On the Founder of Huln Abbey, €c. 47 
memorate the founder of that monastery; and far- 
ther observes, that, “ in the old plan of the abbey, 
first published by Mr. Grose, it is marked as the 
founder's tomb.” He gives a circumstantial ac- 
count of the founding of the abbey; and appre- 
hends, that the title of founder could only belong to 
William de Vescy. 
Nevertheless, as it seems yet undecided ft was 
the founder (a point on which some of the best an- 
tiquaries disagree) this memoir will be, not improper- 
ly, divided into two parts: the r1Rsv containing 
AN ENQUIRY INTO THE NAME OF THE FOUN. 
; DER OF HULN ABBEY. 
Huln in Northumberland is generally supposed 
to have been the first monastery in this kingdom of 
the Carmelites:* an order of mendicant friars, deriv- 
ing their name and origin from Mount Carmel in 
Syria. 
Camden is of opinion, that John, Lord Vescy, 
founded Huln Abbey: Foannes autem Vescy, e bello 
sacro rediens, Carmelitas secum primus in Anglam 
adduxit ; zllisque hic, im Holne solitudine non dissi- 
mult Carmelo Monti in Syria, conventum extruxit.t 
* Leland de Script, Britan. p, 293. Stevens, 11. 1575 
158. ; 
+ Britannia, p. 669, edit. 1607. According to Sir Wil- 
liam Dugdale (Warwickshire, p. 117), John de Vescy, of 
Alnwick, brought the Carmelites into England ; and built 
