The wanderings of a pen and pencil . d by Henry III., preserved amongst other famous recordsin the mansion; but the proprietor was from home, and it was forbidden toview the interior in his absence. This deed was sent to Ela, Countess ofSalisbury, during the period she held the shrievalty of the county of Wilts,for the use of the knights and others who held lands in Wiltshire by militaryservice. There are capacious vaults under the cloisters, some of whichappear to have been in use for kitchens and cellarage to the immense esta-blishment. In one of these is preserved the tomb of Ela, the found
The wanderings of a pen and pencil . d by Henry III., preserved amongst other famous recordsin the mansion; but the proprietor was from home, and it was forbidden toview the interior in his absence. This deed was sent to Ela, Countess ofSalisbury, during the period she held the shrievalty of the county of Wilts,for the use of the knights and others who held lands in Wiltshire by militaryservice. There are capacious vaults under the cloisters, some of whichappear to have been in use for kitchens and cellarage to the immense esta-blishment. In one of these is preserved the tomb of Ela, the foundress,removed from the centre of the desecrated choir, with a quaint inscription : — Infra sunt Jjrfossa,CSIac fa m crab tits osft,C3uac XstQit has srbrs\farms mantattuus artfrs,Sbbatissa qtttOrme3uac sanctr btbtt tbttrnn,(£t Cnmtttssa $ontm,Uututiun plena uonarum. LAYCOCK ABBEY. 277 In another there is preserved an immense stone trough, said to have beenused for pickling the conventual beeves and bacons. Ela the countess (accord-. Vaults of Laycock Abbey. ing to Tanner) laid the foundation of this religious house April 16. 1232, inland called Snaylesmead ; on the same afternoon she founded that at Henton,in Somersetshire, for Carthusian monks. The religious ladies here were abouteighteen in number, of the order of St. Austin. The abbey was dedicated tothe Virgin Mary and St. Bernard ; and the estates at the dissolution were valued203/. 13s. 3d. per annum. There are several imperfect impressions of theSeal in the Chapter House at Westminster; viz. the Virgin and infantJesus beneath a canopy, under a representation of a church, in an archwhereof was a monk kneeling at prayer. The legend ran thus: — Sb. GTonbent: 33cate Jtatt, £>anctt 23ewar&t, BHacoc. In the reign of Richard I. the young heiress of DEvreux, Earl ofSalisbury, had been carried off, and secreted by her French relations in 278 WANDERINGS OP A PEN AND PENCIL. Normandy. To discover the place of her concealment
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