HAM-WEST, (Essex) bet. Stratford and Little-Ilford. In this p. are 12 acres of marsh land, call'd Ox-Leas, which Sir Jacob
Garrard, sheriff of London, many years before his decease, appropriated for ever, for the binding out 4 apprentices, viz.
3 of this p. and one of East-Ham p. Also, in thankful remembrance of his deliverance in a trial for his life and estate,
he appointed a sermon to be preached yearly, on that anniversary (viz. Jan. 9) at this p. Ch. with 20 s. for the preacher,
6s. 8 d. for the reader, 3s. 4d. for the clerk, and 2 s. for the sexton, besides a dole of charity to be distributed, at
the same time, to 50 poor people.