PILLERTON, NETHER and OVER, (Warwickshire) on the S. W. side of Kington. The former is a large p. and bel. anciently to
the Herceys, and was therefore called Pillerton-Hercy; then to the Wandakes, the Spines, the Wencotes, &c. In the R. of
Hen. VI. Sir Phil. Thornbury was Ld. of the manor; after which it passed to the Dudleys, and then to the crown by the
attainder of Sir Ambrose in the R. of Phil. and Mary, who granted one moiety of it to Will. Rice. In 1580 it bel. to
Thomas Throckmorton, as it did afterwards to the Underhills; but in 1638 it was purchased by Rowley Ward, serjeant at law,
in whose family it still remains. The latter, which is in the p. of the former, bel. anciently to a mon. in Normandy, and
afterwards to that of Sheen in Surry. After the Diss. it was sold to Jeff. Shakerley, who sold it to Mr. Holt; by whom it
was conveyed to Mr. Lee, and by him in the R. of Phil. and Mary to Mr. Hen. Ward; and the latter's son, William, sold it
to William Compton, Esq; uncle to the then E. of Northampton, who passed it away to the E. of Rutland, in whose family it
continues.