English: Whalley parish church, Lancashire: east window. "The east window is of five lights with tracery under a pointed head and external hood mould, the mullions and tracery being apparently the original 15th-century work. The glass on which are painted the shields of arms of families and persons connected with the church was inserted in 1816" (Victoria County History[1]). For drawing and listing of heraldry see: Whitaker, Thomas Dunham, An history of the original parish of Whalley, and honor of Clitheroe : in the counties of Lancaster and York, to which is subjoined, an account of the parish of Cartmell, 1818, p.526[2].

Arms, numbered as per Dunham:

• top 2 lights, l to r, with 4 Evangelists between:
  • 1:Whitaker; Rev. James ? Whitaker, Vicar of Whalley; Tudor rose below;
  • 2:George Law, Bishop of Chester; Beaufort portcullis crowned below;

5 main rows:

• Top row, l to r:
  • 3: Henry de Lacy, Earl of Lincoln, once lord of Blackburnshire;
  • 4: Abbey of Whalley;
  • 5: Sutton: Argent, a canton sable (Charles Manners-Sutton (1755-1828), Archbishop of Canterbury 1805 to 1828);
  • 6: Duchess of Buccleugh, lady of Blackburnshire;
  • 7: Curzon, of Whalley Abbey;
• 2nd row, l to r:
  • 8: Townley of Townley, Deacon of Whalley;
  • 9: Parker of Brownsholm, Forester of Bowland;
  • 10: Assheton, lord of Downham;
  • 11: Banastre, lord of Altham;
  • 12: Beaumont, lord of Mitton Parva;
• 3rd row, l to r:
  • 13: Clayton, lord of Barnside;
  • 14: Nowell, recently/late (nuper) lord of Read;
  • 15: Starkie of Huntroyd, lord of Merlay Magna; Argent, a bend sable between six storks proper (Burke, Sir Bernard, The General Armory, London, 1884, p.965 "Starkie of Huntroyd, Lancashire"))
  • 16: Weld, lord of Wiswell;
  • 17: Whalley of Clerkhill, lord of Whalley (Argent, three whale's heads erased lying fessways sable (Burke's General Armory, 1884, p.1097 "Whalley of Lancaster")) ;
• 4th row, l to r:
  • 18: Braddyl, once of Portfield;
  • 19: Cunliffe of Wykeoller (three coneys (rabbits));
  • 20: Halsted of Rowley;
  • 21: Hargreaves of Bank;
  • 22: Hargreaves of Ormerod;
• 5th (bottom) row, l to r:
  • 23: Holden of Holden;
  • 24: Ormerod of Ormerod;
  • 25: Parker of Allencoates;
  • 26: Starkie of Twiston; Argent, a bend sable between six storks proper (Burke, Sir Bernard, The General Armory, London, 1884, p.965 "Starkie of Huntroyd, Lancashire"))
  • 27: Whitaker of Simonstone (as shield 1)