SEAL (NETHER-and-OVER), a parish in the
western division of the hundred of GOSCOTE, county of
LEICESTER, 5 miles (S. W. by W.) from Ashby de la
Zouch, containing, exclusively of a portion of the hamlet
of Donisthorpe which is in this parish, 1160 inhabitants.
The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Leicester,
and diocese of Lincoln, rated in the king's books at
£17. 8. 115., and in the patronage of the Rev. William
Gresley. The church is dedicated to St. Peter. This
parish is in the honour of Tutbury, duchy of Lancaster,
and within the jurisdiction of a court of pleas held
at Tutbury every third Tuesday, for the recovery of
debts under 40s.