LINFORD (GREAT), a parish in the hundred of
NEWPORT, county of BUCKINGHAM, 1 mile (W. S.W.)
from Newport-Pagnell, containing 408 inhabitants.
The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Buckingham,
and diocese of Lincoln, rated in the king's books
at £20. 0. 2. Lord Bagot and others were patrons
in 1786. The church is dedicated to St. Andrew j the
porch of the north door has a groined roof, with foliage
in the centre. In 1702, Sir William Pritchard bequeathed
a rent-charge of £24 in support of an almshouse
for six poor persons, likewise another of £10 for
the instruction of children. Lady Pritchard subsequently
bequeathed a sum of money for apprenticing
poor boys, and clothing the inmates of the almshouse.
Dr. Richard Sandy, otherwise Napier, presented to this
rectory in 1589, was held in superstitious reverence
for his skill in the sciences of physic and astrology,
and is said to have died in the posture of prayer, at
a very advanced age.