[2]: 73  Adjacent parishes include Foxhall, Bucklesham, Martlesham and Newbourne.

In the fifteenth century Brightwell Manor was possessed by William Curzon.

[3] His son, Sir Robert Curson, Knt., created a Baron of the Holy Roman Empire by the Emperor Maximilian for his gallantry against the Turks, was a Yorkist conspirator and declared a traitor in 1501, although was later back in favour at the English Court.

[4][5] Brightwell Hall was extensively remodelled about 1663 by Sir Samuel Barnardiston MP, leader of the Suffolk Whigs and a deputy Governor of the East India Company.

It was demolished in about 1755 but traces of the park's parterres and garden walks still remain.