The reason the money was never paid was that this flamboyant and 
once rich man died in poverty and his estate was in chancery for 
more than 20 years. He paid for the new rectory to be built in 1825 
in gratitude for the living he had been given but had never taken up 
due to the strict instructions from the then Bishop of Ely that he 
should never preach there! 

Kind regards
Chris Stephens