All Saints North Street York - Corporal Acts of Mercy window N4
The western window in the chapel, the Corporal Acts of Mercy window, was formerly in the westernmost window opening of the north wall. It may have been given by, or erected as a memorial to Nicholas Blackburn senior (father of Nicholas junior) who was a merchant and mayor of York. Six of the seven corporal (bodily) acts of mercy are shown. These are from top to bottom and left to right: feeding the hungry, giving drink to the thirsty, offering hospitality to strangers, clothing the naked, visiting the sick and relieving those in prison. The final act of burying the dead is omitted. The bearded man, who in every panel is performing the 'works', is perhaps Nicholas Blackburn himself.
All Saints North Street York - Corporal Acts of Mercy window N4
The western window in the chapel, the Corporal Acts of Mercy window, was formerly in the westernmost window opening of the north wall. It may have been given by, or erected as a memorial to Nicholas Blackburn senior (father of Nicholas junior) who was a merchant and mayor of York. Six of the seven corporal (bodily) acts of mercy are shown. These are from top to bottom and left to right: feeding the hungry, giving drink to the thirsty, offering hospitality to strangers, clothing the naked, visiting the sick and relieving those in prison. The final act of burying the dead is omitted. The bearded man, who in every panel is performing the 'works', is perhaps Nicholas Blackburn himself.