THOYDON (MOUNT), a parish in the hundred of
ONGAR, county of ESSEX, 4 miles (S. E.) from Epping,
containing 245 inhabitants. The living is a rectory,
annexed to that of Tawney-Stapleford, in the archdeaconry
of Essex, and diocese of London, rated in the
king's books at £13. 6. 8. The church, dedicated to
St. Michael, contains several fine monuments of the family
of Smith, among which is one to the memory of
Sir Thomas Smith, Chancellor of the Garter and Principal
Secretary of State, in the reigns of Edward VI.
and Elizabeth; opposite this is one to Sir William
Smith and his lady, with their three sons and four
daughters.