ALREWICK, (Staffordshire) in the manor of Bar, and H. of Offlow, not far from Litchfield, bel. in the R. of Hen. III. to
the Stapletons, from whom it passed through the families of the Harecourts, Hillaries, and Ld. Ferrers's, to the
Devereuxes: and the E. of Essex sold it to Rob. Stamford, in whose family it was not many years ago, if it be not still.
There is a reputable family in this place, who bear the name of the village.