[2] It has been said that in an attempt to escape the plague in London in 1665, a family relocated to Faxton with their servants, one of whom carried the fatal disease which spread and almost wiped out the village.

However, this tale is disproved by comparing the number of householders recorded in the hearth tax lists for Faxton in years before and after that date.

[10] Faxton's most famous resident was Sir Augustine Nichols, a judge of the Court of Common Pleas under James I of England.

In 1610, the Manor of Kibworth, Leicestershire was jointly granted to Augustine, Anthony Shugborough and John Smith after Ambrose Dudley, the Earl of Warwick, died without an heir.

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