THE GROUND-PLAN OF BURTON ABBEY. 255 
south, we pass on the right some walls discovered in the 
excavations, most likely these were the walls of the kitchen. 
Nicholas, Abbot 1188-1197, and William Melburne, Abbot 
1197-1210, are said by Shaw to have been benefactors to 
the kitchen: if so, the walls should have been Norman 
work. There should be a passage under the dorter and 
between it and the rere dorter shown on the plan of floor 
above, leading east, and giving access to the Infirmary or 
Farmery buildings. Going through this we should have 
running East and West, on our right hand, the long hall of 
the rere dorter, or necessaria, and passing this we should 
come to the 
FARMERY BUILDINGS 
These stood where the house now called The Abbey stands. 
This house is largely composed of the ruins of this once 
important building. Originally it would be formed round 
its own cloister. To the north of the present building are 
evidences of a large building, this, I believe, was ‘‘ The 
great Hall near the waters of the Flete,” built by William 
de Bramley, 1316-1329. There is every evidence of a large 
hall, with a stone groined vault over, and this would be an 
interesting site for excavation. South of this, now used as 
hall and breakfast room, and running at right angles to the 
great hall, are the remains of the chapel of the infirmary, 
built, I believe, by Richard de Insula, Abbot 1222-1229, 
for he made the chapel of S. Edmund. This agrees well 
with the date of the east and west windows (plate III, 
figs. 2 & 3); these are now only to be seen from inside 
the roof. Shaw gives a sketch of this building (plate III, 
fig. 4) showing the window from the outside before it was 
cased up with stone as at present. 
This chapel was most likely open to the great hall, only 
divided under the existing arches by screens. Again, to 
the south of this came another large hall, but not so wide 
as the farmery great hall. This again can now only be traced 
