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Whites 1855 Directory
HOLTON ST. MARY, a small parish and village, 4 � miles S.S.E. of Hadleigh,
and 9 miles S.W. of Ipswich, contains 192 souls and 837 acres of land,
nearly all freehold, and mostly belonging to Corpus Christi College,
Cambridge, and partly to Robert Lawson, James Rumsey, and a few smaller
owners. The manor anciently belonged to the Fastolfs, afterwards to the
Mannocks, and then to Sir John Williams, from whose family it passed to Sir
Wm. Rowley, Kt. The Church (St. Mary) is a Rectory, valued in K..B. at �7
14s. 7d, and in 1835 at .�257, but now having 33 acres of glebe, and a
yearly rent charge of .�220, awarded in lieu of tithes, in 1837. Sir J. R.
Rowley, Bart., is patron ; and the Rev. Joshua Rowley, M.A., of East
Bergholt, is the incumbent. Here is a Charity School which was established
and endowed by the exertions and through the pecuniary aid of the Rev.
Stephen White, a late rector, and for some time it was supported chiefly by
annual contributions, but the only subscription now regularly paid to it is
�8. 3s. a year from Corpus Christi College. The property of the school is as
follows:—A school-house was erected on the waste, which, with a garden of 10
perches, was conveyed by Sir Francis Mannock, lord of the manor, to
trustees, in 1749. The Town Pightle, 6 acres, was demised in 1755, by the
churchwardens and overseers to the rector and his successors for 99 years,
for the use of the school, at the yearly rent of 18s., to be distributed
among the poor at Easter. The Dock Meadow, 3A., in Stratford, let for �6 a
year, was given by the Rev. Stephen White, in trust, that the rents should
he applied in raising premiums, to be given in October, to the children in
the school, or those who have been taught there, and could bring
certificates of good behaviour. Two cottages, let for �3 each, were built by
the trustees, on the site of one granted by the lord of the manor, on lease,
at the yearly rent of one penny. The trustees have also upwards of �500
three per cent, stock, purchased with benefactions and surplus income. The
yearly income from these sources is about �32. The master has �12. 12 a
year, and the use of the school premises, for which he instructs, as free
scholars, 16 boys and 9 girls in reading, writing, and arithmetic. The
remainder of the income is applied in furnishing books and rewards for the
children, and a suit of clothes for each on leaving school. The Town Pightle,
noticed above, will revert to the poor in 1855. A cottage belonging to the
poor was sold, in 1803, for �20, which was applied towards making the Town
Well, towards repairing which a yearly rent charge is paid out of a piece of
land adjoining the churchyard. The sum of �30, left to the poor by one
Partridge and other donors, is lent on interest The poor parishioners have
20s. yearly from Glanville's Charity, as noticed with Higham. In 1773, the
Rev. STEPHEN WHITE left �500 in trust, to pay one-half of the interest
thereof to the rector of Holton, (provided he resides in the parish or
neighhourhood; if not, to the curate,) for his own use; and to apply the
other moiety, in four equal shares, for the parishes of Holton, Stratford,
Nayland, aud Brantham, for distribution among the poor. This charity now
consists of two sums of �321. 7S., one, belonging to the rector, and the
other to the poor of the four parishes. Post via Colchester.
Dobree Rev John Gale, M.A. rector of Newbourn and cnrate of Holton
Cook Edward, fanner, Holton Hall
Hammond John and Mrs., free school
Hill Edward, shoemaker
Lott John, gentleman
Rolph Jane, shopkeeper
Rumsey James, farmer and owner
