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window glass, suggests that the remains discovered are a part of the
Hospital church or chapel rebuilt about 1363. It is unfortunate that so far
too little of the foundations have been found to enable the plan to be
recovered.
Only one other piece of wall foundation was found, a very short
stretch of wall just over a foot thick, built on the same alignment as the
supposed "church" but further to the north, and apparently forming
the south-east angle or buttress of a building, the limits of which were not
fully explored. Between the two buildings was a considerable area of
flooring composed of cement on a layer of slates.
All these remains must belong to the last period of the
Hospital’s existence, subsequent to the 1363 rebuilding. In two places to
the north of the "church", pits were dug to a depth of 5 feet, and
while no pottery was found below the fourteenth-fifteenth century floor
level, the ‘heavy loam and, clay underlying it showed traces of charcoal
and. decomposed tile, so that it is possible that the twelfth and thirteenth
century remains lie at a depth to which there
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was no time to penetrate this year. .. It is very much to be hoped that it will
be possible to carry the exploration of the site further. The excavations
this year have touched only a corner of the field.
OBJECTS FOUND.
I. Glass. (Plate II)
The most interesting discovery was that of a large quantity of
plain and patterned window glass, in a fragmentary condition. It is
pronounced by the authorities at South Kensington Museum to be English glass
of the second half of the fourteenth century. The most important pieces
are,: .
No. 1. Two pieces (joining) of a diamond shaped pane
(sides about 2.2"). Traces of pattern in red.
No. 2. Specimen of several pieces of plain glass with
thickened rim to fit frame. ,
No. 3. Border fragment. Pattern of roundels in red.
No. 4. Border fragment. Quatrefoils in circles. Pattern
left plain on a background coloured black.
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