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completed reaping by the first of November, and at length 

 they stowed away their peas in granaries, &c. Strange 

 to say, early in November, and up to Martinmas, peas 

 fresh in pod were given to the convent in the refectory 

 instead of pears and apples. On the 24th December a 

 very violent wind blew from the west, and unroofed the 

 buildings of the Abbey and of the whole country to a terrible 

 extent, and entirely threw down from the foundations several 

 of them, and tore up in a wonderful manner from the roots 

 innumerable oaks in the woods, and apple trees and pear 

 trees in the gardens. More woods were also burned this 

 year. 



In 1332, the whole cloister of the monks was roofed 

 anew all round, and according to the account of the car- 

 penters, shingles were used to the value of twenty-five 

 marks five shillings and sixpence. In 1333, the refectory 

 and central tower were roofed anew with shingles which 

 cost more than nineteen marks. Such was the salubrity of 

 the air this year, that the harvest was very early and sowing 

 for the next crop also. In 1334, the dormitory of the monks 

 with the buildings adjacent to it, to wit, store rooms and 

 necessary offices, and also the dormitory of the abbot, were 

 roofed anew, in a fit and becoming manner, with new 

 shingles, nearly thirty marks' worth, and all the spouting 

 and gutters, which were before of wood, were made of 

 lead. In this year Lady Joanna de Furnival of Alveton, 

 the last of the Verduns, died in childbirth at the premature 

 age of thirty. The abbot of the Abbey, assisted by those 

 from Burton, Dieulacre, and Hulton, with other venerable 

 fathers, officiated at the funeral. Her grave lay before the 

 high altar. In this place it is also recorded that Lord 

 Bertram de Verdun, the illustrious founder of this house, 

 died in the Holy Land, where he was travelling with 



