Some account of the barony and town of Okehampton: its antiquities and institutions . hapel might be traced there *Some further notes on this Okehampton worthy will be given in theAppendix to the preeent volume.—Editor, HISTORY OF OKEHAMPTON. 10^ wnthin the memon- of persons now living,* and two altar tombs in theCliurcli-vanl of the same parish, point to wliere the last of tliis loiiyextinct race were gathered to their fathers. A relic of their social existence—it may be a solitary one—is pre-serv-ed in the collection of Capt. Hamlyni, of Scaicord, a small drinkinghom with a silver rim, and h
Some account of the barony and town of Okehampton: its antiquities and institutions . hapel might be traced there *Some further notes on this Okehampton worthy will be given in theAppendix to the preeent volume.—Editor, HISTORY OF OKEHAMPTON. 10^ wnthin the memon- of persons now living,* and two altar tombs in theCliurcli-vanl of the same parish, point to wliere the last of tliis loiiyextinct race were gathered to their fathers. A relic of their social existence—it may be a solitary one—is pre-serv-ed in the collection of Capt. Hamlyni, of Scaicord, a small drinkinghom with a silver rim, and having the family name engraved on itexternally.—Sic transit gloria ! *Justice to village merit requires the acknowledgment that our moreusual guide has, in this notice at least, been anticipated by another BrowneWilhs of the district, Mr. Wm. Rich, parish schoolmaster of Sheepwash. SECTION XII. Prom thee be far the ungentle deedThe honours of the dead to spoil, Or take the sole remaining meed, The flower that crowns their former toil. Langhorne. Ecclesiastical I.—Brightley Priory, .s^ja-^ WE resume this portion of our subject bycalling attention to the traces yet left of areligious house of the Bernardine, or as it ismore commonly called, Cistercian order, onceexisting at Brightley Bridge, near this town: thespot derives additional interest from its having beena Mother house to the great abbey of Ford,^ in thiscounty. It is curious that so diligent an antiquary asRisdonf should have fallen into error as to the original site ofthis monastery, he assigns it to Chittlehampton, and a sub-sequent writer, has given the honour to Sampford Courtenay ; ?Sir AV. Dugdales Genealogy of the Courtenays is drawn, in its earliestportion from a register kept by the monks of this house. tWcstcote, in his View of Devonshire, published in 1845, mentionshis friend and contemporary in terms which shew the high reputation hisresearches had acquired for him. HISTORY OF OKEHAMPT
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