352 YEDDINGHAM. 



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virgin ; granting to them ail his lands in this place, 

 with the liberties of toll, team, soc, sac, and infang- 

 theof ; which Henry II. confirmed to the nuns, 

 whom he took under his protection. The church 

 was dedicated to the honour of St. Mary A. D. 1241, 

 by the bishop of Whitern in Scotland, suffragan of 

 the archbishop of York, at the instance of Emma de 

 Humbleton, prioress and convent ; and granted to 

 all penitents and confessed persons, resorting to the 

 said dedication, one hundred days relaxation from 

 penance enjoined them; and ordained that the day 

 of such dedication should be solemnly kept as a 

 holiday yearly, in thesaid parish, for ever; granting 

 to such persons who out of devotion came thither to 

 solemnize that anniversary, on the octaves thereof, 

 forty days of pardon. 



In A D. 1534, 26 of Henry VIII., their annual 

 income amounted to 21. 16s. 8d.--Dugdale. 26. 

 6s. 8d.--Speed. 



The site in 35 of Henry VIII., A. D. 1543, was 

 granted to Robert Holgate, bishop of Landaff, af- 

 terwards bishop of York. Boatrix was the first 

 prioress, and the last Agnes Bradrick, or Bredridge, 

 a nun, 1525 ; who after the dissolution had an an- 

 nual pension allowed her of 6. 13s. 4d. 



Eusemia, daughter of Adam de Everley, was 

 buried here. Burton's Monasticon p. 285. 



SCAMPSTON, 



In the parish of Bridlington, and wapentake of 

 Buckrose, miles from Malton, is the seat of the 



