King Henry VIII who in 1541 (33 Hen. 8) erected the manor of Grafton into an HONOR by act of parliament. Honor and barony were in early times synonymous, and seignory to which certain inferior lordships or manors owed and performances of custom and services. All territorial honors are feudal and prescriptive, except only Hampton Court in Middlesex, Amptill in Bedfordshire, and Grafton. In 36 Hen.8 (1540) the king was empowered to create by letters patent four other honors, Westminster, Kingston on Hull in Yorkshire, Donington in Berkshire, and St. Osith in Essex, and as many others as he willed; but he never exercised the power. HONOR OF GRAFTON. By this act, " for diverse sundrie urgent and nessarye cause and considerations the king's majesty specially movinge," it is enacted that all those his majesty's hundreds of WYMERSLEY and ALFORDHOWE [HAMFORDSHO], and his forests of WHITTLEWOOD and SAWSEY (SALCEY), his chases of YARDLEY in the county of Northampton and WHADDON in the county of Buckingham, and all manors, parks messuages, sites of monasteries and priories, granges, lands, and all other hereditaments in the hamlets, towns, and parishes of GRAFTON, HARTWELL, ASHTON. RODE, CORTEENHALL, ALDERTON, STOKE BREWERN, SHITLEHANGER, SHOWSLEY, BLISWORTH, MILTON MALLESWORTH [MILTON MALSOR], TIFFIELD, PALLISPERY [PAULERSPURY], TOSSITER [TOWCESTER], EASTON [NESTON], HULCOTT, ABTHORPE, FOSCOTT, GREENS NORTON, BLAKESLEY, WOODEND, COLD HIGHAM, GRIMSCOTT, GAYTON, PATSELL [PATTISHULL], EASTCOTT, ASCOTT, DALESCOTT, BADBROKE (BUGBROOK), RUDDISTHORP (ROTHERSTHORPE), COLLINGTHRIGH (COLLINGTREE), HARDINGSTON, WOOTON, QUINTON, SLAPTON, DENSHANGER, YARDLEY, POTTERSPERY, FURTHOO, COSGRAVE, CASTLE ASHBY, WICKEN, and DLAPREY in the county of Northampton, and in LOSFIELD (?), HANSLOPP, CASTLE THORP, HARSHAM (HAVERSHAM), SHENLEY, LITTLEHORWOOD, SNELLSOE, and LITTLE LINFORTH (LINFORD) IN THE COUNTY OF Buckingham, and elsewhere in the realm of England belonging to any manor or hundred in any towns and parishes abovementioned, whereof the king is seised of an estate of inheritance, shall henceforth be perpetually knit, annexed, and untied to the said manor of Grafton, together with all so united to the said manor as is above expressed, shall from henceforth be perpetually called the HONOR OF GRAFTON, and the same which has been heretofore taken for the manor of Grafton shall from the first day of May next coming, be adjudged the chief, principal, and capital park and place of the whole honor of Grafton; and all other manors and hereditaments in any places aforesaid whereof the king, or his heirs or successors shall be at any time hereafter seised of an estate of inheritance by purchase, escheat, or otherwise, shall be from time to time united and adjudged parcel or member of the said honor.