area of the entire Village and some outlying areas. It is part of the Orwell Multi Academy Trust. Notable residents Humphrey Wingfield (>1481-1545), lawyer and Speaker of the House of Commons of England between 1533 and 1536 Robert Wingfield (c. 1513 - c. 1561), historian and devout Catholic supporter of Mary Tudor William Gurdon (1804–1884), first-class cricketer and recorder of Bury St Edmunds c. 1840–60 and a judge of the county court of Essex 1847–71. William Cooke (1821–1894), Church of England clergyman, hymn-writer, and translator who was curate at Brantham Basil Acres (1926–2000), professional footballer of the 1950s, who played at full back for Ipswich Town F.C. References External links Brantham Vision of Britain Villages in Suffolk Civil parishes in Suffolk Babergh District