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a calvary of three steps in its centre. Round the verge is an inscription in English, which has been deciphered as follows: "Here lygges (lies) Peryn of Doncaster and Ysbel (Isabel) his wyfe a gude trwe (true) brother whilom he was on lyfe. Jhu (Jesu) for they mercy bring yam (them) to bliss, Paternr(noster) for ym (them) whoso redis (reads) this.'

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The church east of the screen appears to have been paved with tiles. A few fragments of these have been discovered, quite plain, and with a yellow glaze. To the east of the south-west pier of the central tower is a floor piscina or drain, formed in the centre of a dished stone, which is about three feet square (shown on photograph of nave looking west). Traces of the foundation walls of the choir-stalls have been discovered, one bay east from the screen across the nave; but with these exceptions, this part of the church is grass-grown, and contains no further features of interest so far as its floor is concerned.

The eastern walls of the transepts, with the chapels, and the north and south walls of the presbyterium, remain in nearly a complete state. These enable us to form an idea of the original character of the building. The arches opening into the chapels from the transepts are pointed, with three orders of mouldings, each consisting of a bold pointed boutel. On the side next the transepts there is also a plain label mould. The piers in plan have round and pointed members, the latter on the four outer edges, those next the transepts being carried up as vaulting shafts. The triforium is literally a "blindstorey," the two pointed arches in each bay being merely recesses, with chamfers on their outer edges. In the presbyterium, the triforium is of a richer character. Instead of a plain chamfer, the edges of the recesses have small shafts, with caps and bases, and the arches have boutel mouldings. Separating the triforium from the tower and clerestories are plain string-courses, which appear to have

1 Dr. Fairbank says that among the wills in the York Registry are two of interest in connection with this stone: those of William Peryn, senior, of Melton, and of his son John Peryn, both dated March 8th, 1404. Of John's will, there is only the Probate Act, which, however, speaks of Isabel his relict. Melton is near Doncaster.

been carried round the whole of the church, the upper one forming the abaci of the caps of the tower piers and vaulting shafts. The clerestory windows are roundheaded, deeply splayed inside and out, and have plain label moulds on the outside. The church appears to have

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been vaulted throughout, but only the springers of the ribs remain at the clerestory level. The chapels opening from the transepts were formerly divided from each other by walls extending two-thirds the height of the piers. Each had originally a round-headed window at its eastern end, and the two outer ones had also a window on their north and south sides respectively. That in the

southernmost chapel still remains. In the fourteenth century, the eastern windows of these chapels were replaced by others of a larger size. Portions of the tracery of these later windows remain. In the south walls of two of the chapels are round-headed piscinas. The end of the north transept had three rows of windows, three in each row. The jambs and parts of the arches of the easternmost ones are still to be seen. There was also a doorway in the end wall of this transept. The end of the south transept would be modified, in consequence of the sacristy and dormitory, which abutted against it. There would be doorways leading to these apartments: that to the former is still in situ; and probably there would be a gallery, as at Kirkstall, from which the infirm monks could take part in the night services without the labour of climbing up and down the stairs.

The eastern wall of the presbyterium is almost entirely destroyed. From the great number of worked stones. found at this point, it appears that a large window was inserted in the fifteenth century; probably before that date the windows were similar to those in the end of the north transept. A few feet from the east wall are the foundations of the high altar. On the north side are two recesses, above and around which are traces of pinnacles, and other carved stonework of a late date. Probably one was the Easter sepulchre, and the other and larger one a tomb. On the south side are similar traces of ornamental stonework: evidently the sedilia of three seats. To the east of this is a square-headed recess, divided by an upright stone into two parts, one of which contains a piscina.

The monastic buildings lay, as usual, to the south of the church. Those surrounding the cloister court have been laid bare to an extent which enables us to define their uses. To the south of the transept, and entered from it by a doorway and a descent of three or four steps, is a small apartment which was probably the sacristy. This apartment has also a doorway at its east end, leading to what-from the number of stone coffins found -appears to have been the cemetery of the monks. further door on the south side leads to the chapter-house:

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