. Archaeologia cantiana. wn ofthe vault. The walls, 3 feet in thickness, are composed ofchalk, rubble, and flint. The interior is divided into threebays or divisions, with semicircular dwarf columns with plainsplayed caps and bases, from which spring the intersectingribs of the vaulting of stone, the voussoirs filled in withneatly squared courses of chalk. The crypt was originallylighted with three lancet lights in the centre of each bay,3 inches deep externally, and deep splays inside, of whichonly one on the south side remains perfect; the others havebeen enlarged and are of more recent cons
. Archaeologia cantiana. wn ofthe vault. The walls, 3 feet in thickness, are composed ofchalk, rubble, and flint. The interior is divided into threebays or divisions, with semicircular dwarf columns with plainsplayed caps and bases, from which spring the intersectingribs of the vaulting of stone, the voussoirs filled in withneatly squared courses of chalk. The crypt was originallylighted with three lancet lights in the centre of each bay,3 inches deep externally, and deep splays inside, of whichonly one on the south side remains perfect; the others havebeen enlarged and are of more recent construction. The crypt formed, no doubt, the basement of a chapel orhalls. The superstructure is partly of rubble or brick of a * Arch. Cant., Vol. XII., p. 159. f , Piracy on the High Seas. X Arch. Cant., p. 162, 1606. Chanc. Inq. , James I., p. 1, No. 174.§ Pat. Rolls, 5 James I., part xxiv. 1607. || Close Rolls, 5 James I., part xxx. (1907), 1607. Ibid., 1907, part xxx.\ Close Rolls, 5 James I., part xxx.,
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