in 1337, this did not mature until the death of Eleanor Ferre in 1349, after which the 1st Earl of Suffolk busied himself with the relocation of Leiston Abbey to a new site away from those destabilizing marine inundations to which Minsmere was sometimes exposed. On the failure of the Ufford line, Aldringham manor passed to the de la Poles, and after the attainder and execution of Edmund de la Pole, 3rd Duke of Suffolk in 1513 it reverted to the Crown. During the early 17th century, King James I granted the rectory of Aldringham (including the neighbouring chapelry of Thorpe), with its tithes, to George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, who sold it in 1626; in 1640 it was again sold to Daniel Eliab and Matthew Harvey, and to their heirs forever, which heirs were still holding in the early 1700s. In 1792 both the rectory with its tithes, and also the manor, were in the hands of Sir Joshua Vanneck, 3rd Bart., afterwards 1st Baron Huntingfield. Antiquities Brabner's Comprehensive Gazetteer of 1895 states that Aldringham was formerly a market town, and that it "still" had a pleasure-fair on 11 December. This alludes to the "Coldfair" after which Coldfair Green is named. The oldest secular building in the village is The Parrot and Punchbowl pub, which contains many references to its heavy involvement in smuggling in the two centuries after its opening in the sixteenth century. Aldringham Windmill was dismantled in 1922 and re-erected in 1923 at Thorpeness. Aldringham was the home of the poet, artist and architect Cecil Lay, and most of his architectural work is found in or near the village, including Raidsend, some houses on North Warren, and the Providence Baptist Chapel on Aldringham Heath. Community The village is dispersed and close to both Leiston and Aldeburgh so has few basic services and community facilities. The village expanded with the construction of a small housing estate in the early 2000s. The grade II listed Parrot and Punchbowl pub is situated in Aldringham and dates back to the late 1500s. Notable residents R. J. Unstead; historian and author Michael Walker, Baron Walker of Aldringham; retired Field Marshal References External links Villages in Suffolk