CHILWELL, (Nottinghamshire) 2 villages to the N. W. of Nottingham, where the Strelleys held lands, from Hen. I. to Hen.
VIII. after which they came to the Poutrells, whose ancestor Thomas was one of the four coheirs of John Strelley, whose
ancestors held some lands here in the R. of Edw. I. The widow Poutrell sold some of the lands, on the S. side of the
Trent, to Mr. Will. Sacheverel of Barton, and granted the manor to Sir Henry Hunlake of Derbyshire, her nephew, whose
ancestor was an owner hereabouts, in the R. of Hen. VIII. The Martels also had a manor here; which passed by heiresses, to
the Babingtons first, and then to the Sheffields, since Ds. of Buckingham; and they sold it to the Poutrells, who thereby
became Lds. of both manors. The lands here that bel. to Derley priory were granted to Hercules Witham and Francis
Thekeston, and their heirs; and the fishing in Trent to Robert and Hugh Thornhill, and their heirs.