With  the  coming  of  the  friars  in  the
thirteenth  century  the  popularity  of  the
abbeys  waned.  A  friary  was  arranged  on
much  the  same  plan  as  a  small  priory.  The
church  was  a  long  parallelogram  unbroken
by  transepts.  The  vast  hall-like  nave  pro-
vided the  preaching  space  so  necessary  to
their  system.  The  cloister  and  domestic
buildings  were  situated  on  the  side  of  the
church.  Remains  of  their  houses  exist  at
Norwich,  Gloucester,  and  Reading.
Cells  such  as  St.  Mary  Magdalene,  Lincoln,
were  the  smallest  of  religious  houses,  and
consisted  of  one  long  narrow  range  of  build-
ings, terminating  towards  the  east  in  a
chapel.
The  annual  revenue  of  the  various  houses,
including  land  and  the  proceeds  from  the
spiritual  benefices  held  by  them,  is  reckoned
by  Speed  at  £171,312,  4s.  3|d.  Nasmith
reckons  the  total  slightly  higher.  The  an-
nual value,  therefore,  of  the  eleven  hundred
and  thirty  monasteries  and  hospitals  sup-
pressed by  the  King  must  have  been  about
£200,000,  equal  to  £2,400,000  in  present
value  (Blunt).  [Religious  Orders.]
•  The  houses  raised  since  the  revival  of  the
religious  life  have  been  chiefly  connected
with  sisterhoods.  Religious  brotherhoods
are  represented  by  the  Cowley  Fathers,  the
Benedictines  of  Caldey  and  Llanthony,  and
the  Community  of  the  Resurrection  at
Mirfield.  [Religious  Orders,  Modern.]
Their  houses  are  mainly  still  in  course  of
erection.  The  Church  of  the  Society  of  St.
