WRENTHAM, a parish in the hundred of BLYTHING,
county of SUFFOLK, 4 miles (NbyW.) from
Southwold, containing 995 inhabitants. The living is
a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Suffolk, and diocese
of Norwich, rated in the king's books at £21. 6. 8., and
in the patronage of Miss Buckle. The church is dedicated
to St. Nicholas. There is a place of worship for
Independents. William Wotton, a learned divine, was
born here, in 1666; he died in 1726.