The antiquities of England and Wales . the gift of Alice de Romely jand half a mark of filver by the fame donation, out of the fullingmill at Cockermouth, and one mefluage in the fame ville. He,further grants to them one mark of filver out of the faid fulling mill yearly. Irwas endowed at fhediflblution with 143I. 17s. 2d. ob. per annumaccording to Dugdale; 149I. 19s. 6d. Speed; and in the feventhyear of the reign of King Edward VI. was granted to Sir ThomasChaloner, knt. (amongfl other particulars) the manor, redlory andcell of St. Bees, with all its rights, members and appurtenances, andall
The antiquities of England and Wales . the gift of Alice de Romely jand half a mark of filver by the fame donation, out of the fullingmill at Cockermouth, and one mefluage in the fame ville. He,further grants to them one mark of filver out of the faid fulling mill yearly. Irwas endowed at fhediflblution with 143I. 17s. 2d. ob. per annumaccording to Dugdale; 149I. 19s. 6d. Speed; and in the feventhyear of the reign of King Edward VI. was granted to Sir ThomasChaloner, knt. (amongfl other particulars) the manor, redlory andcell of St. Bees, with all its rights, members and appurtenances, andall the pofleffions belonging to the fame, in St. Bees and Enerdale,and elfewhere in the county of Cumberland (not before granted awayby the crown) to hold to the faid Thomas Chaloner, his heirs andafligns, in fee farm for ever, of the king, his heirs and fuccefTors, asof his manor of Sheriffs Hutton in Yorkfhire, in free and commonfoccage, by fealty only, and not in capite; paying to the crownyearly the fee farm rent of 143I. 16s. 2d. In. CUMBERLAND. 45 In the 4th and 5th of Philip and Mary, the king and queen grantedto Cuthbert bifhop of Chefter and his fuccellors, the faid yearly rent,paying thereout to the crown yearly 43I. 8s. 4d> The manor and recflory came afterwards into the poffeffion of theWyberghs, a very ancient family at St, Bees, who being great fufferersin the civil wars in the reign of Charles I. they mortgaged St. Bees tothe Lowther family, and in the year 1633, Sir John Lowther fore-clofed the mortgage, and obtained a decree in chancery of the eflate,in whofe family it ftill continues. Anno 1705 the church of St. Bees was certified at 12I. a year, byJames Lowther of Whitehaven, then impropriator. This monailerj lies in a bottom about four miles fouth-weft fromWhitehaven, and about one north from Egremont, the chief remainsare thofe of the conventual church, which is now ufed as a parochialone. The arches of this building are all pointed, except that overthe wef
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