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vision of the estate, he obtained in his part this castle and Demesne. He left it to his daughter Joan, who marrying William de Ufford earl of Suffolk, carried it into that family. From him it came to the Mowbrays, dukes of Norfolk, who sometimes resided here. From the Mowbrays it descended to the Howards, earls and afterwards dukes of Norfolk; after them it was granted to the De Veres, earls of Oxford; then it returned to the Howards again, who sold this castle, manor and Demesne to sir Robert Hitcham, attorney general in the reign of Charles I. and he gave it to Pembroke hall in Cambridge, it is now partly used as a workhouse. Framlingham is 87 miles from London and contains 2327 inhabitants.

HACHESTON. The manor of Hacheston formerly belonged to Framlingham castle, until Theophilus Howard, earl of Suffolk sold it to John Brame, of Campsey Ash; but it now belongs to W. Shouldham esq.

Glevering-hall manor, in this parish, anciently belonged to the prior and convent of Leiston; but was granted 28 Henry VIII. to Charles Brandon, duke of Suffolk. Afterwards it was the inheritance and seat of John Bull, esq. since of the family of Radcliff, and then of Mr. Thomas Whimper. A good house was built here by the late Chaloner Arcedeckne, esq. now the residence of Andrew Arcedeckne esq. But the manor belongs to the trustees of Chaloner Arcedeckne esq.

There is a considerable fair held here yearly on the second and third of November, granted 2 Henry III. to the prior and convent of Hickling in Norfolk, who had this church given them by Theobald de Valeines before the year 1203. This parish contains 534 inhabitants.

Hoo. Hoo-hall anciently belonged to Thomas of Brotherton, earl of Norfolk: afterwards it came to the earls of Suffolk, and was sold by one of them to sir Robert Naunton; and is now the property of earl Rochford,

Another considerable estate here belonged to a family who took their name from this town, by whom it was sold to one Godin, a merchant of London; from him it came to the family of Wingfield, and by them it was sold to the earl of Rochford. There were formerly in this village the gilds of the Holy Trinity, St. Mary, St. Peter, St. Andrew, and St. John. The church was presentative, till after the year 1470; when the advowson of it being given by John duke of Norfolk and Catherine his wife, to the prior and convent of Letheringham, they got it impropriated to them. The impropriation was granted 7 Edward VI. to Elizabeth Naunton. Hoo contains 174 inhabitants.

KETTLEBOROUGH, was the lordship of the Willoughbys, lords of Eresby, in the reign of Edward IV. Afterwards of the Mowbrays, dukes of Norfolk; and went with the manor of Framlingham, till it was sold by Thomas or

Theophilus earl of Suffolk, to sir Robert Naunton; and was afterwards the property of William Leman, esq. the heir of that family. The manor now belongs to the trustees of Chaloner Arcedeckne esq.

Henry III. 1265, granted a market and fair here; but they are both disused. There are 360 inhabitants in Kettleborough.

KENTON,-Belonged to the family of that name, who dwelt in Kenton-hall; and who besides the manor, possessed the greatest part of the parish by the marriage of an heir-general, this estate descended to the family of Willisham; from them through the Ramseys and Garneys, to the family of Stane. William Stane, esq. was lord of this manor called by the name of Kenton with Suddonhall; it now belongs to Thomas Mills, esq. of Saxham.

The family of Warreyn had a seat in this parish, afterwards vested in John Warreyn, esq. whose ancestor Robert Warreyn, D. D. rector of Long Melford, was ejected in 1641, and treated in a very ignominious manner. The church was impropriated to Butley abbey, and granted to Francis Framlingham, 34 Henry VIII. This parish contains 252 inhabitants.

LETHERINGHAM. Here was formerly a small priory of black canons, founded by sir John Bovile; it was also a cell to St. Peter's in Ipswich. Sir Robert Naunton, who in the reign of James I. was secretary of state, privy coun

sellor, and master of the Court of Wards and Liveries, converted this priory into a good mansion, into which he removed from his seat at Alderton. Here his successors resided for many generations, till, on the death of the widow of the last of them, the estate devolved to William Leman, esq. The handsome old mansion was pulled down about 1770, Letheringham also contained the seat of the Wingfields. Sir Anthony, who lived in the reigns of Henry VIII. and Edward VI. was captain of the guard, vice-chamberlain to the former, knight of the garter, and a member of the privy council. Henry also employed him to assist the executors of his will, for which he bequeathed him a legacy of £200. His descendant of the same name was created a baronet in 1627. The parish church of Letheringham formerly belonging to the priory, and the chancel contained some elegant monuments to the memory of the Boviles, the Wingfields, and the Nauntons among which was a splendid one for sir Robert Naunton and his lady, and another for sir Anthony Wingfield, whose epitaph was referred to, in order to decide a contest for the office of great chamberlain of England; these have been defaced and destroyed. Mr. Gough observes, that mere neglect and exposure to the weather could not have reduced them to that state in which they appeared in 1780. In 1768 and perhaps later they were in a good, though

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not in so clean a condition as they deserved: "perhaps," he adds, "it was for the interest of some of the parties who lately disputed the estate, to destroy every record preserved in this place; but how the dilapidation came to be permitted by the higher ecclesiastical powers is a question not readily resolved." This parish contains 175 inhabitants.

MARLSFORD. This manor anciently belonged to the several families of the Sackvills, the Rokes, the Drurys, the Devereux's, and now to W. Shuldham, esq. Marlsford contains 436 inhabitants.

MONODEN, OR MONEWDEN. Odo de Campania had Mungaden, which is said to have been the old name of the parish when domesday book was taken. It was afterwards in the family of Hastings. 183 inhabitants.

RENDLESHAM, OR RENDILISHAM, i. e. as Bede interprets it, the house of Rendilus. Hugh Fitz-Otho procured from Edward I. a market and fair at Rendlesham. Cambden tells us, "Redwald king of the East-Angles, commonly kept his court here; he was the first of all that people who was baptized, and received christianity but afterwards, being seduced by his wife, he had (as Bede expresses it) in the selfsame church, one altar for the religion of Christ, and another little altar for the sacrifices of devils. Suidhelmus also, king of the EastAngles, was afterwards baptized in this place, by Cedda the bishop."

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