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STRADISHALL in 1844, is a pleasant village near the source of a rivulet, 5
1/2 miles N.W. of Clare, has in its parish 379 souls, and 1400 acres of strong
clayey land, mostly belonging to and occupied by William Rayner, Esq., of
Stradishall Place, a neat mansion near the church. The remainder belongs to
Misses Walpole, and Messrs. Joseph Cooke, J. W. Dennis, and Joseph Wallis. The
Church (St. Margaret) is an ancient fabric, with a tower and five bells; and the
living is a rectory, valued in K.B. at £9. 11s., and now having 52a. of glebe,
and a yearly modus of £400, awarded in 1840. Sir R. Harland is patron ; and the
Rev. Charles Jenkin, D.D., incumbent. The old Workhouse was converted into a
Wesleyan Chapel, in 1843, at the expense of W. Rayner, Esq. In 1573, John Hoult
left a house for the residence of two of the poorest men and women of
Stradishall, and charged his mansion-house with the yearly payment of £3 for
distribution among the occupants of the said house, and the other poor of the
parish. By a decree of the Court of Chancery, for establishing this charity, in
the 26th of Elizabeth, it was ordered that the inmates of the almshouse should
be appointed by six of the principal parishioners, and that £33, being the
amount of eleven years' arrears of the annuity, should be laid out in land, the
rents thereof to be bestowed in the repairs of the almshouse, and the relief of
the poor parishioners. This sum of £33 was laid out, with £20 given to the poor
by Ann Smythe, in the purchase of 5a. 2r. cf land, at Wickhambrook, now let for
£7 a year, which is distributed in bread or money. The almshouse fell down about
1813, and the annuity of £3 was suffered to accumulate till a few years ago, for
the purpose of rebuilding it. For the support of a workhouse, this parish has
£10 a year from Vernon's Charity. (See Hundon.)
Chapman John, shopkeeper
Clarke Joseph, shopkeeper
Cooke Joseph, Moat Farm
Denniss James Wing, Hill Farm
Goodison Robert, farm steward
Ive William, wheelwright
Jenkin Rev. Charles, D.D. Rectory
Pettit James, tailor, Haw bush
Rayner Wm. Esq. Stradishall Place
Seabrook Richard, shoemaker
Seabrook Samuel, victualler, Fox & Hounds
Wallis Joseph, corn miller
Webb Thomas, maltster
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