THE ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF THE MONK’S BRIDGE. 43 
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trl Bridge. 
6thW.&M. Martimas Session.—£12 for the repair of Monk’s 
1694. Bridge. 
7thW.&M. Easter Session.__£20 for the repair of Monk’s 
1695. Bridge. 
Michaelmas Session.—{60 for the rebuilding an 
Epiphany Session.—£8 for the repair of Monk’s 
arch, two years’ plastering, and other necessaries 
about Monk’s Bridge.” 
I was pleased to come upon this entry, as I was in much 
doubt about the arch on the Staffordshire shore. (Fig. 3) The 
other three arches are, without doubt, John de Stretton’s 
work, but this arch, though evidently containing stones of 
early workmanship, was of much later date, though built 
to correspond to a certain extent with the others in the 
outer rims, but lacking their bold ribs. At first I thought 
the same thing had happened at Monk’s Bridge as at 
Cholliford, though there it was in early days between the 
building of the first and second Roman bridges, namely, the 
tiver had washed into the western bank and caused a new 
arch to be built, making the old respond into a pier and 
building a new respond further west; and I was also 
rather confirmed in this opinion by the north side of the 
old work of pier and the formation of the river bank, but, 
meeting with this entry solved the problem, and we may 
Safely say the Staffordshire arch was rebuilt at this date, 
using the old stones but abandoning the ancient ribs. 
“8th Michaelmas Session.—Paid to William Sales 
ae II for the repair and Plastering of Monk’s Bridge, 
Wibtaye 
12th Easter Session.—Ordered that 2 shillings per 
William IIT trained soldier be laid for raising £36 for further 
7700. : : 
repair of Monk’s Bridge. 
12th ey Te 3 
William ILI Easter Session.—Paid 46, salary for three 
7700. years’ graveling Monk’s Bridge. 
