Monument record OFF 009 - Tollemache Hall; Little Bricett (PMed)

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Summary

Talmach Hall (Talmache.

Location

Grid reference Centred TM 0479 5012 (101m by 100m) Centred on
Map sheet TM05SW
Civil Parish OFFTON, MID SUFFOLK, SUFFOLK

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Full Description

Talmach Hall (Talmache... Tollemache) `It now exists onlhy as a farmhouse and the view represents only some remains of the Old Hall. The principal portion of this edifice, once very extensive, was taken down in the early part of this present century (C19)... It was surrounded by a moat, traces of which still exist'.
In village of Little Bricett, taken into Offton in 1503.
Shown as Great House on Hodskinson's map of 1783 (S2).
Manor held in circa 1227 by Hugh Talmach (of the honor of Clare). Continued to be held by Tollemaches until 1538 when held by James Rivett; in 1655 by Captain John Bright and in 1829 by Richard Wilson (S3).

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <S1> (No record type): Bright J B, `The Brights of Suffolk, England', 1858, 79, ill p98.
  • <S2> Cartographic materials: Hodskinson, J.. 1783. The County of Suffolk surveyed.
  • <S3> (No record type): Goult W, A Survey of Suffolk Parish History: E Suffolk I-Y, 1990.

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Record last edited

Jan 25 1995 12:00AM

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