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in thirteenth century buildings ; or perhaps it might have formed 

 the heads of the stalls in the Chapter House. The chamfer 

 on the back of the arches (see section of moulding) is very- 

 puzzling, seeming to show that the back as well as the front 

 of the arcade was exposed to view; but it must be noted that 

 the back face of the stones is Only roughly dressed with a 

 scappler's pick and not tooled to a fair face. The ends of 

 the cusps are all broken, so that it is impossible to say whether 

 they were foliated or not. The other fragments comprise 

 portions of an octagonal cap from a small turret or pinnacle; 

 these are, however, probably some of the stones from the 

 tower of All Saints' Church, Derby, referred to by Dr. Cox in 

 Churches of Derbyshire, Vol. III., p. 76. Another fragment is 



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one stone of a square-headed window, probably late fourteenth 

 century work; this has never been glazed, but is rebated on 

 the inner face for a wooden shutter. 



On the ruins of the Priory Sir John Bentley, who died in 

 1 62 1, built himself a house, which, though now almost lost 

 to sight among more recent additions, is found by careful 

 measurements to be still substantially intact. On the accom- 

 panying plan the walls which belong to Sir John Bentley's 

 house are blacked, whilst all later additions are shown in outline 

 only, in order that the extent of the old work may be more 

 readily comprehended. 



From the drawings of the old house, and from the few original 

 features which have been allowed to remain unaltered, we can 



