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for three pounds, yearly, only. The house being very old and without an efficient fund for repairs, is at present in a very dilapidated state; but hopes are entertained, that such a change will take place, in the general condition of the -school ere long, as may more than compass the original design of its then liberal founders. The Rev. W. Fletcher, of St. John's college Cambridge, is the present master.

The parish church is a very noble structure, built, it is supposed, by John lord Seagrave, and his countess Margaret de Brotherton, in the reign of Edward III., and dedicated to the Virgin Mary; many persons agreeable to the piety of that age, contributed their donations towards building the steeple and north portico. The tower is remarkably handsome, composed of flint-work in beautiful compartments, it is 108 feet high, and is distinguished at sea as a capital object, and even at a great distance on land. The corners of this tower are adorned with finials surmounted with weathercocks, & on the battlements between them are the badges of the four evangelists. The church within is spacious, consisting of a nave and two aisles; the roofs covered with lead, and supported by ten beautiful slender pillars and four demi ones of the Gothic order. The walls are of black flint strengthened with buttresses. Adjoining to the chancel, on the north side, is a private chapel, erected in the reign of Elizabeth, by Thomas Seckford, esq.

master of requests; the east window whereof is adorned with a fluted Doric pilaster. On the south side is a handsome convenient vestry. The north portico is of the like materials, and covered with lead; adorned on the front with the representation of St. Michael the Archangel encountering the Dragon, done in relievo. In the church were altars of St. Anne, Sancti Salvatoris, and the chapel of St. Nicholas in the north aisle. In the churchyard, or in the walls of the church, was a fine image of our Lady. On the south side of the church formerly stood a priory of Augustines, founded by sir Hugh Rous or Ru fus, but at what period is doubtful. The church belonging to this foundation appears to have joined the south-east end of the chancel of the parochial church, and probably extended to what is now called the abbey. The possessions of this priory were valued at £50. 3s. 6d. per annum at the dissolution.

The advowson of this church, amongst the other possessions of the priory, was at the dissolution granted first, 20 Henry VIII., to sir Anthony Wingfield, knt. for twenty-one years; afterwards, 33 Henry VII, to John Wyngfelde, esq. and Dorothy his wife, in special tail male. On the death of John Wingfield, with out such issue, it was, by patent, dated May 15th, 1564, 6 Elizabeth, granted to Thomas Seckford, master of requests, in fee. In that family it continued until 1673, when it passed,

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by the will of Mrs. Dorothy Seckford, into the family of the Norths of Laxfield, a younger branch of the noble family of that name. From the Norths it passed also by will, in 1707, to the family of Carthew. Thomas Carthew, F. S. A. patron and perpetual curate of this church died in December 1790; and the church was put in sequestration till a new minister could be appointed.

In 1666 Woodbridge was visited by the plague, which carried off the minister, his wife, and child, and upwards of three hundred of the inhabitants.

Here are also two Independent meetinghouses, a Quaker's, Baptist, and Methodist meeting. The variety of pleasant walks in the vicinity of this town, present the botanical student, with many specimens of rare and curious plants. The Turin poplar flourishes here in great perfection, many thousands of them having been planted with great success in moist grounds, the girth and height of some of them being of large dimensions.

The manor of Woodbridge which belonged formerly to the priory, was granted with that to John Wingfield and Dorothy his wife; it was soon after Seckford's, since, the Norths had it, and was lately the estate of the Rev. Thomas Carthew, but it now belongs to Dykes Alexander, and S. Alexander, esqrs.

Here is also another, which belonged to the Uffords. For, 4 Henry V. upon the death of Isabel, the relict of William de Ufford, Robert lord Willoughby as heir to the said William, had livery and seisin of the Quay and Pool of Woodbridge. Sir Robert Willoughby, knt. was seized the 5 Edward IV. of the manor of Woodbridge; and in 18 Henry VIII. sir William Willoughby assigned the manor of Woodbridge (inter alia) for his wife's dower ; this manor now belongs to Mrs. Christabell Burroughs.

Adjoining to Woodbridge is a manor and hamlet, called Kingston, which belongs to the dean and chapter of Ely; the prior and convent of Ely are said to have had possessions in Oddebruge, in Edward the confessor's time; which is supposed to have been the same with Woodbridge; for in Domesday, this town is written, Udebryge.

The manors of Woodbridge Ufford, Kettleburgh Ufford and Thorpe Hall, are vested in the Rev. J. Worsley.

HUNDRED OF WILLFORD.

WILLFORD hundred contains eighteen parishes, and is bounded by the ocean on the south, by the hundred of Loes and Plomesgate on the north and east, and by the Deben on the west.

ALDERTON, which is about two miles from the sea, consists of four manors; each of which has a right to present to the rectory in its turn, viz. The manor of Naunton-hall or Alderton-hall, the manor of Bovile's, the manor of Pechys, and the manor of Alderton Comitis or earls Alderton. The ancient family of Naunton, who were formerly lords of the first three manors, resided here for a long time, before sir Robert Naunton removed to Letheringham. The three first manors now belong to sir Charles Egerton Kent, bart. and the fourth to the Bishop of Norwich. Alderton church was repaired about 1804; the tower is still in ruins and detached from the church. Alderton-hall is situated close by the church and is the seat of Joshua Rodwell esq. The parsonage is a very neat white house, on a small eminence and is the residence of the Hon. and Rev. Adolphus Turner. This parish contains 566 inhabitants.

BAWDSEY. This lordship belonged in the time of Henry II. to Ranulf de Glanvile, who gave one half of it to his daughter Amabil, mar

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