BRETTENHAM, a parish in the hundred of COSFORD,
county of SUFFOLK, 3J miles (N. N.W.) from Bildeston,
containing 280 inhabitants. The .living is a
rectory, in the archdeaconry of Sudbury, and diocese of
Norwich, rated in the king's books at £11. 3. ll., and
in the patronage of the Crown. The church is dedicated
to St. Mary. This was probably the site of the Roman
station Combfetonium; though some have endeavoured
to fix it at Brettenham in Norfolk, where some Roman
coins have been found.