RICKINGHALL (INFERIOR), a parish in the hundred of BLACKBOURN, county of SUFFOLK, half of a mile (S.W. by W.) from Botesdale, containing 428 inhabitants. The living is a discharged rectory, consolidated with that of Rickinghall Superior, in the archdeaconry of Suffolk, and diocese of Norwich, rated in the king's books at £ 16. 5. 2. The church is dedicated to St. Mary.