The charitable trust known as The Lords Feoffees and Assistants of the Manor of Bridlington, based in

Bridlington Bridlington is a coastal town and a civil parish on the Holderness Coast of the North Sea in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is about north of Hull and east of York. The Gypsey Race enters the North Sea at its harbour. The 2011 Cen ...

East Riding of Yorkshire The East Riding of Yorkshire, or simply East Riding or East Yorkshire, is a ceremonial county and unitary authority area in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. It borders North Yorkshire to the north and west, South Yorkshire to t ...

, England, was created in 1636. The Manor of Bridlington had been confiscated by

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from the monks of

Bridlington Priory Priory Church of St Mary, Bridlington, , commonly known as Bridlington Priory Church is a parish church in Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, in the Diocese of York. It is on the site of an Augustinian priory founded in 1113 which w ...

during the Dissolution of the Monasteries, in 1537. In 1624

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conferred the Manor on Sir J. Ramsey, recently created Earl of Holderness, "as a reward for the great services the earl had performed by delivering his majesty from the conspirators of the Gowries, and also for the better support of the high dignity to which he had been lately raised". On inheriting it, his son Sir George Ramsey of Coldstream sold it in 1633 for £3,260 to William Corbett and twelve other inhabitants of Bridlington, to administrate it on behalf of themselves and all the other tenants and freeholders of the Manor. A deed, bearing the date 6 May 1636, was drawn up declaring these citizens as Lords FeoffeesFeoffee is a

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word meaning ''freeholder''. of the Manor of Bridlington, and empowering them to enrol twelve more Assistants. Rules to elect new Lords Feoffees and Assistants have been adhered to for over three hundred years, and they continue to fulfill their original charter by donating money (earned from rent from the many properties they continue to own in the old town centre) to worthwhile causes in

, for example the funding of the offshore D CLass D 557 RNLI lifeboat ''Lord Feoffees III'' at lifeboat station, and the awarding of bursaries and scholarships to students from Bridlington. The Feoffees were also directed to elect one of their number annually as chief Lord of the Manor, in whose name the courts should be called and the business of the town transacted. The election is still continued on the second day of February, and a manor court is held in the Town Hall in February and November. The Courthouse and Town Hall of the Lords Feoffees is currently used as a museum, The Bayle Museum, dedicated to the history of the Lords and the townsfolk of Bridlington.

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*{{EW charity, 252207, ref=none Charities based in the East Riding of Yorkshire 1636 establishments in England Bridlington