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"Yoiki founded and erefted a monaflcry liere, to which he 

 rftiied, and wherein he died in 721. King AtlicUlan having 

 made a vow, before he proceeded againll the Scot-., inftituted 

 a collej^e of fecnlar canons, on hio return to this town in 930, 

 and alio granted tiie freemen many immunities and privileges, 

 which were allowed and confirmed by Henry I. and moil ot 

 the fucceeding monarchs to queen Eli/.abcth. By the lalt 

 charter, which contains the headj of thofe previoudv granted, 

 the government ot the town is vefted in a mayor, recorder, 

 jddcrmen, and other lubordinate ofTicerF. Though within 

 eight miles ot Hull, this town preferves great refpedtability 

 and commercial conftquence, from its fairs, markets, and 

 trade. The fedions for the eaft. riding of Yorklhire arc held 

 here in a handtome lull, called the Ilallgarth, which con- 

 tains a regifter office for deeds and wills, that relate to any 

 lands in this part of the co\uity. Beverley has fent two 

 members to parliament from the 26th of Edward I., except 

 a few intermiflion« in the reigns of Edward It. and III. 



Here were forr.urly four churches, but only two remain ; 

 or^c of which is a large handfome ediiice, and is called the 

 Minfter. King Edward VI. and queen Elizabeth granted 

 certain revenues for the fupport and repairs of this edifice ; 

 but thofe revenues being improperly applied, a Mr. Moyftr, 

 M. P. for the town, procured a brief for the repair of it in 

 1708. His own contributions, with thofe from liis friends, 

 amounted to 1500!., ; which, with 800!. raifed by the brief, 

 were placed in tlie funds, and by the rife of the South fca 

 ftock, in the year 1720, he was enabled to complete the re- 

 paration and adornment of the church in his life-time. 

 King George I. not only encouraged this work by a liberal 

 donation of money, but gave the ilone of the diflblved monaf- 

 tery of St. Mary's in York towards the building; fir Mi- 

 chael Warton alfo gave 500I. and bequeathed 4000I. more 

 as a perpetual fund towards keeping it in repair. The call 

 window contains fome fine painted glafs ; and the fcreen be- 

 tween the nave and choir is much admired for its ornamental 

 workmanlhip. The north wall of the great crofs-aifle waff 

 at one period inclined from its perpendicular, but Mr. Thorn- 

 ton of York, invented a machine, which, by means of fcrews. 

 Sec. reftored it to its original pofition. The ancient fabric 

 was confumed by fire in September 1188. Here are feveral 

 monuments for the Piercys, earis of Northumberiand, who 

 built a private chapel in the choir. 



The principal trade of Beverley confifls in making of malt, 

 oatmeal, and in the tanning of leather. The clothimr trade 

 was, at a former period, an object of much confequence here, 

 but at the time of Lcland it was falling fall to decay. Con- 

 nefted with the borough, are four large common fields, con- 

 taining nearly looo acres, in which every bnrgefs or freeman 

 is allowed to patlurc a certain number of cattle. In one of 

 thcle fields is a mineral fpa, which has proved ferviceable in 

 fome cutaneous diforders. There are i'even alms-houfes in 

 the town, and legacies left for creifting two more. Here 

 is alfo a free-fchool, whofe fcholars are allowed two fcllow- 

 Ihips in St. John's college Cambridge, alfo three fcholarlhips 

 and three exhibitions. Beverley is 183 miles north from 

 London. It has weekly markets on Wcdnefdays and Satur- 

 days ; five fairs in the year ; and five annual great maricets 

 for hogs, &c. This town confids of three pariflies, called St. 

 Martin's, St. Nicholas's, and St. Mary's ; and according to 

 the official population report in i8co, included 1228 houfes, 

 and 5401 inhabitants. 



BEVERLY, John OF, in A'ofr/7/>^_v, arehbifliop of York 

 in the eighth century, was bom at Harpham in Northumber- 

 land, and having embraced the monadic life, he became after- 

 wards abbot of the monallery of St. Hilda. He was inftruded 

 in the learned languages by Theodore, archbilhop of Canter- 

 bury, and was jultly elleemed one of the bed fcholars of his 



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time. Some fay that he ftudied at Oxford, and took there 

 the degree of mailer of arts ; but as no degrees were then 

 conferred in this univtrfity, this fati has been difputtd. By 

 Alfred, king of Northumbcriand, to whom his merit recom- 

 mended him, he was advanced, in 68 j, to the fee of Haguf- 

 tald, or Hexham, and in 687, tranilated to that of York. 

 Beverley was tutor to the venerable Bede, and intimate with 

 Acca and other famous Saxon dottors, feveral of whom he 

 engaged in writing comments upon the Scriptures. In 704, 

 he founded a college for feeular priclls at Beverly, which, m 

 honour of his memory, was endowed by our kings, and par- 

 ticularly by Athelilane, with confiderablc immunities, fo 

 that it became an afylum, or fanftuary, for debtors and per- 

 fons fufpefted of capital crimcf. After he had governed the 

 fee of York 34 years, being tired with the tumults and con- 

 fufions of the church, he divelled himfelf of the epifcopal 

 charaifler, and retired to Beverly, and four years after died 

 in lie or/our offar.ahy, on the 7th of May 72 i ; and the day 

 of his death was appointed a feltival by a fynod held at Lon- 

 don in 1416. Bede, and other monkifh writers, afcribe to 

 him feveral miracles. Between three and four hundred years 

 after his death, liis body was taken up by Alfric, archbilhop 

 of York, and richly enlhrined. He was the author of feveral 

 homilies, and other religious pieces. Biog. Brit. 



Beverly, in Geography, a towndiip, and poll-town of 

 America, in Eflex county, MafTachuletts, feparated from 

 Salem by a handfome bridge, and diftant about 20 miles ea(l 

 of north from Bofton, and 22 fouth-wtft from Newbury 

 port. It has two pariflies, containing 3290 inhabitant^-. 

 Thofe of the parifh next the harbour are devoted to the fifli- 

 ery, and the other branches of navigation. In the other part 

 of the town, which is chiefly agricultural, is a cotton manu- 

 factory, lat. N. 42° 31'. W. long. 7° 50'. 



Beverly'j Manor, or Irijli traH, is a trail of land, 

 in Virginia, in N. lat. 38° 10', at the head of MafTnimten's 

 river, a weilern branch of the Shenandoah, which rifes 

 here by three branches, viz. Middle river, Lewis, and 

 Chrillian creeks, and lying between the Blue and the North 

 ridge. 



BEV^ERN, a town of Germany, in the circle of Upper 

 Saxony, and duchy of Brunlwick, fcated on the Wcfer, to 

 miles weft of Eimbtck. 



BEVERON, a river of Savoy, which runs into the 

 Dranct, 4 miles fouth-weft of Evian. 



BEVERS, Lit tle, lies to the weil of point de la Hune, 

 on the fouthern coaft of Newfoundland ifland, in North 

 America, between cape de la Hune on the call, and cape 

 Raye on the well, being the fouth-weft point of the ifland. 



BEVERS TADT, a town of Germany, in the circle of 

 Lower Saxony, and duchy of Bremen, 24 miles north of 

 Bremen. 



BEVERSTONE, a village of Gloucefterfiiire, England, 

 is fituated about two miles weft of the town of Tetbury, 

 and is noted for the ftatcly remains of its ancient caiUe. 

 This fortrefs is of uncertain foundation, but was undoubt- 

 edly a ftrong place prior to the conqueft. Earls Godwin, 

 Swane, and Harald here met under the pretence of aihfting 

 dward the confeiTor ?gainft the Welfh in 1048. Maurice, 

 lord Berkeley, or de Gaunt, fortified and repaired it, and in 

 1227 was prol'ecuted by the king for doing fo, without royal 

 permiffion. It was purchafed by Thomas lord Bcrkely 

 foon after the return of Edward II f. from the battle of 

 Poicliers. Many of the fpoils and ranfoms from that battle 

 were appropriated to enlarge and beautify this caftle, which 

 was uled as a manfion till the great rebellion, when it was 

 ftrengthened, and held for the king, but befieged by, and 

 furrendered to Col. Maflie. Great part of the caille, with a 

 dwelling-houfe within its walls, was foon afterwards de- 



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