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in the intcrior, Mr. Parker maintaining the former opinion, 

 and Mr. Freenian the latter. The windovvs are exactly the 

 same as those of the okier part ; Mr. Parker thought that 

 they may have been used again, or copied exactly at a later 

 time. Mr. Freeman thought this out of the question, that 

 it could not have been. At the polnt of junction between 

 these two bays and the choir, on the exterlor of the south 

 aide, the buttress is carried on an arch over a sepulchral 

 recess, in a very remarkable manner, as if the person who 

 bullt this part wished to be buried there. 



The party then proceeded to visit the celebrated kit- 

 chen, built by Abbot Breynton, in the time of Eichard II., 

 where Mr. Parker pointed out that the four tall corner 

 chiraneys have been destroyed ; the louvre in the centre 

 was for the escape of the steam and effluvia, not of the 

 smoke. They then proceeded to the great barn, of the 

 same period, where the emblems of the fuur Evangelists in 

 the gable ends were noticed, and the construction of the 

 roof was examined. 



Mr. Thomas Serel read a paper on " St. John'a 

 Priory, Wells," of which the foUovving is an abstract : — 



" The site of this ancient establlshment is on the west 

 aide of St. John-street, which leads from the city into 

 another street called Southover. The name of the street 

 is, no doubt, derlved from its proximity to the Hospital. 

 The ruins of this once venerable house have recently been 

 entirely swept away. 



" This Priory, or Hospital as it is more frequently styled 

 in documents of early date, was founded about the year 

 1206, for a prior, or master, and ten brethren. The prior 

 used a Common Seal, on which was represented the figure 

 of St. John the Baptist, with this legend : — 



SIGILL. HOSPITAL. SCI. JOHANNIS. D. WELLES. 



