Stephen Aldrich

He was awarded a BA from Emmanuel College, Cambridge. He was ordained as a deacon in 1729, then as a priest in 1733. He was first vicar of West Mersea, then served in other parishes in Essex. In 1753 he became Rector of St. Leonard’s Colchester. He held Layer and Berechurch in plurality with Layer Breton. He married Miss Richardson, an apothecary’s daughter. He died in October 1769