ROUGHAM, a parish in the hundred of THEDWESTRY,
county of SUFFOLK, 4 miles (E. S. E.) from Bury-
St. Edmunds, containing 778 inhabitants. The living
is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Sudbury, and
diocese of Norwich, rated in the king's books at
£23. 18. 6. Philip Bennett, Esq. was patron in 1815.
The church is dedicated to St. Mary. Edward Sparke,
in 1720, bequeathed land now producing about £40 a
year, to be applied in support of a school for eight children
of Rougham, and four of Thurston; and Thomas
Sparke, in 1721, gave a rent-charge of £4 for a similar
purpose. There are several other bequests, the principal
of which is that of Roger Kerrington, in 1702,
for apprenticing poor children, with a premium of
£30 each.