Colchester St James
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". . .The living of St. James' is a discharged rectory, rated in the king's books at £11. 10., endowed with £400 private benefaction, £200 royal bounty, and £500 parliamentary grant, and in the patronage of the Crown; the church is a spacious structure built prior to the reign of Edward II. ; it has a fine altar-piece representing the Adoration of the Shepherds. . . [From Samuel Lewis A Topographical Dictionary of England (1831) - copyright Mel Lockie 2016]
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