Mr. Edmund Carter was a schoolmaster in Cambridge, afterwards at Chelsea.

A large Village, and formerly a Market Town, also a seaport, ( before the draining of the Fens ) for ships arrived here frequently from Lynn.  It is situate in the Fens near the borders of Suffolk, and on the causey from Ely to Newmarket, 15 mile N.E. of Cambridge, Four E. of Ely, Six nearly N. of Newmarket, and 64 N. of London.
William of Malmsbury, says: Felix first Bishop of the East Angels, had his residence here; Le Neve says he was buried here, there now is, or lately was to be seen, the ruins of a large Church, demolished by the Danes, who burnt it, and the inhabitants therein A.D. 870.
It has annually two fairs, one on April 28th, and the other on Monday before Midsummer-Day.  Here was formerly a free grammar school, which is now converted into an English one.
Mr Exeter, Vicar thereof, was, March 29th 1644, accused for observing ceremonies―Not observing thanksgivings―And for being insufficient for the ministry.
And by Manchesters warrant dated April 10th 1644 was ejected, &c.

Freeholders

Freeholders' records are lists of people entitled to vote, or of people who voted, at elections. A freeholder was a man who owned his land outright (in fee) or who held it by lease which could be for one or more lives (for example, his own life or for the lives of other people named in the lease). From 1727 to 1793 only Protestants with a freehold worth at least 40 shillings a year were legally permitted to vote. Between 1793 and 1829 both Protestants and Catholics with 40 shilling freeholds could vote, but in 1829 the franchise level was increased to 10 pounds, so 40 shilling freeholders were no longer allowed to vote. This last measure increased the influence of landlords by effectively confining membership of Parliament to the propertied or monied classes.

Reginald Hawkins, D.D.
Arthur Kinsman, CL. ( Bury )
Thomas Day, Gent ( London )
Thomas Cockayne, Gent
Thomas Miller ( Stamford )
William Sewell ( Norwich )
Henry Macro ( Wallington )
Thomas Wilkin
Richard Lankford ( Caxton )
J. Clack ( Cambridge )
Thomas Derisley
Richard Goldsborough
Edward Staples
William Blows
Burrel Blyth
John Lines
William Mayor
Jeremiah Flack
Leonard Trowell
John Long
John Clack
Thomas Clack
Robert Tayler
John Chambers
Edward Peachley
Stephen Horsley
John Tayler
John Johnson
Francis Shinn
Richard Peachy
William Ginn
John Murfield
Thomas Cooper
Edward Staples
William Lyles
John Goldsborough
John Nethercoate
Richard Peachy
Martyn Newton
Francis Trowell
Richard Webb
Henry Shinn

William Horsley
John Cock
John Cropley
Edward Peachly
Thomas White
William Cock
John Everard
William Palmer
Thomas Steward ( Wicken )
Matthew Creek
Edward Hills
William Clarke
Christopher Oliver
John Summer
Thomas Fleet
Thomas Blancher
Thomas West
John Fitches ( Chippenham )
John How
Thomas Johnson
John Curry jun, ( Easewell )
John Ridley
Josiah Cropley
Luke Staples
Edward Cropley
Richard Warren
John Cropley
James Norfolk
Thomas West
Robert Peachly
Edmund Brook
Nathaniel Sterne
John Webb ( Bury )
Richard Caseborn
Edward Trowell
Thomas Trowell
William Cropley
John Nunn
Martin Wilkin
Theodore Smith
John Kent
William Rich ( Isleham )
Lancelot Benjamin French

It is a Vicarage, dedicated to St Andrew, valued in the King's books at £32. 16s. 5d. halfpenny, to which is joined Barway Chapel, dedicated to St Nicholas.

Patron Pembroke-Hall.  Situate in Staplehoo hundred, and Fordham Deanery. Feast Sunday before June 24th.
In Norwich Diocese.