WIGHTON, (Yorkshire, E.R.) 7 m. from Bromley, 146 cm. 181 mm. from London, a small but ancient T. near the r. Foulness,
which in Camden's time was well-stocked with husbandmen. Edw. II. granted it a charter for a Fair on the Eve-day and
Morrow of St. Mary Magdalen, as did Henry VI. for 2 others, the one upon the Festival of the Invention, the other on that
of the Exaltation of the Holy-Cross. Its Mt. which is W. was obtained by Henry de Bromflete, Ld. of the manor in the R, of
Henry VI.