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English arches, by which access was obtained to the chapter house, and 

 north of the chapter house was the sacristy ; south-east of the cloisters 

 was the entrance to the washing place of the monks, and to the west was 

 the range of buildings, the lower part of which was called the cellars and 

 the upper the dormitory. The principal feature of the buildings remain- 

 ing was the refectory, now the parish church of St. Bartholomew, in which 

 was a most interesting 13th century pulpit, with staircase and Purbeck 

 marble shafts, and at Rievaulx, to the south of the refectory, was a 

 similar pulpit. The refectory was restored in the first half of last 

 century, and the buttress, which was so prominent an object, was put up 

 in 1743, which date it bore. The escutcheon was that of William of 

 Wykeham, two chevrons between two roses. The bell was mentioned in 

 an account of the Abbey written in 1648. The Abbot's house was re- 

 built by Lord Montagu 16 years ago, and the remains were enclosed. 

 Before that there were to be seen remains of the Abbot's dwelling and 

 the large entrance through which horses and carriages drove in. It was 

 a great feature before the restoration, and he was glad to say he was able 

 to take a number of photographs of it. The first appropriation of land 

 in this part of the Forest was in the 12th century, and immediately after 

 this the Cistercians obtained the grant of a site for an Abbey, and in 

 1245 the limits of the grant were defined. On March 15th King Henry, 

 son of John, for the benefit of his father's soul, ordered his warden of the 

 equiscium, or herd of ponies (New Foresters) to give until November, 

 1220, all the profits of the same to the monks of Beaulieu. Mr. Moens 

 incidentally alluded to the efforts that were now being made to keep up 

 the breed of ponies in the New Forest. He had no doubt a great many 

 of them went into Dorsetshire, and he ventured to hope that they would 

 obtain support from that county in their efforts. In 1206 a tun of wine 

 from the king's prisage at Southampton was given for sacramental 

 purposes, and in 1207 three teams of oxen ; in 1213 100 acres of moor for 

 pasture land to be chosen where the monks desired. Mr. Moens mentioned 

 that with regard to the rights of forestage, they were of very ancient 

 origin, having existed certainly in Saxon times under tlie name of 

 "the six hundreds." It was undoubtedly afforested by William the 

 Conqueror, but the rights existed before his time. In 1214 a prior was 

 elected in the presence of the Abbots of St. Mary, Carlisle, Beaulieu, and 

 others, including William de Cantilupe, of whom the present Earl Dela- 

 warr, who lived not far off, was a descendant. In 1219 more forest land 

 was given, and in 1222 a charter of common of pasture in the New Forest. 

 On August 17th, 1223, was granted a charter for free pasturage in the New 

 Forest for beasts and sheep as the monks had enjoyed in King John's 



