NEWNHAM-KING'S, (Warwickshire) on the Avon, opposite to Rugby, bel. anciently to the K. and then to the mon. of
Kenilworth; but reverting to the crown at the Diss. was granted to the D. of Northumberland; upon whose attainder, Q. Mary
passed it to Sir Rowland Hill of London; of whom it was soon obtained by Sir Tho. Leigh, who afterwards settled it on Sir
Will. Leigh, the ancestor of the Ld. Dunsmore, who enjoyed it in 1650. Its Ch. was united to Lawford in 1595. Here are 3
springs, whose water is reckoned a good medicine for the stone. Being drunk with salt it is laxative, but with sugar
restringent.