RICKINGHALL (SUPERIOR), a parish in the hundred of HARTISMERE, county of SUFFOLK, half of a mile (S. by W.) from Botesdale, containing 705 inhabitants. The living is a discharged rectory, with Rickinghall Inferior, in the archdeaconry of Sudbury, and diocese of Norwich, rated in the king's books at £9. 13. 11., and in the patronage of George St. Vincent Wilson, Esq. The church is dedicated to St. Mary.