ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY 



of statistical and interesting information for the whole county, arranged in 

 hundreds. 1 



The period of the Commonwealth is sometimes represented as a period 

 of religious toleration, but such a view is entirely erroneous. The three 

 denominations of Presbyterians, Congregationalists, and Baptists were 

 tolerant to each other, save in the strength of verbal criticism ; but with 



1 Lambeth, Commonwealth Surveys, xiii. The following is an abstract of the returns of the various 

 benefices in Blythiug Hundred (508-79) as an example of the rest. The commission, which met at Hales- 

 worth on 15 October, 1650, took evidence on oath as to all benefices, donations, and impropriations, etc., 

 within the Hundred of Blything : — 



Parish Patron 



Halesvvorth R Lady Allington .... 



Bamburgh V Co-heirs of Lord Banning 



(Impr. j£l26). 



Wissett V The State 



Chediston Stephen Blomfield (Impr. 



£«)• 



Holton R State 



Spexhall R State 



Cratfield John Lanye (Impr. £<)o) . 



Huntingfield Sir Robert Cooke . 



Linstead Magna, Linstead Parva V. State Impr. as Francis 



Edwards, the Impr. is 

 a ' recusant convict.' 



Cookley R Sir Robert Cooke . 



Yoxford V. ' A great towne and Philip Bedingfield, 'Impr. 

 hath a great store of inhabitants.' £j°- 



Sibton V Edward Barker (Impr. 



£4°)- 



Peasenhall Impr. chapel, a member \ icar of Sibton. ... 20 



of Sibton. 

 Heveningham R State 52 



30 John Swayne. 

 100 Samuel Kells, 'a preaching minister.' 



40 Gabriel Elands. 

 100 Edward Stubbes, 'a constant preacher 

 of the Word of God.' 



20 Thomas Smithe, ' a preaching minister.' 



4.0 Samuel Manning, • a preaching minister.' 

 33 Lawrence Easter. 



44 Nicholas Steenes, ' a preaching minis- 

 ter.' 



Ubbeston V Roger Cooke (Impr. £10) 



Bramfield V Elizabeth Brooke (Impr. 



£3°). 

 Wenhaston V. Mention made of Lady Brooke's two daugh- 

 the 'decayed chappell ' of Mells ters (Impr. £27). 



BlyfordV Henry North (Impr. £32) 



Thorington R John Brooke .... 



Blythburgh V John Brooke (Impr. £4.0) 



Walberswick V John Brooke (Impr. .£22) 



Darsham V Philip Bedingfield (Impr. 



£30). 



Theberton R State 



3° 

 20 



Westleton V Robert Riddington (Impr. 



£45). 



MiddletonV. ' The two churches JohnWoodcocke and others 



of Middleton and Fordley, (Impr. £40). 



standing in one churchyard were 



united by the late Bishop of 



Norwich.' 



Fordley R John Woodcocke . . . 



Leiston V The Company of Haber- 

 dashers (Impr. £50) 



45 



48 

 8 



Samuel Habergham, * an able preaching 



minister.' 

 Symon Sumpter, vicar, sequestered. 



Richard Heath serves the cure. 

 Bartholomew Allerton. 



1 Desboreux JefFeryes, a preaching 

 minister, supplyes the Cure once a 

 daye, and hath for his paynes twentye 

 pounds a yeare.' Vicarage sequestered. 



13 Desborough JefFeryes, once a day. 



40 John Chunne. 



35 Mr. Glynne. 



20 Stephen Fenn. 



34 Edmund Barker. The cure neglected 

 by the incumbent's absence, who 

 has removed 1 3 miles distant. 



55 John Cory. Former incumbent se- 

 questered. 

 Snevth David. 



Now no minister. 



40 Now no minister. 



40 Samuel Savage, curate, Impr.' Pays him 



Tenn shillings a Sabbath for his 



Sallarye.' 



