History of Southold LI Author:Epher Whitaker Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: of the place is printed Southold in Camden. In Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England, fifth edition, 1842, it is described as follows-: "SOUTHOLT, (Sr. Mar... more »garet) a parish in the union and hundred of Hoxne, E. Division of the County of Suffolk, 5 miles (S. E. by S.) from Eye; containing 211 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual curacy, endowed with the great tithes, and annexed to the rectory of Worlingworth: the tithes have been commuted to a rent-charge of ,£237.10. A school is supported out of the rents of town lands, the proceeds of which, amounting to about ;£ioo per annum, are applied to the repairs of the church, and to the general purposes of the parish." Investigation seems to show, that Mr. Youngs never had charge of this church and parish. In reply to a letter making inquiry as to Mr. Youngs's incumbency of this St. Margaret's, previous to his emigration to this country, the Reverend Rector of Worlingworth most courteously gave the following evidence, that Mr. Youngs was not at any time during the seventeenth century an incumbent of that parish : . SOUTHOLT, SUFFOLK. 21 " Worlingworth Rectory, Wickham Market, Suffolk, February, 18, 1879. Dear Sir :—I have been waiting for an answer, which I enclose, from the Bishop of Norwich's Registrar (Mr. Bonsly) as to the names of the Incumbents at the time you mention. I am sorry to say Mr. Youngs's name does not appear. Yet St. Margaret's and Southolt—spelt in Camden Southold— are certainly curious coincidences to say the least. Trusting you will excuse my long delay, I am, Dear Sir, respectfully, Fred. French, Rector of Worlingworth and Southolt, Suffolk. To the Rev. Epher Whitaker, Southold, Suffolk Co., New York, U. S. A." The Rev. Rector's letter from the Rev. W. T. Bonsly, the Registrar of the D...« less