KERSAL, (Nottinghamshire) near Besthorp, bel. for a considerable time to the Robertsons, till about the middle of the last century, it fell to Mr. Garnon, by the death of his uncle John Robertson, the last heir-male, and was afterwards sold. Several parts of this manor were anciently given to religious uses, particularly one parcel to the abbey of Rufford, with which it was afterwards granted to the Earl of Shrewsbury.