EMPINGHAM, (Rutland) bet. Burleigh on the Hill and Tickencote, bel. heretofore to the Normanvilles and Basings, and the
Passeleys; one of whom, in the R. of Edw. I. had a grant for a Mt. here on Th. and a Fair May 17. both long since disused.
It was lately the manor of Sir Tho. Mackworth, who enjoyed it by inheritance from Ralph de Normanville, who lived in the
R. of Hen. III. so that this estate has continued in the same blood, though not in the same name, near 450 years. Here is
a ch. sc. and on the heath there used to be horse-races.