FINCHINGFIELD, a parish in the hundred of
HINCKFORD, county of ESSEX, 5 miles (E. by N.) from
Thaxted, containing 2007 inhabitants. The living is a vicarage,
in the archdeaconry of Middlesex, and diocese of
London, rated in the king's books at £18. R. Marriot,
Esq. was patron in 1810. The church is dedicated to
St. John the Baptist. There is a place of worship
for Independents. William Bendlowes, in 1576, founded
an almshouse for four widows, towards the maintenance
of whom Sir Robert Kempe left .£5 per
annum; he also bequeathed £5 a year for a school;
and Ann Cole, in 1730, gave a rent-charge of £6.3.;
for teaching and apprenticing children.