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This window is situated in the south side of the west wall.

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It has three lights with canopies: on the left is Saint William wearing a mitre and holding a crozier and book; in the centre is John the Baptist baptising Christ with water from a shell - the baptismal font was originally sited below this window before the baptistry was built; on the right is Our Lady with a lily.

In the tracery, the Holy Spirit is depicted in the form of a dove. In the canopies are monograms 'W' and 'M' on the left and right, with a cross in the centre. At the bottom and extending over the three lights is a view of the cathedral with unfinished tower (there is a crane behind), the Riddell tomb with the Corbridge cross which used to stand near the tomb, and the presbytery to the design by Edward W Pugin.