BABWORTH, (Nottinghamshire) near Redford. The Saundby family were ancienty Lds. of the manor, from which it passed through the Swillingtons to that of Grendon, whose heirs sold it to Sir William Tressebut; Sir Robert, his descendant, sold it to Sir Richard Willoughby of Wollaton. In the R. of Q. Eliz. Rich. Wortley is supposed to have been Ld. of it, and, not long ago, it was purchased by Sir Gervase Elwis,