Foxearth Essex Family History Guide
Foxearth is an Ancient Parish in the county of Essex.
Alternative names:
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1551
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1629; 1639; 1800
Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational
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Adjacent Parishes
- Belchamp Otten
- Pentlow
- Belchamp Walter
- Borley
- Liston
- Long Melford, Suffolk
- Glemsford, Suffolk
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
FOXEARTH, a parish in the district of Sudbury and county of Essex; near the river Stour, at the boundary with Suffolk, 3½ miles NW by N of Sudbury r. station. It has a post-office under Sudbury.
Acres, 1, 640. Real property, £3, 161. Pop., 400. Houses, 101. The property is subdivided.
The living is a rectory in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £396. Patron, the Rev. J. Foster. The church is old but very good; and has an embattled tower.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848
FOXEARTH, a parish, in the union of Sudbury, hundred of Hinckford, N. division of Essex, 3½ miles (N. W.) from Sudbury; containing 474 inhabitants.
It is partly bounded by the river Stour, and comprises by admeasurement 1473 acres, of which 1275 are arable, 166½ pasture, and 31½ woodland.
The living is a rectory, valued in the king’s books at £10. 4. 4½., and in the gift of F. B. Pearson, Esq. The incumbent’s tithes have been commuted for £435, and the glebe comprises 23 acres; tithes belonging to the trustees of the Guildhall charity in Bury St. Edmund’s have been commuted for £68. 16. The church is an ancient edifice, with a square embattled tower.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848
Parish Registers
Allegations for Marriage Licences
The following Essex People have been extracted from the book Allegations for Marriage Licences in the Archdeaconry of Sudbury, in the County of Suffolk, during the years 1684 to 1754 Part 1. Edited by W. Bruce Bannerman, F.S.A., and Capt. G. G. Bruce Bannerman. Published 1918.
Abbreviations adopted throughout the volume:
Bn. for Bondsman
s.m. for Single man
s.w. For Single woman
w. for Widow or Widower
Wit. for Witness.
It is assumed, unless the contrary appear, that the names of all places are in the county of Suffolk. All additions in [ ] are those of the editor of the book.
Thos. Brinknell, of Foxhearth, co. Essex, clothier, & Frances Green, of Stradishall, w. 13 Nov., 1684.
Wm Abbott, of Cavendish, w., yeoman, & Sarah Cleve, s. w. Bn. : Isaac Mott, of Foxhearth, co. Essex, yeoman. 23 Sep., 1686.
Wm. Elles, of Melford, yeoman, & Elizh Starling, of Foxearth, w. 3 Mar., 1686/7.
Richard Maxum, of Foxearth, co. Essex, say weaver, 27 years, & Susan Howe, of Glemsford, 25 years. Bn. : George Howe, of same, at Glemsford. Geo. Doughty, curate of Glemsford. 14 June, 1695
John Sandall, of Cavendish, comber, & Elizh Levitt, of Foxearth, s. w. 28 May. 1713
Jonathan French, s. m., 30 years, & Rose Rand, of Foxearth, s. w., 25 years, at Wiston or Newton. Bn. : Golding Rand, of Foxearth. 9 Jan., 1727.
Thos. Langley, of Cavendish, husbandman, & Alice Ellis, of Foxearth, co. Essex, s. w., at Melford. Surety : Saml Lungley, jun., of Liston. 1 Dec, 1730.
Bernard Carter, of Sudbury, surgeon, & Mary Upcher, of same, both single, at All SS., Sudbury, or Foxearth, co. Essex. [no date]
Josiah Lee, s. m., of Foxearth, co. Essex, & Ann Heath, of Gt. Cornearth, s. w., late of Foxearth, at Gt. Cornearth. 25 Nov., 1744.
Rich. Ruffell, of Foxearth, co. Essex, s. m., & Sarah Smith, of same, s. w., at Newton or Little Waldingfield. 7 Oct., 1750.
Saml Brown, of Foxearth, Ipswich, s. m., husbandman, & Mary Hurrell, of Brundon, co. Essex, s. w., 21 years, at St. Gregory, Sudbury. 2 Oct., 1751.
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Administration
- County: Essex
- Civil Registration District: Sudbury
- Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Middlesex (Essex and Hertfordshire Division)
- Diocese: Pre-1846 – London, Post-1845 – Rochester
- Rural Deanery: Hedingham
- Poor Law Union: Sudbury
- Hundred: Hinckford
- Province: Canterbury