Pennant's Tour 1773 |
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| "at Brougham, the 22d day of March, in the year of our Lord 1675, christianly, willing, and quietly, having before her death seen a plentiful issue by her two daughters, of thirteen grand-children: and her body lyes buried in this vault." |
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| Hospital of St Anne | Another more useful monument of her piety remains in the town, in form of an alms-house for twelve poor widows, and a superior called a mother, each of whom has a house and garden. The mother has (according to my information) ten guineas a year, and the others eight; and the minister of Appleby for the time being, eight pounds in case he reads prayers to them, every day except Sunday, in a small chapel belonging to the house. For these purposes she bought lands in Brougham and St. Nicholas, and left them vested in trustees. |
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| The Friary | At the time of the dissolution, here was a house of Carmelites or White Friars, said to have been founded by Lord Vesci, Lord Perci, and Roger Clifford, in 1281. After the suppression of the abbies, Henry granted it to Christopher Crackenthorpe of Newbiggen in this county*. A ruin adjoining the town-wall may possibly be the remains of the friary. |
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| * Tanner, 588. |
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