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282 M^nx f^Iace-Mames.
Franciscan Friars Minor in the village of St.
Columba (Arbory), and that, if the site was a suit-
able one, he had granted the Provisional Prior
and brethren of the Province of Ireland permission
to erect buildings there, which they did, as above
stated. In 1553 it, together with Rushen, was
confiscated by the English Crown. In 1606 it
was leased to Sir Thomas Leigh Knightly and
Thomas Spencer, and in 1626 its annual rent was
granted to Queen Henrietta Maria for life. It was
then called ' The Lesser Brotherhood, commonly
known as the Gray Friars of Bimaken, otherwise
Brimaken.' It shortly after this passed into the
hands of the Tyldesley family by purchase, and
still belongs to their descendants in the female
line. The old chapel, which is the only portion now
remaining, is used as a barn. The large arched
window in the east gable, and the positions of doors,
windows, and of a piscina, are clearly traceable.
(e) Animal, Vegetable, and Mineral Kingdom.
Dyr (N), ' an animal, beast, usually of wild beasts;' pos-
sibly in JuRBY (Dyya-byr), ' Beasts' Farm.' If the
tradition stating that in Scandinavian times the
Sulby River flowed out at the Lhen is correct,
which seems hardly possible, Jurby Point might
have been a peninsula, and therefore useful as a
game preserve. In the Shetlands cattle that are
not housed are called joor. [Dyra-fi^rd, Land-
ndma-boc ; Derby, England. Compare Greek djjp,
Anglo-Saxon dcor, English deer, German thier.]
Hross (M), ' a horse ;' in Rozefell (ob.), a corrup-