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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'Little Horkesley: Nonconformity', in A History of the County of Essex: Volume 10, Lexden Hundred (Part) Including Dedham, Earls Colne and Wivenhoe, (London, 2001) pp. 241. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/essex/vol10/p241 [accessed 25 April 2024]
NONCONFORMITY.
In 1696 Edward Husbands of Little Horkesley Hall refused to take the oaths of supremacy and allegiance. (fn. 1) Husbands claimed to be a Catholic in 1715, but denied that faith in 1717. (fn. 2)
In 1790 there were said to be some Methodists in the parish, and in 1818 about 5 or 6 nonconformists. (fn. 3)