STIFFORD-CLAY, (Essex) a m. and half from Grayes, is to the E. of Aveley, by the road to Orset, upon a stream that goes to
Purfleet. Some lands here bel. formerly to Barking-Abbey, and other mons. Mr. Godwin had the manor from the Lathams not
very lorg ago; and since him Mr. Smith and Mr. Grantham; but it was for a good while under mortgages. Here is a small
almsh.