HARTEST, a parish in the hundred of BABERGH,
county of SUFFOLK, 7 miles (N. E.) from Clare, containing
740 inhabitants. The living is a rectory with
that of Boxted, in the archdeaconry of Sudbury, and
diocese of Norwich, rated in the king's books at
£29. 14. 2., and in the patronage of the Crown. The
church is dedicated to All Saints. Almshouses for four
widows were founded in 1646, by Thomas Wright,-who
left a small rent-charge to keep them in repair. Thomas
Sparke, in 1721, bequeathed a house and land, now producing
an annual income of £ 50, for teaching children.