BRAXTED (GREAT), a parish in the hundred of WITHAM, county of ESSEX, 2 miles (E. by N.) from Witham, containing 508 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Colchester, and diocese of London, rated in the king's books at £19, and in the patronage of the Master and Fellows of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. The church, dedicated to All Saints, has some Norman remains. There is a placeof worship for Independents. A priory of Black canons, in honour' of St. Nicholas, was founded at Tiptree, in this parish, in the time of Edward I., which, at the time of its dissolution, had a revenue of £22. 6.4.