INGERSTONE, (Essex) 20 cm. 23 mm. from London, from whence it is a great thoroughfare to Harwich, has a considerable Mt.
on W. for live cattle brought out of Suffolk, &c. and a Fair on Nov. 20. 'Tis the seat of the ancient and noble family of
the Petres, to whose ancestor, Sir William, it was granted by K. Hen. VIII. at the Diss. of Barking-Abbey, to which till
then it bel. It was he, that founded 8 fellowships in Exeter-Coll. Oxford, called the Petrean fellowships, and built an
almsh. here for 20 poor people. He lies buried under a stately monument in the Ch. as do several others of that family.