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of their dormitory, in the " necessary offices " attached, and 

 in the kitchen and fragment of the refectory we are 

 looking upon the other buildings erected by the same man 

 between 1242 and 1268. The abbot's house as we see it 

 may with equal certainty be allowed to be that erected by 

 William de Howton, between 1268 and 1274. The work 

 added to the south end of the monks' dormitory is probably 

 that " new chamber of the abbot lying between the kitchen 

 of the infirmary and the dormitory," which Abbot Richard 

 de Schepished erected in 1335 and 1336. Identical in 

 workmanship with this is the vaulting of the cellary, 

 adjoining the west end of the church, called the Billy sdon 

 buildings, spoken of in 1368 and 1369. A small portion 

 of the Abbey gateway may yet be seen, and the Abbey 

 mill is full of materials taken from the Abbey. 



Of the ruins, the church first commands attention. The 

 west end, with its richly-moulded doorway and stately 

 triple lancet windows and lofty buttresses, is simple and 

 dignified. The remains of the half columns, on the inside 

 of this wall, denote the sort of pillars which separated 

 nave and aisles. The remains of the south wall show that 

 the aisles had groined vaults. A large portion of the 

 south transept also still remains, against the south gable 

 of which abuts the dormitory roof, and in which is the 

 door to the sacristy, and to the monks' dormitory, being 

 their entrance to the church for night services. On the 

 east side of the transept were two chapels which, with 

 the transept itself, were vaulted. The interments in this 

 transept were, 1 Norman de Verdun, father of the founder. 

 2 Theobald de Verdun, died 1399. 3 Matilda, died 1312. 

 4 Theobald, son of Theobald de Verdun, and husband 

 of Matilda, who died in 1316. 5 The infant son of these, 

 named also Theobald. 6 Abbot Richard de Esseby, who died 



