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With the more Ancient of the Hemington Deeds. 



By Rev. Chas. Kerry. 



\Printed by the kind permission of Hugo Harptir Crerve, Esq., 

 Lord of the Manor-I 



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EMINGTON is not named in Domesday, but was 

 probably the small parcel of the superior manor of 

 Loughborough, then belonging to Earl Hugo. 



In 1270 Roger de Quency, Earl of Winton, died seized of a 

 knight's fee in Hemington, valued at ^10 per annum. Eleanor 

 de Vaux, relict of the said Earl, held the same knight's fee in 

 dower, and Thomas de Meignell and Robert de Langton, held 

 the same under her to the heirs of the said Earl, her first 

 husband. — Nichols' Leicestershire. 



Hemington was afterwards the inheritance of the Crophulls, 

 who were also lords of Sutton and Bonington. 



In 1279 Robert Balle and Richard Francys, of Hemington, 

 entered into recognizance, that is, made themselves responsible 

 for the attendance in Parliament of Sir Thomas de Meynell, who 

 had been elected one of the members for the county. — Nichols. 



Agnes, sole daughter and heiress of Thomas de Crophull, 

 brought the manor of Hemington in marriage to Sir Walter 

 Devereux, knight. Walter Devereux (grandson of the last-named 

 Walter), married Anne, sole daughter and heiress of William, 

 Lord Ferrars of Chartley, and was slain at Bosworth Field, 1485. 

 John Devereux, his son and heir, was summoned to Parliament 

 from 1487 to 1496. by the title of John, Lord Ferrars of 



