HOUNDHILL, (Staffordshire) the next p. to Handbury, 1 m. from Marchington, and near Draycot, bel. formerly to Sir Hen.
Handbury; and, by marriage of his sister and coheiress, went to Will. Bowles of Rushall; by whose daughter it descended to
the Leighs, who were lately, if they are not still, the owners of one moiety; the other being the estate of the Vernons,
who married a daughter of Houndhill, who was sister and coheiress with Sir Hen. Handbury's wife.