[Thomas Burton was a French merchant, not a prelate. A short
notice of him and his gifts will be found in the _Reports of
Commissioners of Inquiry into Charities_, and in Carlisle's
_Endowed Charities_; but no account of his family has been given
by his namesake, William Burton, in his _History of
Leicestershire_, or by Nichols in his _History_.]
_Hoo._--What is the meaning of this word? In Bedfordshire there are two
houses and estates called by this name, Luton Hoo and Pertenhall Hoo;
and in Norfolk, Suffolk, and Kent are villages so called.