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Archaeologia Cantiana -  Vol. 94  1978  page 92
Excavations on the Site of Leeds Priory. Part 2 The Claustral Buildings and Other Remains  By P. J. Tester, continued.
contexts in Kent, at Cobham College,13 Higham Priory14 and St. Mary's Hospital, Strood.15

Conclusions
Unfortunately, excavation was not intensive enough to give archaeological contexts for in situ tiling or to provide an adequate sample to draw conclusions about the tile flooring of the Priory church or other monastic buildings. The occurrence here of tile mosaic is a significant addition to our knowledge of the tile industry in Kent. These were almost certainly the earliest tiles in Leeds Priory, and it is by no means unlikely that they date from soon after the completion of the first church. The Priory seems to have obtained tiles from a wide range of sources fairly continuously at least until the early fifteenth century. These purchases probably represent both the patching of existing pavements and the laying of extensive areas of new flooring. The large range of tiles recovered from the excavation suggests that the Priory church, at least, was profusely decorated by tile flooring.

APPENDIX III

WINDOW GLASS (Fig. 7)

                           C. R. COUNCER, F.S.A.
Of 157 fragments of glass submitted for examination16 seven are pot-metal yellow, seven blue, two ruby, and the remainder originally white, many with scanty traces of painting. All are heavily corroded and some laminated, a well-known condition consistent with long burial in the earth. Translucency is almost totally impaired in nearly all the pieces. In a few specimens it is possible to distinguish between corrosion on one side of the glass caused by exposure to the elements while still in the windows and the general deterioration arising from chemical action in the earth. As the glass had presumably been in the windows for about 200 years before the Dissolution this might be expected, but it is an interesting point to note.
   Enough traces of painting remain to suggest a date in the second quarter of the fourteenth century. The twelve specimens illustrated are
   13 Arch. Cant., lxxix (1964), 109.
    14 Arch. Cant., lxxxii (1967), 143.
    15 A. C. Harrison, 'Excavations on the Site of St. Mary's
             Hospital, Strood', Arch. Cant., lxxxiv (1969), 139.
    16 These fragments came mainly from the south side of the nave
             (P.J.T.).

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