246 THE GROUND-PLAN OF BURTON ABBEY. 
The seal shows this tower, so this places the seal certainly 
not earlier than the middle of the 12th century. 
Nicholas, 12th Abbot, 1188-1197, was buried in front of 
the Altar of S. Modwene, between his two brothers, the 
altar would, in all probability, stand at the west of the 
Shrine. Nicholas was the first Abbot buried in the church; 
the usual place for the burial of an Abbot was in the 
Chapter House at the east end, in front of the Abbot’s 
seat, and this is where the earlier Abbots were buried. 
Under Lawrence, 17th Abbot, 1229-1260, the chapel of 
Blessed Virgin Mary was begun. The convent must have 
been very flourishing in his time, for there were 300 monks, 
including servants and lay brothers. 
In the time of John Stafford, 18th Abbot, 1260-1280, the 
prior Michael finished the Chapel of the Virgin Mary. 
Under Thomas Packington, 19th Abbot, 1280-1305, the 
chancel of the upper church was built new and finished 
(Shaw gives it as the Chapel of S. Mary): it would be 
during the roofing-in on. the 16th December, 1292, that a 
boy fell from the beams of the church where he was work- 
ing, at the time of the Vespers, and was killed in front of 
the High Altar. This is confirmatory evidence of the short 
apsidal terminations to the Norman choirs, outside which 
the new decorated chancel and chancel aisles were being 
erected, and this fuily accounts for the work going on at 
the same time as Vespers. 
In the time of John Fisher, zoth Abbot, 1305-1316, the 
high altar and the altars of the Apostles and Martyrs were 
dedicated. Before this time the apsidal terminations had 
been cleared away, and the new Choir thrown open. 
Robert Longden, 22nd Abbot, 1329-1340, made the chapel 
of the Confessors with its vault. 
Robert Brickhull, 23rd Abbot, 1340-1348, made the great 
window (i.e., the painted glass for the window) above the 
high altar. 
