The antiquities of England and Wales . E PRIORY. \i HIS priory was, as appears from different writers, alfo calledBricheved, Byrket, and Burket-wood priory. It was founded inthe latter end of the reign of Hen. II. or in that of Richard I. byHamon Mafley, third baron of Dunham Malley, who placedtherein 16 Benedidline Monks. A manufcript in Corpus Chrifticollege, Cambridge, makes them canons of the order of St. Auguf-tine. It was dedicated to St. Mary and St. James. In the Monaflicon are two charters of the faid Hamond the firft he grants to this monaflery in free alms, half an acre of
The antiquities of England and Wales . E PRIORY. \i HIS priory was, as appears from different writers, alfo calledBricheved, Byrket, and Burket-wood priory. It was founded inthe latter end of the reign of Hen. II. or in that of Richard I. byHamon Mafley, third baron of Dunham Malley, who placedtherein 16 Benedidline Monks. A manufcript in Corpus Chrifticollege, Cambridge, makes them canons of the order of St. Auguf-tine. It was dedicated to St. Mary and St. James. In the Monaflicon are two charters of the faid Hamond the firft he grants to this monaflery in free alms, half an acre ofland at Dunham, and an acre at Lacheker, with the advowfon ofthe church of Bowdon; and in the other, the liberty of choolingtheir own prior, granted before by Pope Alexander : from whenceit feems, as if the papal pennilTion for fuch eleftion was not thenfufficient without the confirmation of the patron. At the diflblution, its revenues were ellimated at 901. 13 s. perann. according to Dugdale; 102I. i6s. lod. Speed; its reputefl value.
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