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The Gravestone of Ilbert de Chaz. 



niche over the latter on the outside), and square-headed two-light 

 windows without cusping on the head. Near the east end of the 

 eouth aisle is a thirteenth century piscina (which must have been 

 re-inserted here) with shelf, but part of the bowl has gone. A corbel 

 has been inserted in the south-east angle. 



The entire building (except the spire) is faced with flint, and has 

 dressings of Bath stone, of which also the whole spire is constructed. 



The vestry and the roofs throughout the Church are modern 

 with the exception of that of the south aisle, which is fifteenth 

 century and coeval with the walls. 1 



The peal consists of four bells, two of which were cast at Aid- 

 bourne, by James Wells, in 1581. 



\t (Srafastcn* of %\hxt k Clja^. 



By C. H. Talbot. 



^t|^ECENT works of restoration, to the chapter-house of Lacock 

 jlj^ll Abbey, obliged me to move the gravestone of Ilbert. de 

 Chaz from the position which it appears to have occupied since 

 1744, when it was presented to my ancestor, Ivory Talbot, by Lord 

 Webb Seymour. It will now be returned to Monkton Farleigh, to 

 which place it historically belongs, to be preserved among the other 

 remains of that priory, in the possession of Sir Charles Hobhouse. 2 

 Before parting with the stone, I have drawn up a note on the 

 original and repeated inscription, for publication in the Magazine. 

 The best representation of the stone that has been published is, I 

 believe, the lithograph illustrating Canon Jackson's " History of the 

 Priory of Monkton Farley" 3 



1 I saw this Church before its restoration, and I regret to find that the carving 

 of ,the capitals has lost much of its interest by scraping — a new surface having 

 been produced. 



2 Since this was written, the stone has been taken to Monkton Farleigh. 

 3 Wilts Arch. Mag., vol. iv., p. 283. The principal omission is the tail of 

 the Q., in the large inscription, which should be shown as a detached stroke, 

 und«r the following letter B. 



