Nettlestead is a dispersed village and

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in the

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district of

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in eastern

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.The surrounding villages of Nettlestead include

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(the closest),

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and Offton.

Historicbuildings

In Nettlestead there are two manors:

The Chace

The originalthe manor belonged to the

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; passed to

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Robert de Tiptoft Robert de Tiptoft (also Tibetot; died 1298, Nettlestead), Lord of Nettlestead, Carbrooke and Langar, was an Anglo-Norman landowner and soldier. Robert was appointed governor of Porchester Castle in 50 Henry III (1265–66). He accompanied ...

, the Despencers and the Wentworths; and gave to the last the title of Baron. Nettlestead Hall (the Chace) was the Manor-house which retains an ancient gateway, bearing the arms of the Wentworths. From the 13th to the 16th centuries the Nettlestead families were patrons of the house of friars minor at Ipswich.

High Hall

High Hall dates back to the 16th Century and was built by

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who had fled from France during series of religious persecutions. Located to the north-west of

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and 11 miles from

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, in 2005 its population was 90.

Notable residents

John Bois John Bois (sometimes spelled Boys or "Boyse") (5 January 1560 – 14 January 1643) was an English scholar, remembered mainly as one of the members of the translating committee for the Authorized Version of the Bible. Life Bois was born in Nettl ...

(1560–1643), scholar, and member of the translating committee for the 1611

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of the Bible.

References

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