LIDGATE, a parish in the hundred of RISBRIDGE,
county of SUFFOLK, 6 miles (S. E. by E.) from Newmarket,
containing 389 inhabitants. The living is a
rectory, in the archdeaconry of Sudbury, and diocese of
Norwich, rated in the king's books at £15. 10. 5., and
in the patronage of the Duke of Rutland. The church
is dedicated to St. Mary. Here was an ancient castle,
called King John's Castle, of unknown origin. Lydgate
the poet, who was also a monk of Bury, was born here.