STANLEY-LEONARD, (Gloucestershire) 82 cm. 95 mm. from London, had its name from the priory dedicated to that saint, of
which some ruins are yet remaining. It was given to the abbey of Glocester, to which it was a cell till the Diss. when it
was granted to Sir Ant. Kingston, who soon conveyed it to Mr. Sandford; whose posterity had their seat here in the old
Priory. Will. Whitmore of Staffordshire, deceased, was the Ld. of the manor. The Mt. here is S. and the Fairs (which were
granted by Ed. II. and renewed in 1620) are kept on Nov. 6, and the S. after St. Swithin's-day. Here is a ch. sc.