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Brockley Public Houses
BROCKLEY in 1844, is a scattered village, on the banks of a rivulet, 6 1/2
miles S. by W. of Bury St. Edmund's, has in its parish 380 souls, and about 1500
acres of land, rising in bold undulations. Fras. Capper Brooke, Esq., is lord of
the manor, and the other principal owners of the soil are the Rev. J. D. Sprigge,
Rev. H. Hasted, and Messrs. J. Langham, G. Garnham, and J. Pawsey, The Church,
(St. Andrew) has a tower and three bells, and contains a handsome monument of
the Sprigge family, and a fine painting of Our Saviour and the Doctors in the
Temple. The rectory, valued in K. B. at �10 4s. 2d., and in 1835, at �330, is in
the patronage and incumbency of the Rev. J. D. Sprigge, B. C. L., who is now
(1843) erecting a new Rectory House in lien of the old one, which was burnt to
the ground on the 6th of April, 1841, with nearly all its furniture, &c. Under
Sir Robert Drury's Charity, (see Hawstead,) the poor of Brockley have divided
among them �4 per annum, and a poor widow of the parish is placed in the
almshouse at Hawstead, and receives �5 a year. Sir Robert Jervis, at some date
unknown, gave about 7a. of land at Wickhamhbrook,for the poor of the parishes of
Whepstead, Brockley, and Hargrave, in the proportions of four-ninths to each of
the two former parishes, and one-ninth to the latter. It is now let for �8 2s.
per annum. The Town and Pour's Estate was vested in feoffees long before 1700,
for the public use and benefit of the parish, and consists of a house and two
cottages, occupied rent free by poor parishioners, and 23a. of land, called
Shortnecks, Woodcrofts, and Ediths, let for �31 a year, and given at an early
period, partly for the poor and partly for superstitious uses. Most of the rent
is distributed among the poor parishioners about Christmas and Lady-day. From
Sutton's Charity, two poor men of Brockley receive �6 a year, and coats
occasionally. From Sparlie's Charity,' (see Hartest,) Brockley has �6 a year for
schooling five poor children.
Avey Charles, victualler,
Fox & Hounds
Brewster Charles, carpenter
Cooper Mary, blacksmith
Garwood Jonathan, shopkeeper
Pawsey Henry, schoolmaster
Pawsey William, beerhousekeeper
Springe Rev. Jas. Dewhurst, B.C. L., Rectory
Sparke William, corn miller
FARMERS. (*are Owners.)
Brand William, Brockley Hall
* Bulls Mary
Cooper Elizabeth
* Creaton James
Marsh Thomas
Mudd Arthur
Murton John
* Pawsey John
Pettit Henry
Smith David
Wallis John