During the Civil War Sir Lionel Playters was rector of Uggeshall and Sotterley. John Walker in chronicling the sufferings of the clergy records that when 'rebels brake open the stable doors and stole two horses' from the parsonage he challenged them, whereupon one said 'Pistoll the Parson' and two pistols were discharged at him.
During the Civil War Sir Lionel Playters served as rector of Uggeshall and Sotterley. John Walker, in documenting the hardships faced by clergy, notes that when 'rebels broke open the stable doors and stole two horses' from the parsonage he confronted them, whereupon one said 'Play the Parson' and two pistols were fired at him.