RUSHBROOK, a parish in. the hundred of THEDWESTRY,
county of SUFFOLK, 3 miles (S. E. by E.) from
Bury-St. Edmunds, containing 194 inhabitants. The
living is a discharged rectory, with that of Bradfield
St. George, in the archdeaconry of Sudbury,
and diocese of Norwich, rated in the king's books
at £8. 1. 5., and in the patronage of the Marquis of
Bristol. The church is dedicated to St. Nicholas.
Lord Jermyn, in 1700, founded and endowed with
property, now producing £32 a year, almshouses for
one man and three women. Other almshouses were
erected, in 1724, by Sir Jermyn. Davers, for four poor
persons, which, not being endowed, are kept in repair
by the proprietor of the Rushbrook estate.