From Robert 1° Baron of Ufford to Don Luciano Francesco Silighini Garagnani Lambertini

The Lordship of the Manor of Ufford Hall, in Fressingfield, Suffolk 

Ufford Hall takes its name from its owner,Robert Ufford, 1st baron Ufford  (1279–1316), Lord of the Manor of Ufford Hall, Suffolk . His son was Rober Ufford, 1st Earl of Suffolk (1298–1369).  It was subsequently acquired by Henry de Sancroft and remained with the Sancroft family until the eighteenth century.
Perhaps its most notable owner was William Sancroft, the 79th Archibishop of Caterbury, who was born there in 1617. 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 . As Archbishop, he attended Charles II upon his deathbed and crowned James II n 1685. 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. Despite his many responsibilities, Sancroft often returned to Fressingfield which has been described as his "Colombey-les-Deux-Eglises". He retired to Ufford Hall in 1691 and died there in 1693.
In the eighteenth century, Ufford Hall was acquired from the Sancrofts by Sir John Major (1698–1781), 1st Baronet. It remained in the family of his descendant,Lord Henniker, until 1918 when it was sold at auction. Ufford Hall was most recently the home of descendants of the Barret-Lennard baronets.  Today the Lord of the manor of Ufford Hall is Don Luciano Francesco Silighini Garagnani Lambertini, last descendant of the Princes Lambertini, Marquises of Poggio Renatico, the family Pope Benedict XIV.

The Lord's of Ufford Hall

2022. Don Luciano Francesco Silighini Garagnani Lambertini
1998. Bernard James Hammond, Marjorie Hammond
1988. Thomas Henry Hammond
1985. John Patrick Chandos, Eight Baron of Henniker, Fifth Baron Hartismere
1980. John Ernest de Grey, Seventh Baron Henniker
1964. Peter Charles Eliot, John Patrick Edward Chandos of Henniker
1956. Charles Henry Chandos, Sixth Baron Henniker
1926. Edward Granville Eliot, John Ernest de Grey Henniker, Richard Dudley Hoyle, Charles Henry Chandos Sixth Baron Henniker

In the reign of Edward I, this manor was held by Robert de Ufford of the Manor of Chepenhall, and covers that area of the parish of Chepenhall formmerly known as the hamlet of Chepenhall. In an unted conveyance, though sometime in Edard's reign, Adam, son of Sir Robert le Bevant, sold the Lordship to Henry, son of William de Sancroft and his wife, Margery. From Henry the Manor of Ufford Hall descended to Archbishop William Sancroft who in 1695 also purchased the Manor of Chepenhall. The descent from Henry de Sacroft to Archbishop Sancroft is as follows:

Family of Lord Henniker
1778.  John Major of Henniker
Elizabeth, Catherine
William
Francis

William was succeeded by his brother, Francis, whose son, William, left two daughters, Elizabeth and Catherine. In 1778, the Lordship was acquired from the Sancroft family by Sir John Major, an ancestor of the owner, Lord Henniker.

Archbishop William Sancroft
Francis,Margaret
1628. Francis, Catherine
1528. William, Alice
Robert, Alice
1478. John
1470. John
1432. Stephen
1414. John
1338. John
1304. Simon
Henry
William de Sancroft, Margery (in the time of Edward I)

Arms of Sir Robert Ufford, 1st Earl of Suffolk, 1st Baron Ufford, Lord of the Manor of Ufford Hall

BARONY OF UFFORD

ROBERT UFFORD

ROBERT DE UFFORD, first Earl of Suffolk of his house (1298-1369), was the second but eldest surviving son and heir of Robert de Ufford (1279-1316), and of his wife, Cicely de Valognes.
His grandfather, Robert De Ufford (d. 1298), was the founder of the greatness of the family. A younger son of a Suffolk landowner, John de Peyton, Robert assumed his surname from his lordship of Ufford in Suffolk, and attended Edward I on his crusade. Between 1276 and 1281 he acted as justice of Ireland. He was instructed by Edward I to introduce English laws into Ireland, and practised skilfully but unscrupulously the policy of sowing dissension among the different Irish septs. He also built the castle of Roscommon 'at countless cost'.On 21 Nov. 1281 Stephen de Fulburn, bishop of Waterford, was appointed justice in his place, since Ufford 'by reason of his infirmities could not perform his duties'. He died in 1298.
His son Robert, who was born on 11 June 1279, further increased the family possessions and importance by his marriage to the heiress Cicely de Valognes. He was summoned to parliament as a baron between 1308 and 1311, and died in 1316. Of his six sons, William, the eldest, died without issue before his father. The fifth son, Sir Ralph De Ufford (d. 1346), became justice of Ireland like his grandfather, having married Maud, daughter of Henry, [3rd] earl of Lancaster, and widow of William de Burgh, earl of Ulster. Appointed justice in February 1344, Ralph held office until his death on Palm Sunday, 9 April 1346. He had the reputation of a vigorous and energetic but not very popular ruler.The youngest son, Sir Edmund de Ufford, was also a man of some note. The suggestion sometimes made that John de Offord or Ufford, archbishop-elect of Canterbury, and his brother, Andrew de Offord, were also sons of this Robert de Ufford, is highly improbable. In all probability these latter were of an entirely different family, which derived its name from Offord Darcy, Huntingdonshire.
​ The second but eldest surviving son, Robert, was born about 10 Aug. 1298, and succeeded to his father's estates. On 19 May 1318 he received livery of his father's Suffolk lands.He was knighted and received some subordinate employments, being occupied, for example, in 1326 in levying ships for the royal use in Suffolk,and serving in November 1327 on a commission of the peace in the eastern counties under the statute of Winchester.In May and June 1329 he attended the young Edward III on his journey to Amiens, receiving letters of protection on 10 May.
He was employed on state affairs down to the end of the rule of Isabella and Mortimer, and on 1 May 1330 received 'for his better maintenance in the king's service' a grant for life of the royal castle and town of Orford, Suffolk, which had been previously held by his father. He also obtained grants of other lands in special tail, including the manors of Gravesend, Kent, Costessy and Burgh, Norfolk. On 28 July he was appointed to array and command the levies of Norfolk and Suffolk summoned to fight 'against the king's rebels.' Nevertheless in October he associated himself with William de Montacute (afterwards first Earl of Salisbury) in the attack on Mortimer at Nottingham.