WIDERTON, (Kent) or WIERTON-HOUSE, near Boughton-Monchelsea, or Quarry, bel. to a family of that name from the R. of Henry
III. to that of Richard II. when it was sold to Robert Purse, after which it was sold to Richard Norton, in whose family
it continued till the R. of Charles I. when it was sold to Sir Anth. St. Leger of Ireland, from whom it descended to his
son; but 'tis now the seat of Sir Chr. Powell, Bt.