TUTBURY, (Staffordshire) or STUTESBURY, on the Dove, a little before it joins the Trent, is 99 cm. 120 mm from London. It
had a castle, (with a little mon.) which was very large, and stood on an alabaster hill, which we read was demolished by
Hen. III. and that John of Gaunt D. of Lancaster, afterwards built the gate-house and walls about it. 'Tis at this time a
good old house, walled all round, except on the side of the hill, where 'tis so steep that it needs no fortification; and
yet there 'tis inclosed with a strong pale. It has a prospect to the E. over the Dove and Trent, as far as Nottingham, on
the N. W. and N. to Uttoxeter, Rowcester, Ashburn, and Derby, on the S.E. towards Burton, and Ashby de la Zouch, &c, and
on the S. and S.E. are all wood-lands, in which are many parks that bel. for most part to the castle and honour of
Tutbury, to which most of the neighbours are homagers, and of which they hold their estates. Here is a Mt. on T. and a
Fair Aug. 15. The castle was given by William the Conqueror to Hen. Ferrers, and was supposed to have been then a member
of Burton, scarce 3 m. from it. It continued in the family, till forfeited by Robert, for siding with the barons against
Hen. III. and is since become a member of the duchy of Lancaster. The mon. which was founded by Hen. Ferrers, stood lower,
on the same hill, and bel. some years ago to the Cavendishes. The T. stands in the valley below both.