Ufford Hall, Suffolk

Ufford Hall is a Grade II* listed manor house in Fressingfield, Suffolk, England, dating back to the thirteenth century.

It “is perhaps best glimpsed in summer when the sun is shining on the south front, with its rosy ochre coloured plaster walls and dark tiled roof”.

[9] Prior to his elevation to the archbishopric, Sancroft had served as Master of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, as well as Dean of St Paul's Cathedral during the Great Fire of London and had supervised its reconstruction by Sir Christopher Wren.

Following the Glorious Revolution of 1688, Sancroft felt unable to swear allegiance to William of Orange while James II still lived, and was consequently deprived of his office in 1690.

Today the Lord of the Manor of Ufford Hall is Luciano Francesco Silighini Garagnani Lambertini, an Italian nobleman descendant of Pope Benedict XIV.

William Sancroft
Benedict XIV