Sileby lies astride the main railway line between Leicester and Nottingham.
Castle Donington is a small market town in north-west Leicestershire.
The wealthiest testator of the 16th century was Gilbert Lookar with an inventory of c. £545.
Only two wills survive from this period: one of a wealthy widow from Andwell mill and the other of the poor curate of the chapelry of Up Nately, wh
There are eleven surviving wills and ten inventories for this period. They reflect a farming community with sheep, cattle and crops.
Wills and inventories dating from 1541-1707 have been transcribed by the Wills Group of the New Victoria County of Hampshire project, based in Basi
Newtown Linford is a small village to the north west of Leicester, on the edge of Charnwood Forest.
In 1604, James I disposed of the manor of Bishop's Cleeve, which had been held by the Crown since the dissolution, to two London merchants, Peter V
