WALKERINGHAM, (Nottinghamshire) to the S. E. of Misterton, had in it a parcel of royal demesne bel. to Mansfield, which was for most part given to the priory of Newstede, but after the Diss. granted by Philip and Mary to Rich. Jervace, whose descendant sold it to the Earl of Kingston, ancestor to the present D. The capital mesuage, and all other hereditaments in this place, once bel. to the priory of Worksop, with many acres of land; but K. Henry VIII. granted the same to Lawrence Harward and Stephen Termpte. There was another estate here that did bel. to the mon. of Roche in Yorkshire, which K. Henry VIII. granted to Sir Rich. Lee and his heirs; and other lands here, that belonged to a chantry in Padham chapel in Lancashire, were granted by K. Edward VI. to Sir Mich. Stanhope and John Bellow, and their heirs. Most of the p. was the estate of the late Tho. Willoughby, a descendant of Sir Francis.