 'Test, sacrist of Durham in 1459 paid a siim of Ebor.' Surtees Soc., vol. iv., p. 216.) Second 18s. "for glazing one window in the wife, Margaret. Daughter, Joan. Sons, sacristy." (* Durham Account Rolls,' eel. Thomas, Robert and John. Following what^ by Rev. Canon Fowler, Surtees Soc., p. 152.) seems to have been a frequent practice This is the more likely, seeing that the amongst master glass -painters in medieval j abbey had previously, in 1449, sent to times, the eldest son, Thomas, was ap- ; John Chamber of York for their work prenticed to his father with a view to carry- ' (ibidem, p. 238), and, as has previously been ing on the business after his death, whilst j shown, there is every reason to believe the younger sons either took holy orders j Inglish succeeded to Chamber's business, or entered a religious community. John ! It is interesting to note, as showing how Chamber the younger (free 1414, died 1450) anything in the way of real competition had two sons ; to Richard Chamber he left in business between "the different firms of his glass-painting business ; the other son glass -painters in the city can hardly have he mentions in his will as " Fr. William existed, that Inglish was one of the vit- Wencelay, monk my son." Robert Petty, nesses to Matthew Petty's will made in the glass-painter (free 1481, died 1528), had 1478, at which time they must have been, a natural son, *' Sir Robert" (free in 1509) ostensibly at any rate, rivals in business vicar-choral of the Minster. (Memo, of | for nearly thirty years ; also twenty years Administration of Robert Petty's Will, ! previously another of Inglish's competitors, Reg. D. and C. Ebor. 2, fol. 145.) William Thompson the glass-painter (free 1496, died 1539) bequeathed to "Sir Thomas Thomas Shirley the glass-painter (free 1439, died 1458) had in his will made on January 15, 1456, appointed " W T illiam Inglish of Pille," evidently son of his workman or ] York, glasier," joint executor with his partner, Richard Pille (free 1510) " xx d to I (Shirley's) wife and bequeathed him "if he pray for me." (Reg. Test. D. and C. 1 shall be willing to take upon himself the Ebor 2, fol. 184d.) Thus William Inglish ; burden of this my will, 10s. for his trouble." left his business to his son Thomas, whilst: (Reg. Test. Ebor. ii. 380d.) William Inglish he bequeathed " to Sir Robert * my son, ' made his will (Reg. Test. Ebor. v. 179) 14 chaplain, to celebrate for the health of my May, 1480, desiring to be buried " in the soul during the period of a quarter of a churchyard of St. Helen in Stanegate," year 26s. 8d. Also I bequeath to Sir John, my Proved 3rd June seq. son, the canon, 6s. 8d." He was the "Sirj Thomas inglissh, glasyer, son of the John Ynglyshe chanon in Brydlyngton to | above william i ng ii sh (free 1450, died 1480), whom Robert Preston in 1503 bequeathed "one par baydes of castledowne, the nowmbre of X, w fc one lase of grene sylke, and one signet of Synt Martene gyltyd, whether by his first or second wife is not known, but more probably by the former. He was free of the city in 1480, the same year his father died, so that he would be and V s." To Robert Preston, who had , gt ojd enoug h to take over the business, learnt the business with him, and in ; W illiam Inglish bequeathed " to Thomas, whom he evidently placed the greatest g ten wy8pes * of white g i ass , w ith confidence, he left " 3s. 4d. and 1 wyspe J - r _ of ruby glass." He also devised "the * Browne, 'Fabric Rolls of York Minster,' residue of all my goods not bequeathed I Glossary, gives " Wyspe, a whirled sheet or give and bequeath to Margaret my [second]! table of glass containing about 3* feet," 'but fxrifp nd TJnhprt Prf^trm whom T make ' seeing that glass was almost invariably sold by wite and Robert Preston, snom 1 make s weight> and the wau> wave> or wey contained
- The title "Sir" applied to a priest was a I 60 wyspes ('York Minster Fabric Rolls,' Surtees
scholastic title, the translation of " dominus " Soc., sub anno 1479), " pro uno wawe vitri, cont. given to a person who had taken his first degree ; Ix. wyspe " whilst thore xvere twenty-four in a in a university. ('Letters relating to the Sup- i seam (Browne, 'Fabric Rolls,' Glossary), it is pression of the Monasteries,' Camden Soc. p. 186 more likely that a wyspe was the same as the note.) i ponder, viz. Sib.
