| 1. | Robert, 1st Earl of Leicester, 1532?–88, British statesman and favorite of Queen Elizabeth. |
| 2. | Thomas, 1576–1653, English governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1634–35, 1640–41, 1645–46, 1650–51. |
| 3. | a borough in West Midlands, central England, near Birmingham. 300,700. |
| 4. | a male given name: from an Old English placename meaning “dry field.” |