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Bray in Berks County England History and GeographyBRAY, a parish in the hundred of BRAY, county of BERKS, comprising the divisions of Bray, Touchen, Water-Oakley, and a part of the town of Maidenhead, and containing 3159 inhabitants, of which number, 961 are in the division of Bray, 1¾ mile (S.E.) from Maidenhead. The living is a vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Berks, and diocese of Salisbury, rated in the king's books at £25. 4. 4½., and in the patronage of the Bishop of Oxford. The church is dedicated to St. Michael. Bray is, by some, considered to occupy the site of the Roman station Bibracte. A custom prevails in the principal manor in this parish, agreeably to which, in default of male heirs, lands are not divided among females of the same degree of kindred, but descend only to the eldest. Bray now forms part of the royal demesne, being included within the liberty of Windsor Forest, and enjoys some privileges, among which is exemption from toll in the adjacent market town. A court leet is held annually. Fuller, in his 'Worthies,' relates a story of a vicar of this parish, who unhesitatingly conformed to every change of religion that took place during the reigns of Henry VIII. and his three immediate successors, being steady in the exercise of one principle only, which was to live and die 'Vicar of Bray.' Jesus' Hospital was founded in 1627, by William Goddard, Esq., for forty poor persons, six of whom must be free of the Fishmongers' Company, under whose governorship it is placed. Sir John Norris also gave eighteen tenements, which are assigned rentfree to the poor. A school for the instruction of twenty boys was founded by William Cherry, Esq., who endowed it with £500, to which Townley Ward, Esq. gave £100 three per cents: the annual income is £34. 10., and the master has a rent-free residence. From Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England 1831, courtesy of Databases 4 Sale |
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