206 Lacock Abbey. 
doorway, which has been much mutilated, but was apparently 
precisely similar to the eastern doorway. 
There was another original doorway in the second bay that com- 
municated with the vestry. The southern face was removed in the 
fifteenth century and a four-centred moulded arch inserted in its 
place. 
The first window from the west was blocked up towards the end 
of the fourteenth century by the erection of a building over the 
cloister which will be described in its place. At the same time a 
vice or spiral staircase was inserted in the thickness of the wall of 
the north-west angle, with a small doorway to the church. 
Shortly after, the other three windows were blocked, in part, at 
any rate, by the erection of a gallery over the rest of the south 
walk of the cloister. Before the suppression they were entirely 
blocked up and five curious stone shoots, in the form of down pipes, 
were fixed to the upper part of the work, presumably to carry off 
water from the roof; but as the hole of outlet is barely lin. in 
diameter they would not have been of much use. All except the 
easternmost have been destroyed, but their positions are indicated 
by the top stone of three others remaining. 
The first alteration to the original church was the addition in 
the beginning of the fourteenth century of a large Lady chapel, 
on the south side of the presbytery. The remains of the foundations 
discovered by excavation were very scanty and consisted of part of 
the east wall in line with the east wall of the church and part of 
the south wall. At the south-east angle was a large mass of 
foundations which may have been for a turret. The western part 
of the south wall and the whole of the west wall were quite 
obliterated, so that it would be impossible to determine the length 
and character of the chapel, but for the very interesting building 
agreement above referred to. The text and translation havealready © 
been printed at length,' but the part refering to the building itself 
is of such interest as to need no apology for repeating it :— ; 
“Ceo est le covenaunt feat entre Dame Johanne de mounfort abbesse de 
lacoke e covent de mesme le lyu dune part E monsire sire Johan Bluet 
1 Wilts Areh. Mag., vol. xvi., p. 350. 
