MORECOT, (Rutland) on the S. side of the Luffenhams, bel. anciently to the Mauduits, then to the Beauchamps, afterwards to the Dodingsels; but the late E. of Exeter was Ld. paramount, and Jos. Herondine, Esq; mean Ld. of the manor. An almsh. was founded here, in the R. of K. James I. for 6 poor men and women unmarried, who were each to have 6 l. a year.