[1] The building was designed in the Tudor style, built using timber frame construction techniques with wattle and daub and brick nog infilling, and was completed around 1520.

[4] In 1645, the building was the location for the trial, under the direction of the witchfinder general, Matthew Hopkins, of seven alleged witches who were subsequently hanged.

[5] The building was altered in 1654 and the gable-ends and the staircase were restored to a design by the chief architect of the Diocese of Norwich, R. M. Phipson, in 1855.

[1] Aldeburgh had a very small electorate and the parliamentary candidates were selected by the burgesses, which meant it was recognised by the UK Parliament as a rotten borough.

[8] The moot hall was the venue for the mayor-making ceremony on 9 November 1908, when the physician and suffragist, Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, became the first female mayor in England.