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- In 1307 the tenant in chief of the Manors of Wrentham, known as South Hall and North Hall were the Valences family (Earls of Peinbroke) and under them the lands were held by the families of Pierrepoint and Poynings respectively. These families and their descendants continued to hold the manors until, just prior to the reign of Queen Elizabeth I(1553-1603), it passed to the Brewster family.
Humphrey Brewster was the first lord of the Manor to live in Wrentham and in 1550 he built a fine house, known as Wrentham Hall, to the north-east of the church on the farm now known as Blackmoor Farm. This was a typical specimen of a large manor house of the Elizabethan period. The Brewster family were first located in Suffolk as early as the reign of Edward III (1327-1377). They acquired property which their descendants retained for 400 years, which extended into 20 parishes - Wrentham, Benacre, Henstead, Rushmere, Sotterley, Wangford, Uggleshall, Gisleham, North Hales (Covehithe), Reydon, South Cove, Easton, Wenhaston, Frostenden, Ringsfield, Great and Little Redisham in Suffolk
Wrentham Hall by E. Gates and also lands in Norfolk. In St. Nicholas church, Humphrey Brewster is depicted in military costume of the period in the brass on the wall of the sanctuary near his burial place. Other members of the family are buried below the floor of the sanctuary.
The last Brewster to live at Wrentham Hall died in 1797. 1810 the lands and hall were sold then demolished and its contents sold at auction.
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1526 - 1593 (67 years)
