*WENDOVER, (Buckinghamshire) 5 m. N.W. of Chesham, 30 cm. 39 mm.from London, is an old Bor. by prescription, with pleasant
hills on each side; but it is a poor place in a dirty situation at the entrance of the Vale of Alesbury. It has a Mt. on
Th. and Fairs May 1 and Sept. 22. The late Sir Roger Hill gave 20 l. a year, for teaching 20 children here. The Hamden
family are Lds. of the manor. It sent members to Pt. the 28th of Edw. I. and intermitted the 2 first years of Edw. II. but
was restored to that privilege with Amersham. They are returned by the constables of the Lds.-leet; and the electors are
about 160. This is one of the 8 deanries of the Co. and hath in it 17 ps.