Rendlesham is a village and

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...

near Woodbridge, Suffolk, United Kingdom. It was a royal centre of authority for the king of the East Angles, of the

Wuffinga The Wuffingas, Uffingas or Wiffings were the ruling dynasty of East Anglia, the long-lived Anglo-Saxon kingdom which today includes the English counties of Norfolk and Suffolk. The Wuffingas took their name from Wuffa, an early East Anglian k ...

line; the proximity of the Sutton Hoo ship burial may indicate a connection between Sutton Hoo and the East Anglian royal house. Swithhelm, son of Seaxbald, who reigned from 660 to around 664, was baptised at Rendlesham by Saint Cedd with King

Æthelwold of East Anglia Æthelwold, also known as Æthelwald or Æþelwald (Old English: ''Æþelwald'' "noble ruler"; reigned c. 654 – 664), was a 7th-century king of East Anglia, the long-lived Anglo-Saxon kingdom which today includes the English counties of Norfo ...

acting as his godfather. He died around the time of the great plague of 664 and may have been buried at the palace of Rendlesham. Its name is recorded in

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about 730 AD as ''Rendlæsham'', which may mean "Homestead belonging to man namedRendel", or it may come from a theorized Old English word *''rendel'' = "little shore". It was also the location of Rendlesham Hall, a large manor house demolished in 1949.A Vision of Britain through time
University of Portsmouth More recently Rendlesham was the site of the Rendlesham Forest incident, a series of reported sightings of unexplained pulsing lights off the coast of Orford Ness in December 1980. During the summer of 2012 certain scenes of the movie ''

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'' were filmed on the old

RAF Bentwaters Royal Air Force Bentwaters or more simply RAF Bentwaters, now known as Bentwaters Parks, is a former Royal Air Force station about northeast of London and east-northeast of Ipswich, near Woodbridge, Suffolk in England. Its name was taken fro ...

base.Hollywood blockbuster Fast and Furious 6 shoots at Bentwaters
East Anglian Daily Times

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An electoral ward in the same name also exists. This ward includes Campsea Ashe and at the 2011 Census had a total population of 3,388.

Notable residents

Anglo-Saxon King of East Anglia who reigned between c. 654–664 * William Wheatcroft

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(by 1517 – 1558?), Member of Parliament for Ipswich in 1558 *

Leonard Mawe Leonard Maw (sometimes seen as "Mawe" (c. 1552 – 1629, Chiswick) was a Bishop of Bath and Wells and a Master of Peterhouse, Cambridge and Trinity College, Cambridge. Life He was born in Rendlesham, Suffolk, the son of Simon Maw (somet ...

(c. 1552 – 1629),

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and a Master of Peterhouse, Cambridge and

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. *

Laurence Echard Laurence Echard (c. 1670–1730) was an English historian and clergyman. He wrote a ''History of England'' that was a standard work in its time. Life Echard was the son of the Rev. Thomas Echard or Eachard of Barsham, Suffolk, by his wife, th ...

(c. 1670–1730),

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and clergyman *

Anne Hamilton, Duchess of Hamilton Anne Hamilton, Duchess of Hamilton (1720 – 9 March 1771) formerly Anne Spencer, was the third wife of James Hamilton, 5th Duke of Hamilton. Life She was the daughter of Edward Spencer of Rendlesham, Suffolk, where she was born. Thus sh ...

(1720–1771), aristocrat *

Peter Thellusson, 1st Baron Rendlesham Peter Isaac Thellusson, 1st Baron Rendlesham (13 October 1761 – 16 September 1808), was a British merchant, banker and politician. Thelluson was the eldest son of Peter Thellusson, a wealthy London merchant who had emigrated to Britain from Fr ...

(1761-1808), merchant, banker, and politician. He served as '

for

Midhurst Midhurst () is a market town, parish and civil parish in West Sussex, England. It lies on the River Rother inland from the English Channel, and north of the county town of Chichester. The name Midhurst was first recorded in 1186 as ''Middeh ...

Malmesbury Malmesbury () is a town and civil parish in north Wiltshire, England, which lies approximately west of Swindon, northeast of Bristol, and north of Chippenham. The older part of the town is on a hilltop which is almost surrounded by the upp ...

Castle Rising Castle Rising is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is situated some north-east of the town of King's Lynn and west of the city of Norwich. The River Babingley skirts the north of the village separating C ...

, and Bossiney (UK Parliament constituency), Bossiney. *Frederick Thellusson, 4th Baron Rendlesham (1798-1852), East Suffolk (UK Parliament constituency), Member of Parliament for East Suffolk *Frederick Thellusson, 5th Baron Rendlesham (1840-1911), East Suffolk (UK Parliament constituency), Member of Parliament for East Suffolk *Edith Austin (1867-1953), professional tennis player *Michael Bunbury (1946- ), Businessman and Chairman of the Council of the Duchy of Lancaster

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BBC: East Saxon kings

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