ese transoms, in each light, are cinquefoiled arches.
The upper lights closely resemble those of the clerestory in design, and
are of the same size. The main arch in these transepts remains, and is
of the same character as that of the other main arches. Above it in each
case is a gallery with panelled openings. Above the main arch, on each
side of the transept openings, are thick clusters of shafts. The lower
part of the windows has double tracery, like the great east window, and
the east windows in the Chapel of Nine Altars at Durham, the inner
tracery consisting of open lights about a foot off the actual tracery,
containing the glass, and of exactly the same design. On each side of
the windows are five canopies and brackets. The arches east and west of
the transepts and opening into the aisles are of the same character as
those opening into the choir. Above them are windows of the same size
and design as those of the clerestory.

In the spandrels of the arches are coats of arms as follow:--

#North Transept--East Side.#
1. A chief, three chevronelles interlaced in base--Fitz-Hugh.
2. A bend, a label of three points--Scrope of Masham.

#North Side.#
1. Three escallopes--Dacres.
2. A fess between six cross crosslets--Beauchamp.

#West Side.#
1. On a saltire, a martlet--Neville.
2. A bend--Scrope of Masham.

#South Side.#
1. Checky, a fess--Clifford.
2. A cross flore--Latimer.

#South Transept--East Side.#
1. A lion rampant--Mowbray.
2. A lion rampant--Percy.

#West Side.#
1. A fess dancette--Vavasour.
2. A blank shield.

#North Side.#
1. A fess between three cross crosslets--Beauchamp.
2. Three escallopes--Dacres.

The stone carving of the retro-choir, as the earlier work cast of the
transepts is generally called, was greatly injured by the fire. After
the fire five of the canopies on the piers were renewed by the mason of
the minster, who treated them according to his own sweet will. The
canopies on the piers next to the altar screen remain untouched. The
eastern bays of the aisles are of the same character as the rest. The
east end of the choir is chiefly filled by the great east window, which
fits into its position better than the west window of the nave, but not
entirely satisfactorily. The mouldings of its arch are decorated with
niches containing figures, and following the curve of the arch. This
curve does not run parallel to that of the vault, which is less acute.
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