FROWLESWORTH, a parish in the hundred of
GUTHLAXTON, county of LEICESTER, 4 miles (N. "W".
by N.) from Lutterworth, containing 301 inhabitants.
The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Leicester
and diocese of Lincoln, rated in the king's books at
£12. 10., and in the patronage of the Trustees of
the Rev. S. G. Noble. The church is dedicated to St,
Nicholas. An almshouse was founded in 1725, by Chief
Baron. Smith, and liberally endowed with land and money
for the maintenance of eighteen widows, who receive
£20 per annum each.