Burton Overy is a village and civil parish in the Harborough district of Leicestershire, about nine miles south-east of Leicester city centre, and not far from Great Glen.
| Type | Ancient Parish |
|---|---|
| Civil Jurisdictions | |
| Hundred | Gartree |
| County | Leicestershire |
| Poor Law Union | Billesdon |
| Registration District | Billesdon |
In 1086 Burton Overy was held by Hugh de Grentemesnil. After Hugh’s death, it seems to have come, like much else of his land, to Robert, Count of Meulan, for in 1124–9 it was being held by the count’s son Robert, Earl of Leicester. Burton Overy remained in the hands of the earls of Leicester until after the death in 1204 of Earl Robert FitzParnell without male heirs when his lands were divided between his two sisters. Burton evidently fell to the share of the younger sister Margaret, wife of Saer de Quency, later Earl of Winchester, for her son Roger (d. 1264), 2nd Earl of Winchester, was in possession of it. That part of Robert FitzParnell’s lands which fell to the earls of Winchester became known as the honor of Winchester, and of that honor Burton for the future formed part. FN 1
The Tilley family appears in Burton Overy records around 1580.
Sources:
https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Burton_Overy,_Leicestershire_Genealogy
https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/leics/vol5/pp68-76
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burton_Overy
FN 1 https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/leics/vol5/pp68-76