Derbyshire (England) -- Antiquities; Derbyshire (England) -- History
Leaving the church, we enter, through a door at the east end of the
north aisle, the cloister. Passing along the eastern side we come to
the Chapter House, with _slype_, or passage, through which the bodies
of the canons were conveyed for interment in the cemetery outside.
The _slype_ is still intact, with plain barrel vault, without ribs,
springing from a chamfered string course; adjoining the slype was the
calefactorium, or warming house.
Over the Chapter House, slype, and calefactorium was the dormitory,
with its cells or cubicles.
The Fratry or Refectory occupied the north side, with rooms underneath
used for various purposes, and a passage leading to the infirmary, an
isolated building, now known as the Hall.
On the west side were the Prior’s Chamber and five others, devoted to
guests who visited the Priory. Underneath was the cellarium, which
included “the Kychenn,” “larder,” and “bruehouse.” The cellar was a
long room 89 feet by 26 feet, divided by a row of six massive Norman
columns, four of which are still _in situ_. Besides these, there were
three other houses mentioned: “the yelyng house,” _i.e._, brewing
house; the “boultyng house,” where the meal was sifted; and the “kyll
house,” by which term is possibly meant the slaughter house, but more
probably the kiln house.
The following is a more perfect and fuller list of the priors of Repton
than has hitherto appeared:—
Robert, _c._ 1155; Nicholas, _c._ 1175; Albred, _c._ 1200; Richard,
_c._ 1208; Nicholas, _c._ 1215; John, _c._ 1220; Reginald, _c._ 1230;
Peter, _c._ 1252; Robert, _c._ 1289; Ralph, 1316–36; John de Lichfield,
1336–46; Simon de Sutton, 1346–56; Ralph de Derby, 1356–99; William of
Tutbury, 1399; William Maynesin, _c._ 1411; Wystan Porter, died 1436;
John Overton, 1436; John Wylne, 1438–71; Thomas Sutton, 1471–86; Henry
Prest, 1486–1503; William Derby, 1503–8; John Young, 1508.
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