HAMLEYTON, (Rutland) near Normanton, in the road to Okeham, is in the maps and some descriptions spelt Hambleton, or
Hamelden. In the R. of Edw. II. this manor bel. to Bartholomew Ld. Badlesmere, who obtained a Mt. here on M. and a Fair
Aug. 23, 24, and 25. It afterwards came to the E. of Northampton, and then to Ld. Lovell; upon whose forfeiture of it to
Hen. VII. he gave it to Hen. Ferrers. In the R. of K. James I. it was in the family of Sir John Harrington. It was
afterwards sold to Geo. Villiers D. of Buckingham, and again to the late E. of Nottingham,