LUDGERSHALL, a parish, joint with Tetchworth,
in the hundred of ASHENDON, county of BUCKINGHAM,
6 miles (S. E. by E.) from Bicester, containing, with the
hamlet of Kingswood, 576 inhabitants. The living is a
rectory, in the archdeaconry of Buckingham, and diocese
of Lincoln, rated in the king's books at £17. 6. 8.,
and in the patronage of Mrs. Martyn. The church is
dedicated to St. Mary. Here was formerly an Alien
priory, a cell to the great hospital of Santingfield in
Picardy, which, "at the suppression, was given to King's
College, Cambridge.