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and here we come to the west door from the church to the 
cloister; this led into the lower church, and was for the 
use of the servants of the monastery who attended the ser- 
vices in this part of the church. We have an interesting 
note in the Chronicle that in the cloister Lady Elswitta, 
the dear wife of Wulfric Spott, is buried under a stone 
arch against the door of the lower church. 
The whole of this walk was used by the monks for 
study, and, if we turn to the Ancient Rites again, we find 
how it was fitted up at Durham, and we may safely say 
at Burton as well. ‘In the north syde of the Cloister, 
from the corner over against the Church dour, to the corner 
over againste the Dorter dour, was all fynely glased, from 
the hight to the sole within a litle of the grownd into 
the Cloister garth. And in every wyndowe iij Pewes or 
Carrells where every one of the old Monks had his 
carrell severall by himselfe, that when they had dyned 
they dyd resorte to that place of Cloister and there 
studyed upon there books, every one in his carrell, all the 
afternonne, unto evensong tyme. This was there exercise 
every daie. All there pewes or carrells was all fynely 
wainscotted and verie close, all but the forepart which had 
carved wourke that gave light in at ther carrell doures, of 
wainscott. And in every carrell was a deske to lye there 
bookes on. And the carrells was no greater then from one 
stanchell of the wyndowe to another. And over against the 
carrells against the church wall did stande sertaine great 
almeries of waynscott all full of Bookes, wherein dyd lye 
as well the old auncyent written Doctors of the Church as 
other prophane authors, with dyverse other holie mens 
wourks, so that every one dyd studye what Doctor pleased 
them best, havinge the Librarie at all tymes to goe studie in 
besydes there carrells.” We have now gone round the 
cloister and come to the place we entered—the door of the 
upper church. The Chronicle gives us a note, that Wulfric 
