COLESHILL, (Warwickshire) 82 cm. 103 mm. from London, stands on the ascent of a hill near the r. Cole, over which it has a
stone bridge. The manor bel. anciently to the Clintons, from whose family it came to the Montforts; one of whom forfeiting
it, and being executed, in the R. of Edw. IV. it was given by that K. to Simon Digby, whose descendant, Robert Ld. Digby,
obtained a charter of K. James I. for a Mt. here on W. and Fairs on April 25, and Sept. 11, its Mt. on Sunday, and its
Fair June 29, that were granted by K. John, having been discontinued. Here are 2 ch. scs. and a piece of land in the p.
called Paternosterpiece, given by one of the Digbys, to encourage children to learn the Lord's Prayer; for every house-
keeper in the T. where is a child, sends it in turn, one at a time, every morning to the Ch. at the found of a bell, where
kneeling, he says the Lord's Prayer before the under-master, who rewards it with a penny. The Digbys old seat and park,
thro' which the r. serpentizes, lies in the valley; so that the situation of it is bad in the winter, but charming in the
summer.