DRAYTON, a township in the parish of BRINGHURST,
hundred of GARTREE, county of LEICESTER,
2 miles (W.) from Rockingham, containing 104 inhabitants.
Here was formerly a chapel, which was dedicated
to St. James, now desecrated. There is a small
endowed free school. George Fox, founder of the sect
called the Society of Friends, was born at this place in
1624.