SHENFIELD, a parish in the hundred of BARSTABLE,
county of ESSEX, 1 mile (N. E. by N.) from
Brentwood, containing 619 inhabitants. The living is
a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Essex, and diocese
of London, rated in the king's books at £-14. 18. 4.,
and in the patronage of the Countess de Grey, The
church is dedicated to St. Mary.