BEAUDESERT, (Staffordshire) 5 m. from Litchfield. 'Tis a famous old seat, said to be built by Hugh Lupus, E. of Chester,
delightfully situate among woods, with a park near the Trent, which once bel. to the Bps. of that see, with many other
hamlets in and near the forest; but in the R. of Edw. VI. the then Bp. exchanged them for certain benefices, which were
obtained of that K. by Sir William Paget, afterwards created a peer, with the title of Ld. Paget of Beaudefert; and it is
now the seat, as well as barony of the E. of Uxbridge, his noble descendant. In the park coal is dug for carving, though
the common use of it is for firing. Here are the remains of a large fortification, called Castle-hill, which is supposed
to have been cast up by the Danish K. Canute, when he ravaged this part of the country. This hill is so high, that it is
said to command a view of nine counties.