PLUMPTON, (Warwickshire) on the E. side of Kingsbury, bel. in the R. of Hen. III. to Walter de Plumpton, who held it by a
Danish ax, which was afterwards called the charter of Plumpton, which was preserved in the manor-house, and long after it
was pulled down by Sir John Bracebrigg. His posterity enjoyed this manor, till Sir Ralph Bracebrigg sold it to Rob.
Waterton; from whom it came to Roger Horton; after whose death it was seized by Henry V. In that of Henry VI. it came
again to the heir of the Plumptons; and from thence passed by marriage to the Willingtons of Hurley.