The double-sided Royal Arms of William III & Mary II(1689-1702), dated 1693. This originally hung at the top of the Chancel arch. It was usual for the congregation to be reminded who was king! The other side usually had the Arms of the bishop to remind the priest who was in charge! However, because at the Reformation Bridlington Priory had been taken by the crown, Grinton Church belonged to the king. In fact, the coat of arms is wrong. When William came to the throne he added the Dutch escutcheon of Nassau, a golden lion on blue, to the centre of the Arms. This is missing. It has been suggested (tongue in cheek) that this was deliberate by a Roman Catholic painter showing his displeasure of the Protestant favouring King William.