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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'Wakes Colne: Charities 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. 128. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/essex/vol10/p128b [accessed 25 April 2024]
CHARITIES FOR THE POOR.
By deed dated 1460 John Allison and John Butler gave Hethes (later Obit) land, the Church house, and a meadow for the poor and church repairs. The endowment was misappropriated in the 16th century, but was recovered c. 1600. (fn. 1) Between 1733 and 1741 the income averaged c. £7 a year, which was distributed in cash to the poor. Cash distributions continued in the early 19th century, but in 1836 the income, c. £17, was distributed in calico. (fn. 2) Part of the land was sold to the parish in 1984 for a cricket pavilion. In 1995 the income was £270. (fn. 3)
J. L. Godlee, by will proved 1927, left £120 to the rector to be invested for the poor. In 1993 the income of the Godlee Trust was accumulating. (fn. 4)