BURES, (Suffolk) has a bridge on the Stour, near Neyland, and is an ancient royal vill, where was crowned King Edmund, who
was murdered by the Danes. In the R. of Hen. I. the manor was held of the honour of Eye, by Sir Robert Sackville; in that
of Edw. I. 'twas the estate of William Aguillon, and afterwards of the Bardolfs, the Poynings, and the Walgraves. In 1733,
the spire of its Ch. was burnt by lightning, and the bells melted.