Fryerning, Essex Genealogy

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Parish History
Freyerning St Mary the Virgin is an Ancient Parish in Essex. St. Mary the Virgin in Blackmore Road dates from the 11th century, with a 15th century brick tower.

The diocese of Chelmsford was created in 1914, prior to this Essex parishes were in the jurisdiction of the Bishops of London until 1845 when they transferred to the diocese of Rochester. The diocese of Chelmsford has 474 parishes and 600 churches and is the second largest region in the church of England outside London.

FRYERNING (St. Mary), a parish, in the union and hundred of Chelmsford, S. division of Essex, 1 mile (N. W. by W.) from Ingatestone; containing 807 inhabitants. This parish, which derives its name from having belonged to the friars of the hospital of St. John of Jerusalem, is distinguished for the luxuriance of its meadows and pasture-lands; and the surrounding district abounds with picturesque and varied scenery. The manor, after the suppression of monasteries, was purchased by Dorothy, widow of Nicholas Wadham, founder of Wadham College, Oxford; who completed the foundation which her husband had commenced. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £9, and in the patronage of the College: the tithe rentcharge is £385. The church is ancient, with a massive tower of brick.

From: 'Froggatt - Fulbrook', A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 269-272. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50974 Date accessed: 20 February 2011.

The civil parish of Ingatestone and Fyerning is in the Brentwood district of Essex County Council.

Civil Registration
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Church records
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Online images are available Seax - Essex Archives Online From the Essex Record Office

Census records
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Poor Law Unions
Chelmsford Poor Law Union, Essex

Probate records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Essex Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.

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