REDLINGFIELD, a parish in the hundred of
HARTISMERE, county of SUFFOLK, 3 miles (S. E.) from
Eye, containing 222 inhabitants. The living is a
perpetual curacy, in the archdeaconry of Sudbury, and
diocese of Norwich, endowed with £400 private bene
faction, and £ 800 royal bounty. A. Adair, Esq. was
patron in 1825. A Benedictine nunnery, in honour of
St. Andrew, was founded here, in 1120, by Manasses,
Earl of Ghisness, and Emma his wife, the revenue of
which, at the dissolution, was valued at £ 81. 2. 5.