ts ▁of ▁High ▁Mel ton ▁and ▁Norm anton ▁appear , ▁like ▁those ▁of ▁several ▁prominent ▁local ▁families , ▁in ▁a ▁st ained ▁glass ▁window ▁of ▁St ▁James ' ▁Church . ▁ ▁Ben ef act ors ▁helped ▁to ▁improve ▁the ▁state ▁of ▁the ▁church ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁ 2 0 th ▁century . ▁In ▁particular , ▁there ▁is ▁a ▁spect ac ular ▁ro od ▁screen ▁bearing ▁a ▁cru c if ix ion ▁set ▁of ▁figures ▁( 1 9 0 5 ), ▁a ▁r ered os ▁and ▁alt ar ▁front als ▁( 1 9 0 7 ) ▁which ▁are ▁the ▁work ▁of ▁Sir ▁John ▁Nin ian ▁Com per , ▁who ▁also ▁did ▁much ▁work ▁for ▁York ▁Min ster . ▁ ▁The ▁ro od ▁screen ▁h ides ▁a ▁notable ▁ch an cel ▁arch , ▁which ▁is ▁thought ▁to ▁be ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁earliest ▁spec im ens ▁of ▁Norman ▁work ▁in ▁the ▁district . ▁ ▁St ained ▁glass ▁windows ▁ ▁St ▁James ' ▁is ▁also ▁known ▁for ▁its ▁beautiful ▁windows , ▁one ▁of ▁which ▁is ▁also ▁from ▁the ▁Com per ▁Studio . ▁John ▁F ount ay ne , ▁D D , ▁Dean ▁of ▁York , ▁installed ▁several ▁pieces ▁of ▁media eval ▁st ained ▁glass ▁obtained ▁from ▁throughout ▁the ▁county , ▁most ▁not ably ▁a ▁window ▁dep ict ing ▁William ▁de ▁Mel ton , ▁the ▁ 4 3 rd ▁Arch bishop ▁of ▁York ▁( 1 3 1 7 – 1 3 4 0 ) ▁and ▁fragments ▁of ▁a ▁' do om ▁scene ' ▁from ▁the ▁J esse ▁Tree