BILLESDON, (Leicestershire) 72 m. from London, has a Mt. on F. The heirs of Skeffington are now, or were lately, the
patrons of its Ch. The manor formerly bel. to the Brudenells, ancestors of the E. of Cardigan; one of whom granted it to
Harold Staunton, Esq; on condition of his founding a chantry here.