PRESTON, (Kent) on the Stour, N. of Wingham, which gives name to a H. bel. anciently to the Leybourns; one of whom in the R. of Edw. I. obtained a Mt. here upon M. and a 3 days Fair from Sept. 14; and Sir Simon de Burleigh, Ld.-warden of the Cinque-Ports, who had it before his attainder in the R. of Rich. II. obtained a Mt. here on F. and a Fair, for 3 days, from St. Mildreds; but both the Mts. and Fairs have been long disused. After the forfeiture of this manor by Sir Simon de Burleigh, K. Rich. II. gave part of it to the abbey of St. Mary da Grace on Tower-Hill, London, and the other part to the priory of Canons-Langley; but Henry VIII. gave both parts to Sir Tho. Moyle; whose daughter carried it in marriage to Sir Tho. Kemp, as did his daughter to the Chicheleys of Cambridgeshire, who sold it to the Spences of Bankham in Sussex.