WOLVEY, (Warwickshire) in a fine sporting country, near Hinckley, and to the N. by E. of Shilton, bel. heretofore, in
great part, to the monks of Kirby, Erdbury, and Combe, some of whom, in the R. of Edw. II. obtained a Mt. here on W. and a
Fair for 3 days, viz. on St. Mark's-day, and those before and after. The Wolveys had a fair estate here from the R. of
Edw. I. to that of Edw. III. and on Wolvey-Heath was an hermitage, the remains of which are to be seen 100 yards W. of the
road from Nun-Eaton to Cloudesley-Bush. The Kts.-templars, and after them the hospitallers, had a manor here, which long
after their Diss. came through several hands to the Scarnings, and from them to the Smallbrooks, from whom it went by
marriage, one part to Mr. Best, another to Mr. Fitch, and a third to Tho. Parker, and descended to his eldest son, John.
The manor which bel. to the monks of Combe, was purchased by Thomas Ld. Coventry, son of the Ld. keeper, in 1653, and bel.
to the late Earl. It was at this place that Edward IV. was surprized and taken prisoner by Richard Nevil, the stout Earl
of Warwick.