EDWINSTREE HUNDRED 



MUCH HADHAM 



dress of a serjeant-at-law, without inscription, of 1 5 th- 

 Century date. In the nave : figures of a man and his 

 wife, without inscription, of the early 1 6th century ; 

 inscription only to Joone Goldsmyth, daughter of 

 Clement Newce of London, mercer, and wife of 

 F. Frauncys Goldsmyth of Crayford, Kent ; figures 

 of a man and two wives, six sons and seven daughters, 

 with arms and crest and inscription to William Newce, 

 February i6io-l l ; figures of a man, his wife, eight 

 sons and nine daughters, i.e. Clement Newce, 1579, 

 and his wife Mary, 1582; inscription only to Dianis 

 Burton, daughter of John Knitun of Bayford. On 

 the south wall of the chancel is a mural monument, 

 with headless effigy of Judith Aylmer, widow of 

 John Aylmer, Bishop of London, and mother of 

 Theophilus Aylmer, rector (i 589-1626). On the 

 chancel floor are slabs to John Goodman, rector, 

 1690, and Catherine wife of Dr. William Fuller, 

 Dean of Durham, 1668. There are also slabs to the 

 Pamell family in the floor of the nave. 



There are six bells : the first by Samuel Knight, 

 (S. K.), 1738 ; second by L H. (John Hodson), 1654 ; 

 third and fourth by John Dyer, 1595 ; fifth hy 

 S, K. (Samuel Knight), 1738; sixth by Lester & 

 Pack, 1759. There is also a small priest's bell, marked 

 with an arrow, but undated, probably of the 15 th 

 century. 



The communion plate consists of two silver cups 

 and standing paten, 1576, another paten, 1811, 

 and a modern plated paten and flagon. 



The registers previous to 1 8 1 2 are as follows : (i) 

 baptisms 1559 to 1592 and 1598 to 1682, burials 

 and marriages 1559 to 1682 ; (ii) baptisms, burials 

 and marriages 1679 to 1748 ; (iii) baptisms 1748 

 to 1804, burials 1748 to 1808, marriages 1748 to 

 1754; (i^) baptisms 1805 to 18 12, burials 1808 to 

 1 8 12; (v) marriages 175410 1807; (vi) marriages 

 1 807 to 1 8 1 2. 



The advowson of Much Hadham 



JDFOfFSON has always been held by the Bishops 



of London.''' The living of Little 



Hadham was annexed as a chapelry to Much Hadham 



in the 13 th century. 



By will of 1389 Sir Thomas Strete, rector of 

 Much Hadham, founded a chantry in the church for 

 his soul and the souls of his father, mother, sisters 

 and Dom John atte Lee and his wife Joan. He 

 died in 1390.'! 



The charities of Mary Hales (will 

 CHARITIES dated in 1720) and John Some (will 

 dated in 1772) are regulated by a 

 scheme of the Charity Commissioners of 8 August 

 1905, whereby the trust funds were divided into 

 two branches : 



(a) The educational foundation, endowed with 

 j^99l 15/. 2^ per cent, annuities, XS'S Bank of 

 England stock and ;^ioo consols, producing together 

 about j^57 a year, of which ^25 a year is under the 

 scheme made applicable in the maintenance of public 

 elementary schools in Much Hadham and the balance 

 towards the cost of apprenticing children from such 

 schools or in training pupil teachers or in prizes or 

 exhibitions for higher education ; 



(6) The eleemosynary charity, endowed with 

 j^352 5/. 2J per cent, annuities, X'^S Bank of 



so Pope Nkh. Tax. (Rec. Com.), i8 ; Cal. Pat. 1381-5, p. 48 ; 

 Inst. Bks. (P.R.O.). 



*' London Epis. Reg. Braybrook, fol. 398. 



England stock and £\\ 13/. ^d. consols, producing 

 together about ^^20 yearly, which is made applicable 

 for the general benefit of the poor in one or more of 

 the modes prescribed by the scheme. 



The several securities are held by the official 

 trustees. 



In 1689 William Pigott by his will charged his 

 two tenements at the Town's-end and a field called 

 Garret's with an annuity of ^^i 4;. for providing 

 eight 3i/. loaves for the eight poor people living in 

 the almshouses of the parish, which are occupied by 

 poor widows rent free. 



In 1772 Charles Baron Deer by his will bequeathed 

 £^0, one-twelfth part of the interest to be given 

 away every first Sunday in the month equally to 

 four poor widowers and four poor widows. The 

 legacy is represented by ^^53 16/. 8</. consols. 



In 1799 Hugh Parnell by his will bequeathed 

 j^ioo consols, the dividends to be applied for the 

 benefit of twelve poor persons on Christmas Eve. 



In 1808 Honor Parnell bequeathed £s°j ^^^ 

 income to be distributed on the last Sunday in 

 January among twelve industrious poor. The legacy 

 is represented by ^^59 6s. id. consols, which has been 

 augmented by ^^50 consols given upon the same 

 trusts by Elizabeth Parnell. 



In 1822 Thomas Mott, by will, left £2 a year to 

 be applied partly in money and partly in bread on 

 the third Sunday in January after service in the 

 morning in the parish church to the twelve poorest 

 families. The legacy is now represented by j^66 1 3 j. 4^/. 

 consols. The several sums of stock are held by the 

 official trustees, producing altogether j^8 4/. 8</. in 

 yearly dividends, which are allocated to the respective 

 charities. 



In 1827 James Wildman by his will, proved in 

 the P.C.C., bequeathed X^°° stock, now repre- 

 sented (less duty) by £iio consols, the annual 

 dividends, amounting to ^4 '^os., to be applied for 

 the general purposes of a school of industry or Sunday 

 school or any future school to be substituted. 



In 1863 Miss Mary Emily Mott by her will, proved 

 at London 7 December, bequeathed ;^i66 13/. ^d. 

 consols, the annual dividends, amounting to £^ 3/. ^d., 

 to be applied towards the education of poor children 

 residing in or about Green Tye, Perry Green and 

 South End districts. 



In 1875 the Rev. Thomas Randolph by his will, 

 proved at London 23 June, bequeathed X^'-"-' 

 consols, the annual dividends of £^ to be applied in 

 the repairs, maintenance or decoration of fabric and 

 church furniture of the chapel of ease at Perry Green. 



The same testator bequeathed Xi^"-" consols, the 

 annual dividends of £z los. to be applied in gifts of 

 from 5/. to loj. to the poor of Much Hadham and 

 Little Hadham, preference being given to those who 

 most regularly attend church and holy communion. 



In 1878 William Rolph Thornell by his will, 

 proved 23 October in that year, bequeathed j^ioo, 

 now represented by £106 4/. lod. consols, the 

 annual dividends, amounting to j£2 13/., to be dis- 

 tributed immediately before Christmas in tea and 

 cake or otherwise for the refreshment of poor scholars 

 and children of the public school. 



Charity of George Palmer and others. — In 1820 a 

 sum of money was raised by voluntary subscriptions 

 ' for the encouragement of industry and good conduct 

 in the labouring poor of the two parishes during 



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