LITTLEBURY, a parish in the hundred of UTTLESFORD,
county of ESSEX, 2 miles (W.N. W.) from SafFron-
Walden, containing 766 inhabitants. The living is a
discharged vicarage, in the jurisdiction of the Commissary
of Essex and Herts, concurrently with the Consistorial
Court of the Bishop of London, rated in the king's
books at £ 10. 2.1., and in the patronage of the Rector;
the rectory is a sinecure, rated in the king's books at
£26. 13. 4., and in the patronage of the Bishop of Ely.
The church, which is dedicated to the Holy Trinity,
stands within the area of an ancient encampment. On
Chapel green was formerly a chapel of ease. In 1585,
Dame Jane Bradbury bequeathed land and houses for
the instruction of all children born in the parish.