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the sacristy. West of this is a small chamber which the 

 notice of the interment of Abbot William de Over shows 

 to have been the scamnum or exchange. The church door 

 before which he was buried, as we see, still remains a 

 rich piece of work. 



Next, south, is the chapter house, with its front of three 

 arches, forming an open screen without glazing or doors. 

 The central arch formed the entrance, and the side arches 

 were enriched with tracery. The chapter house had a 

 vaulted roof, as indicated by its remains. In this apartment, 

 where the convent daily assembled, under the presidency 

 of the abbot, were probably interred most of the abbots. 

 Those already named in the Chronicle as lying here are, 

 Thomas de Woodstock, first abbot ; Walter de Chacumb, 

 the second, to the south of the first ; John de Billysdon, 

 the eighth, to the north of the first ; and Richard de 

 Twyford, the ninth abbot. South of the chapter house is 

 a passage which led from the cloister to the gardens of 

 the monastery, mentioned more than once in the Chronicle. 

 Next to this is another and narrower passage, which also 

 led to the gardens, and by a door in its south wall to a 

 common room of the monks. The walls of this room 

 remain, but the three central columns which supported the 

 vault are gone. The lancet windows on the east show how 

 this room was lighted : there were two lancet windows at 

 the south end and a door near them in the west wall. To 

 the east of this room is the building mentioned in the 

 Chronicle in 1334, as adjoining the dormitory. This, no 

 doubt, was of two storeys in height. The dormitory (built 

 by Walter de London,) extended over the common room 

 passage, chapter house, and sacristy, except that against 

 the church was probably the treasury. The south end of 

 the dormitory was set apart from the first to the noviciate. 



