Alice de Bryene M. K. Dale and V. B. Redstone in 1931, and was used by Evelyn Myatt-Price and Ernest Rubin for statistical studies of food and drink, notably the brewing and consumption of ale in 15th century England. In the period studied, ale was brewed in the household about every six days, and average consumption was approximately one gallon per person per day. Alice de Bryene Alice de Bryene or Alice Brian (born 14th century; died 1413 or after) was an English noblewoman who owned estates in Suffolk and was present at the court of Richard II (reigned 1377–1399). She was the
Pontefract Priory had resulted in a reduction of the monastery's debts from 3200 marks to 350. A later, undated, visitation return gives the average number of monks at 20. Duckett prints a letter from Stephen, Prior of Pontefract in 1323, to Pierre, Abbot of Cluny, explaining that he had been prevented from making a visitation of the English Cluniac houses, owing to the presence of the king and court at Pontefract, which prevented his leaving home. In the previous year (1322) Thomas, Earl of Lancaster had been beheaded at Pontefract, and his body buried in the priory church "on the right hand