ASHBY de la ZOUCH, (Leicestershire) 13 m. from Leicester T. and 89 cm. and 98 mm. from London, so called from the Zouches,
its ancient Lds. is a very pleasant T. bet. Preston-Park, and the Great-Park on the scirts of Derbyshire. It has a large
handsome Ch. a plentiful Mt. on S. and a neat stone-cross in its principal street. Its Fairs, which are on Easter-Tu, on
Whit-Tu. Aug. 24, Oct. 28, are well stocked with young horses of the largest and best breed in England; and here is ale,
as good as that of Burton. Here are the ruins of the E. of Huntington's castle, where K. James I. quartered with his whose
court, upon the then E. for many days; during which, dinner was always served up by 30 poor Knts, with gold chains, and
velvet gowns; but it was demolished in 1648. There is a fr. s. here, with a handsome stipend, in the gift of the E. of
Huntington, to whom the manor belongs; K. Edw. IV. having granted it to his ancestor, Sir William Hastings, on the
attainder of James Butler, E. of Ormond and Wiltshire, for aiding K. Hen. VI.