The Reformation era - The English Reformation - 1509-1559

The Reformation did not see Belchamp Walter church fair well.

Henry the 8th and the Tudors followed by the Puritans had there influence.

This page was one of the early pages on this subject. Since then I have found more information related to what happened in the Church at that time.

Wikipedia says about Henry VIII and the Reformation:

During this period the Church was under the auspices of The new Church of England breaking away from Catholic "traditions". As a result of the Civil War - 1642 - 1651 - it is presumbed that many changes were made in the Church.

After this time funding for the clergy was made available from Queen Anne in her "Bounty" in addition from money from the Raymond family. In 1727 William Raymond gave £100 to support the clergy and was the patron for the current vicar.

In 1727 the vicar was William Kent, who (the church information sheet says) had George the first as patron. Vicars who had William Ayliff and William Raymond as patrons were Richard Bate (1679), Jon Thomas and George Rutherford.

Background to this page

Having seen this page found by those making an Internet search I have decided to add a bit more context.