HILLERSDON, a parish in the hundred and county
of BUCKINGHAM, 3 miles (S. by W.) from Buckingham,
containing 247 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual
curacy, in the archdeaconry of Buckingham, and diocese
of Lincoln, endowed with £8 per annum private
benefaction, and £200 royal bounty, and in the patronage
of the Dean and Canons of Christ Church, Oxford.
The church, dedicated to All Saints, was rebuilt about
1493, and exhibits some portions in the later style of
English architecture, with a profusion of stained glass
in one of the eastern windows, representing the legendary
history of St. Nicholas. The ancient manor-house, now
demolished, was held for the king in the parliamentary
war,, but its garrison having surrendered in 1643, it
was plundered, and its owner, Sir Alexander Denton,
committed to prison, where he died of a broken heart.