lo - S ax on ▁Architecture . ▁Joan ▁died ▁a ▁few ▁weeks ▁before ▁publication . ▁In ▁ 1 9 6 6 , ▁Taylor ▁married ▁as ▁his ▁second ▁wife ▁his ▁personal ▁assistant ▁Dor othy ▁Jud ith ▁Samuel ▁( born ▁ 1 9 3 1 ), ▁who ▁co - author ed ▁the ▁third ▁volume ▁of ▁his ▁work . ▁ ▁The ▁ar che ologist ▁Philip ▁Ra ht z , ▁with ▁whom ▁Taylor ▁collabor ated ▁in ▁the ▁investigation ▁of ▁St ▁Mary ' s ▁Pri ory ▁Church , ▁De er h urst , ▁describes ▁Taylor ▁as ▁a ▁" dev out ▁Christian " ▁and ▁as ▁" un fail ingly ▁elegant , ▁w itt y , ▁gra cious ▁and ▁neat . ▁Ra ht z ▁notes ▁in ▁his ▁ob itu ary ▁of ▁Taylor : ▁" Al though ▁he ▁wore ▁old ▁clothes ▁in ▁the ▁field , ▁they ▁were ▁always ▁pressed ▁and ▁clean . ▁We ▁could ▁never ▁understand ▁how ▁they ▁remained ▁so , ▁even ▁when ▁he ▁was ▁cl am ber ing ▁on ▁dirty ▁roof s ▁or ▁in ▁and ▁out ▁of ▁tren ches ." ▁▁ ▁Taylor ▁was ▁a ▁Fellow ▁of ▁the ▁Society ▁of ▁Anti qu aries ▁of ▁London . ▁In ▁ 1 9 8 1 , ▁the ▁Society ▁awarded ▁him ▁and ▁Charles ▁Thomas ▁the ▁first ▁Fr end ▁Medal , ▁set ▁up ▁by ▁the ▁church ▁historian ▁and ▁arch ae ologist ▁William ▁Hugh ▁Cl iff ord ▁Fr end , ▁" for ▁services ▁to ▁early ▁Christian ▁arch ae ology ". ▁He ▁was ▁appointed ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁Royal ▁Commission ▁on ▁the ▁Historical ▁Mon uments ▁of ▁England ▁on