MONKLEIGH, (Devon) on the S. side of Frithelstoke on the same r. bel. anciently to the mon. of Montacute. In its Ch. is the monument of Sir Will. Hankford, thr Ld. Ch. Justice, who imprisoned Prince Henry (afterwards K. Hen. V.) and retired to his seat here, on his accession to the throne, for fear of his displeasure; but going late one night into his park, and not answering his keeper, was shot dead by him near the tree, which the people to this day call Hankford's-Oak. This manor came by purchase to the Coffins family.