CRETINGHAM, nearly 5 miles W.S.W. of Framlingham, and E.S.E. of Debenham, is a
village and parish, containing 411 souls, and 1639 acres of land, lying in three
manors.
Thos Chenery Esq, is lord of the manor of St. Peter, and improprietor of the
rectorial tithes, which were commuted in 1841, for £321 per annum. The manor of
Kettlebars, in Cretingham, was anciently held by a family of its own name, and
afterwards by the Mulso and Cornwallis families. The parish is partly free and
partly copyhold; and the other principal proprietors are Lord Rendlesham, W
Bigsby Esq, Thomas Walker Esq, N Barthropp Esq (who has a handsome mansion,
erected about five years ago) and Messrs C Pulham, J peck and H Lockwood.
The church (St Andrew) has a lofty tower and five bells, and was the
appropriation of St Peter's Priory, in Ipswich. The vicarage, valued in K.B. at
£9 10s 10d, and in 1835
at £142, has 22A. of glebe, and a yearly modus of £173, awarded in 1841 in lieu
of small tithes. The patronage is in the Crown, and the Rev. R. B. Exton is the
incumbent. The Town Lands, etc., were principally settled or given in or about
the third of Elizabeth, by Arthur Penning and Wm. Berwick, for keeping the
church in good repair, and for the general benefit of the parishioners. They
were conveyed to ten new trustees, in 1826, and comprise 7 A. 26p. of land, let
for £19. 5s. per annum; the Bell Inn, let for £13; a cottage and blacksmith's
shop, let for £10 ; a cottage, built at the expense of the parish, about 1826,
let for £6. 10s., and three cottages occupied by poor persons, at small rents.
In 1819, the Rev. Joseph Jeaffreson left 2A. of land, in augmentation of the
vicarial glebe, but subject to a yearly rent charge of 40s. for the poor.
Barthropp Nathl. Esq. Rookery
Exton Rev Richd. B, Vicarage
Fox Fras. grocer and draper
Juby Wm. blacksmith
Oxborrow Edw. corn miller
Runnacles Robert, blacksmith
Skeet Samuel, grocer and draper
Smith John, boot and shoe maker
Warren John, wheelwright
Wightman George, shoemaker
Wright John, vict. Bell
FARMERS. * are Owners.
Buck Benj.
Garrod Thomas
Harsant Martin (& brick maker)
Hicks Wm. Ling
Jeaffreson Jph.
*Peck John
*Lockwood Henry
Murrell Henry, Sparks Farm
Pulham Saml.
Willis Eliz.