Rendlesham (St. Gregory)

RENDLESHAM (St. Gregory), a parish, in the union of Plomesgate, hundred of Loes, E. division of Suffolk, 4 miles (N. E. by E.) from Woodbridge; containing 325 inhabitants. This place is supposed to have derived its name from Rendilus, King of the East Angles, who is said to have kept his court here; and Camden states that an ancient crown was dug up in the parish weighing about 60 ounces, which was thought to have belonged to some of the kings of the East Angles: it was sold and melted down. Suidhelm, another monarch of the East Angles, was baptized here by Cedda. The parish comprises by measurement about 2000 acres. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £24. 13. 4., and in the patronage of the Crown: the tithes have been commuted for £480, and there are 53 acres of glebe. Rendlesham gives the title of Baron, in the Irish peerage, to the Thellussons, whose family seat is here. Dr. Leonard Maws, Bishop of Bath and Wells, was a native of the parish.