ONGAR HUNDRED 



LAMBOURNE 



entry were constructed under the gallery, the partitions 

 being of oak from Bishops Hall." There is a two-light 

 window in the vestry, on the north wall of the church. 



There are three bells, of 1640 by John Clifton, of 

 1684 by James Bartlet, and of 1784 by William Mears. 

 In 1552 there were three bells, breadth 24 in., 20 in., 

 and 21 in., and also two little handbells and a sacring 

 bell.'* The Bartlet bell was installed in obedience to 

 the direction of the archdeacon at his visitation of 

 1683.''' 



The glass in the south windows of the chancel was 

 installed in 18 17, having been brought from Basle.' 

 The subjects are as follows: the Choice between Good 

 and Evil, dated 1 630; the Adoration of the Magi, dated 

 1637; the Incredulity of St. Thomas (with the Annun- 

 ciation in the spandrels) dated 1623; Christ and St. 

 Peter on the sea (with the Apocalyptic Vision in the 

 spandrels) dated 163 1 ; the Adoration of the Shepherds, 

 the Virgin and Child and St. Anne and the Virgin and 

 Child (with St. Christopher and a female saint in the 

 spandrels) dated 163 1. The inscriptions are in Ger- 

 man.^ The glass in the east window, representing the 

 Adoration of the Shepherds, was presented in memory 

 of Lord Lambourne (d. 1928). 



During repairs in 195 1 part of a wall-painting of St. 

 Christopher was uncovered between the windows on 

 the south side of the nave. It is thought by Mr. Clive 

 Rouse to be of the 15th or early i6th century and to 

 show traces below of an earlier painting of the same 

 subject. At the same time painted red and yellow strap- 

 work was uncovered farther west. This formed a frame 

 for texts and is of post-Reformation date.^ 



The pulpit in oak is four sides of an octagon. The 

 panels are enriched with carved arcading dating from 

 the 1 6th or early 17th century. This was probably in- 

 corporated in the 18th-century three-decker pulpit and 

 retained when the pulpit was lowered in the 19th cen- 

 tury. The base is probably part of one of the lower tiers 

 of the three-decker. The font has an 18th-century 

 marble bowl on a tall moulded stone base. 



The plate consists of a communion cup of I559> ^ 

 plain silver paten of 1703 presented by John Wroth, 

 a silver flagon of 1736 presented by Richard Lockwood, 

 and a silver alms dish of 1 8 17. In 1552 the com- 

 missioners found at Lambourne a chalice weighing 1 7 oz. 

 They delivered for divine service an 8 oz. chalice, of 

 silver parcel gilt.* 



At his visitation of 1683 the archdeacon directed that 

 a bible of the new translation should be provided. 5 This 

 suggests that the Great Bible was still in use at Lam- 

 bourne more than 70 years after the publication of the 

 Authorized Version. 



In the chancel is a brass to Robert Barfott (1546) 

 and Katheryn his wife.* It has figures of a man and 

 woman together with a group of five sons and another 

 of four sons and ten daughters, also the arms of the 

 Mercers' Company and a merchant's mark. Also in the 

 chancel is a black and white marble tablet with a broken 

 pediment and three shields of arms to Thomas Wynnyff 

 (1654) (see above). On the south wall of the chancel 



is a tablet with shield of arms and Latin inscription to 

 Thomas Tooke, rector (172 1). There are also other 

 tablets to later members of the Tooke family who were 

 rectors. Both in the chancel and nave are many memo- 

 rials to members of the Lockwood family. Richard 

 Lockwood, the Turkey merchant who bought Dews 

 Hall, is commemorated by a white marble tablet with 

 an urn, broken pediment, garlands, and shield of arms. 

 On the wall of the nave is a tablet in memory of Capt. 

 George Lockwood, killed at Balaclava in 1854. There 

 are floor slabs in the chancel to John Wynnyff (1630), 

 father of Thomas, to Robert Bromfield (1647), and 

 members of his family. In the churchyard are the 

 tombs of Admiral Sir Edward Hughes (1794), his wife, 

 and his two stepsons.^ 



The church of THE HOLT TRINITY, Abridge, 

 was built in 1836 as a chapel of ease to the parish 

 church. 8 It was then a plain rectangular building with 

 lancet windows along the sides and was of gault brick 

 with red brick dressings. The gabled street front dates 

 from 1877. A new chancel and vestries were added in 

 1938.' 



For the Church House see below. Charities. 



On 2 July 1833 a Wesleyan chapel was opened 

 at Abridge. Sermons were 

 NONCONFORMITY preached at the first services 

 by the Revd. J. T. Yeates of 

 Romford and the Revd. T. R. Fisher of Hammersmith. 

 The chapel was estimated to accommodate 1 50. The 

 original cost was ^^270 with ground freehold; (jo was 

 raised by private subscriptions and collections at the 

 opening. The chapel was in the North East London 

 Circuit.'" An account of the opening made bold claims 

 as to the beneficial results already achieved by Metho- 

 dist preaching in Abridge. 'This village, from its ex- 

 ceeding wretchedness and open profanity, was usually 

 called the Little Sodom; but by the introduction of 

 Methodist preaching its moral character is entirely 

 changed.'" The chapel did not remain Wesleyan for 

 long. There were no other Wesleyan churches near 

 and pulpit supply must have been difficult. About 

 1 844 the chapel was taken over for Congregational use.'^ 



In 1 844 the Essex Congregational Union helped the 

 Revd. T. Hill of Chigwell Row to establish a church at 

 Abridge, using the building previously erected for the 

 Wesleyans.'-s By 1847 the church was self-supporting.'* 

 In 1850 it was superintended by a Mr. Hanley of Lon- 

 don; there were 28 members and many adherents: 'the 

 little church is well filled.''5 Soon after this a Mr. 

 Knight worked at Abridge as the agent of the Country 

 Towns Mission. In 1858 he reported that the village 

 was still known as Little Sodom.'* In that year the 

 Essex Congregational Union made a grant to Knight, 

 who was also preaching at Lambourne End and Bourne 

 Bridge in Stapleford Abbots. '^ The deeds of the 

 Abridge church had been acquired by one of the trea- 

 surers of the E.C.U."* Knight remained until i860, 

 when he left, apparently in unhappy circumstances." 

 The church was placed under the superintendence of 

 that at Epping, and there was confidence that it would 



97 Inf. from the rector. 

 «* E.A.T. N.s. ii, 235-6. 

 M Ibid, xix, 266. 



' T. Wright, Hisl. Essex, ii, 403. 



' Hist. Mon. Com. Essex, ii, 1+3-4- 



3 Lambourne Parish Mag. Aug. igS'' 



♦ E.A.T. N.s. ii, 235-6. 



5 E.A.T. N.s. xix, 266. 



' For Barfoot see above. Manor. He 



died in Jan. 154.6/7. 



7 T. Wright, Hisl. Essex, ii, 407-8. 



8 White's Dir. Essex (1848). It cost 

 ^520. 



9 Inf. from the rector. 



'0 Wesleyan Methodist Mag. 1833, p. 

 729. 

 II Ibid. 

 " fVhite's Dir. Essex (1848); E.R.O., 



83 



D/CT 202 ; see below. - 



" Essex Cong. Union Rep. 1 847. 



■♦ Ibid. 



IS Ibid. 1850. 



I' Ibid. 1858. 



" Ibid. 



" Ibid. The treasurers were Isaac Perry 

 and W. C. Wells. 



I' Essex Congr. Union Rep. 1 860. 



