MISTERTEN, (Nottinghamshire) on the N. side of the Co. by a channel that runs from the Trent to the Idle, is a large p. of which great part anciently bel. to the K's. manor of Mansfield, and 1-3d of it to the canons of Newstede. The soil hereabouts is a stiff clay, and the inh. call this part of the Co. North-Clay. Several other parcels of this p. were given formerly to religious uses, and Q. Eliz. granted some of them to Edward Grimston, sen. and jun. and their heirs.