WHADDON and its CHACE, (Buckinghamshire) near the Ouse, to the N. E. of Buckingham, gave title of Baron to Geo. Villiers
D. of Buckingham, who had the estate forfeited by the Ld. Gray of Wilton in the R. of K. James I. This was anciently the
seat of the Giffards, who were hereditary rangers of the chace under the Es. of Ulster, from whom that office descended to
the Pigots. 'Tis now the seat of Brown Willis, Esq; it having been sold since the death of the last Villiers D. of
Buckingham, to James Selby and Tho. Willis, the son of the famous Dr. Willis, who have almost entirely pulled down the
seat built by the Lds. Gray.