Shaddingfield Parish

Shaddingfield or Scadenefella

The lordship of this parish was anciently in Hugh de Berry, and subsequently the family of Cuddon became seated here; which they acquired by marriage with the heiress of Francis, of Shaddingfield. They afterwards married with the houses of Duke, Berney, and Bainard; and were a family of great distinction. Ebenezer, the son of Sir Thomas Cuddon, Knt., Chamberlain of London, sold the Hall and estate to Round, Esq., of Essex.

Shaddingfield Hall is now the property and residence of Thomas Charles Scott, Esq.; the manor belongs to the Earl of Stradbrooke, and the advowson was in the Earl of Bristol, but by recent returns Lord Braybrooke now presents to this rectory. The north entrance to this parish church is engraved in Davy's "Architectural Antiquities of Suffolk," as a specimen of the Norman style of architecture.

ARMS. Cuddon: argent; a chevron, gules; on a chief, azure, three bezants. Francis: argent; a fess indented, gules, between three eagles displayed, sable.

County of Suffolk

Topographical and Genealogical, The County of Suffolk, 1844, Augustine Page

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