Historical monographs on religious houses, in which attention is paid to plan and architectural features, should not be forgotten. As examples of these may be cited S. O. Addy's _Beauchief Abbey_, Dr W. de Gray Birch's histories of _Neath Abbey_ and _Margam Abbey_, C. Lynam's _Croxden Abbey_, and S. W. Williams' _Cistercian Abbey of Strata Florida_. Guide-books are not as a rule very trustworthy, but the official guide-book to Tintern abbey, for the architectural part of which Mr Brakspear is responsible, and F. Bligh Bond's guide to Glastonbury abbey are among the notable exceptions. Articles of great historical value will be found under various headings in Smith's _Dictionary of Christian Antiquities_, the _Encyclopaedia Britannica_ and the _Catholic Encyclopaedia_. It is unnecessary to refer to these in detail. FOOTNOTES [1] _Conversi_ were found in houses of other orders, e.g. the Augustinian, but their position in such cases was less definite than in the Cistercian order. Male _conversi_ were attached to houses of Cistercian nuns: examples of this are known in Lincolnshire and Yorkshire. [2] In 1301 the Benedictine monks of Gloucester were allowed a frock and cowl out of the wardrobe at least once a year, day-shoes once in 18 months, boots once in five years, pairs of woollen shirts (_langelli_) once every four years. They could change when necessary a thick and thin tunic, their pilch or fur cloak (_pellicea_), ordinary boots, under-shirt (_stamen_) and drawers (_femoralia_). [3] In 1230 the monks of St James', Bristol, a cell of Tewkesbury, petitioned the bishop of Worcester against the consecration of the Dominican church in St James' parish. Various documents in the York episcopal registers between 1279 and 1296 deal with the rivalry between the _custodes_ of the alien priory of Scarborough and the local Dominicans. In both cases the root of ill-feeling was the diversion by the friars of the oblations due to the parish altar. [4] _Historical Growth of the English Parish Church_, 1911, pp. 11-15. [5] At Waverley, late in the twelfth century, there were 70 monks, 120 _conversi_. That the monks sometimes found the _conversi_ difficult to manage is shewn by the action of abbot Richard (1220-35) at Meaux, who removed them from the granges and confined them to menial and craftsmen's work. [6] The order in which the parts of a monastery were built followed the immediate needs of the convent. Thus at Evesham the eastern part of the church and the eastern range of the cloister were built first: the frater and western range, with the permanent outer buildings and the rest of the church, were not finished till later. At Meaux a temporary two-storied building, church above and dorter below, was used for some years until permanent buildings were ready.