[1] In the Tudor reign of Queen Elizabeth, Benacre was a lesser possession, likely fully tenanted, of Gregory Fiennes, 10th Baron Dacre.

[2] In 1827, Henry Davy wrote: Benacre Hall lies on the east side of the turnpike road leading from London to Yarmouth, distant from the former one hundred and six miles, seventeen from the latter, seven from Lowestoft, and five from Southwold.

for the County, and a fine unfinished picture of Mrs. Lawson, and Mrs. S. Clissold, his two daughters, from the pencil of the late celebrated artist, George Harlow.

[2] The possessor in the 1820s had done much towards the improvement of the property, and within a few years increased it largely, by the purchase of the estate in Wrentham, late, and for many generations, the residence of the family of Brewster.

The church of Benacre is a neat building, kept in the best repair, and contains numerous memorials of the Norths, Carthews, and Gooches, the successive proprietors of the estate.