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
Margery Byset the daughter of a great northern lord", and retained a memory of his face. After she had come to reside with John in the Isles, the contemporary Scottish poet Andrew of Wyntoun tells of her recognition of a man whom she believed to be the deposed king travelling [dressed] as a poor man. Although Richard is widely believed to have starved to death in captivity in Pontefract Castle in early 1400, Margery vouched for the man, whomever he may have been, and the Scots believed her. He was naturally dismissed as an impostor by Henry IV, but had a kind