REDGRAVE, a parish in the hundred of HARTISMERE,
county of SUFFOLK, 2 miles (N. E. by N.) from
Botesdale, containing 713 inhabitants. The living is a
discharged rectory, with Botesdale, in the archdeaconry
of Sudbury, and diocese of Norwich, rated in the king's
books at £25. 7.1. G. St. Vincent Wilson, Esq. was
patron in 1802. The church, dedicated to St. Botolph,
has a steeple of white brick, recently erected, and is
adorned with several fine monuments of considerable
beauty of design and execution, particularly that of the
celebrated Lord Keeper, Sir Nicholas Bacon, and another
to the eminent Lord Chief Justice, Sir John Holt, both
of whom resided here. A free grammar school for six
boys was founded, in 1651, by Sir Nicholas Bacon, who
endowed it with a rent-charge of £30, and a dwelling-
house for the master, whose salary is £20, and the
usher's £8; the residue being appropriated for repairs.
There is also a trifling sum for the education of children,
left by Mary Foster in 1686. Cardinal Wolsey was rector
of this parish.