Rayne 1863 Whites directory
RAYNE, a neat and pleasant village, on the Dunmow road, and on the western side of the small river Brain, 1½ mile W. of Braintree, has in its parish 401 inhabitants and 1650 acres of land. Some ofthe houses on the south side of the village are in Felsted parish. The Earl of Essex is lord of the manor of Rayne Hall, where his familywere formerly seated, but it has long been occupied as afarm- house. It has apparently been erected at two different periods, the more ancient part by the Welles family, and the more modern part by Sir Giles Capel, about 1553. Richard Andrews, Esq., resides at and is lord of the manor of Old Hall, or Baynards. Guy’s Hospital, and several smaller owners, have estates here.
The Church (All Saints) was entirely rebuilt in 1840, and is a neat brick structure, with a handsome tower and five bells. The old church, built about 1110, had become much dilapidated, though it had been repaired, and the tower and spire rebuilt about 1510, by Sir Wm. Capel, Kt., an ancestor of the Earl of Essex. The rectory, valued in K.B. at £14 13s. 3d. , and in 1831 at £480, is in the patronage of the Earl of Essex, and incumbency of the Rev. William Spence Hemming, M.A. The Rectory House is an ancient mansion, and the glebe is 27A. 2R. 27P. The tithes were commuted in 1837 for £509 per annum. Edward Symonds, M.A., a celebrated divine, was rector here in the time of Charles I., and wrote several popular works. Dr. Richard Kidder, Bishop of Bath and Wells, was rector here from 1664 to 1674. For distribution in bread the poor of Raynehave the dividends of £166.13s. 4d. Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities, purchased with the bequest of Ralph Polley in 1831.
POST OFFICE at William Lake’s. Letters via Braintree.
Those marked * are in Felsted parish
Barnard Mr Benj.
Tabor Mrs C.
Dodd Robert, beerhouse & shopkeeper
Dunbar Julia, schoolmistress
Goss & Peene, agricultural machine makers, ironfounders, &c.
Goss Edward, machine maker, &c.
Hance John, shoemaker
Harvey Edward, vict. Black Swan
Hemming Rev. William Spence, M.A. rector
Lake William, grocer and draper
Lazell Fanny, vict. Cherry Tree
Newman Oswald Robert, brewer, maltster, and butcher
Newman Samuel, auctioneer, builder, surveyor, cooper, &c.
*Page Philemon, bricklayer
Potter Thomas, blacksmith
*Rix Charles, baker, &c.
Rolfe Mr Daniel Clapton
Stammers John, baker, &c.
Tweed Rev. James, M.A.
Vale Samuel, shoemaker
*Young Charles, blacksmith
FARMERS.
*Andrews Richard, Esq. Old Hall
Brunwin George Alfred, Haverill
Brunwin Thomas, Goulds
Darby John, Broadfields
Davey Thomas, Rayne Lodge
Goss Edward, Street Farm
Hardy Alfred, Rayne Hall
Rolfe Thomas (and miller) Pound