A History of the County of Essex: Volume 10, Lexden Hundred (Part) Including Dedham, Earls Colne and Wivenhoe. Originally published by Victoria County History, London, 2001.
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'Easthorpe: Charity for the poor', in A History of the County of Essex: Volume 10, Lexden Hundred (Part) Including Dedham, Earls Colne and Wivenhoe, (London, 2001) pp. 205. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/essex/vol10/p205b [accessed 25 April 2024]
CHARITY FOR THE POOR.
The rector, John Kingston, by will dated 1557, left an annual rent of 7s. 2½d. charged on a house and lands called Garlands, later Winnings, to be dis- tributed to the poor at the incumbent's dis- cretion. (fn. 1) The money was still being paid in 1837, and apparently in 1848 and 1863, but no later record has been found. (fn. 2)