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Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Thomasine GRESLEY
  2. Elizabeth GRESELEY
  3. Alice GRESLEY
  4. Richard GRESLEY
  5. Sir Thomas GRESLEY Birth: 1455 Death: 1503

Bibliography
  1. Banks, Thomas Christopher, Baronia anglica concentrata: or, A concentrated account of all the baronies commonly called baronies in fee; deriving their origin from writ of summons, and not from any specific limited creation. London: Simpkin, 1844. Available at https://archive.org/details/baroniaanglicaco01bankuoft. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Banks Baronies v[1-2]p[0-9]*].
  2. Dugdale, Sir William, The Antiquities of Warwickshire, Second Edition, London: 1730. Available (vol 1, pp1-640) at http://books.google.com/?id=EWhZAAAAYAAJ and (vol 2, pp641-1153) at http://books.google.com/?id=PhBaAAAAYAAJ. Also available at http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000156000. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Dugdale Warwickshire p[0-9]*].
  3. Faris, David, Plantagenet ancestry of seventeenth century colonists: the descent from the later Plantagenet Kings of England, Henry III, Edward I, Edward II, and Edward III, of emigrants from England and Wales to the North American colonies before 1701, second edition. Boston: New England Historical Genealogical Society, 1999. NYPL APR (New England) 01-1513. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Faris PA2 p[0-9ivxc]*].
  4. Madan, Falconer, The Gresleys of Drakelowe: An Account of the Family, and Notes of its connexions by Marriage and Descent from the Norman Conquest, Oxford: author, 1899. Available at https://archive.org/details/The_Gresleys_of_Drakelowe. Partially (mainly illustrations) at https://archive.org/details/gri_33125007789320. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Madan Gresleys p[0-9]*].
  5. Montague-Smith, Patrick W, An Unrecorded line of descent from King Edward I of England with some early settled American Descendants, The Genealogist 5,2 (1984), pp131-157. NYPL APA 82-1000. Available at https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/genealogist-the/image/. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Montague-Smith Dudley p[0-9]*].
  6. Richardson, Douglas, Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families. Baltimore, MD: Genelogical Publishing Co, 2005. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Richardson MCA p[0-9]*].
  7. Richardson, Douglas, Royal Ancestry. Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson, 2013. NYPL JFF 16-1184 v1-5 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v2p[0-9]*].
  8. Richardson, Douglas, Royal Ancestry. Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson, 2013. NYPL JFF 16-1184 v1-5 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p[0-9]*].
  9. Richardson, Douglas, Royal Ancestry. Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson, 2013. NYPL JFF 16-1184 v1-5 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p[0-9]*].
  10. Richardson, Douglas, Royal Ancestry. Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson, 2013. NYPL JFF 16-1184 v1-5 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v5p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
abt 1418 [Ref: Madan Gresleys p226, Richardson MCA p375, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p115],
parents:
[Ref: Madan Gresleys p226, Richardson MCA p375, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p114]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p115]
31 Jan 1486/7 [Ref: Madan Gresleys p226]
Sources with Information about marriage to Anne STANLEY
date:
before 1455 [Ref: Richardson MCA p375, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p115],
names:
[Ref: Banks Baronies v1p414, Montague-Smith Dudley p144, Richardson RoyalAnc v2p487],
child:
[Ref: Madan Gresleys p226, Richardson MCA p375, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p115, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p144]
Research Notes:
Knt, of Drakelow, Derbyshire, and Colton, Staffordshire [Ref: Richardson MCA p375, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p115]
Knt, of Colton, Staffordshire [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p144]
Knt [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p435, Richardson RoyalAnc v5p388]

heir of his father [Ref: Richardson MCA p375, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p115]

Knight of the Shire for Staffordshire and for Derbyshire [Ref: Richardson MCA p375, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p115]

1453-4: Sheriff of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p115]
Sheriff of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire [Ref: Richardson MCA p375]

Knt, of Drakelowe [Ref: Faris PA2 p172]

of Drakelow [Ref: Dugdale Warwickshire p1008]



Pedigree of Sir John GRESLEY
                                                                /-----William De GRESLEY
                                                       /-----Sir Geoffrey De GRESLEY
                                                      |         \-----Elizabeth De BAKEPUIZ
                                              /-----Sir Peter De GRESLEY
                                             |         \-----Agnes
                                     /-----Sir Geoffrey De GRESLEY
                                    |        |                  /-----Robert De STAFFORD, Baron Of Stafford
                                    |        |         /-----Sir Robert De STAFFORD
                                    |        |        |         \-----Alice CORBET
                                    |         \-----Johanna De STAFFORD
                                    |                 |         /-----William De STAFFORD
                                    |                  \-----Gundrada De STAFFORD
                                    |                           \-----Ermentrude Fitz WALKELIN
                            /-----Sir John De GRESLEY
                           |        |                           /-----Ralph De GERNON, Lord Of East Thorpe
                           |        |                  /-----Sir William GERNON
                           |        |                 |         \-----Eleanor De VERE
                           |        |         /-----Sir John GERNON
                           |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Hugh De HERDEBURGH
                           |        |        |         \-----Isabel De HERDEBURGH
                           |        |        |                  \-----Isabel TURVILLE
                           |         \-----Margaret GERNON
                           |                 |                  /-----Walter De COLEVILLE
                           |                 |         /-----Roger De COLEVILLE
                           |                 |        |         \-----Elizabeth
                           |                  \-----Alice COLVILLE
                           |                          |         /-----Sir Richard De BREUSE, Lord Of Stinton
                           |                           \-----Margaret De BREUSE
                           |                                    \-----Alice Le RUS
                   /-----Sir Nicholas De GRESLEY
                  |        |                                    /-----Stephen De SWYNNERTON
                  |        |                           /-----Sir Roger De SWYNNERTON
                  |        |                          |         \-----Joan De WAURE
                  |        |                  /-----Sir Roger De SWYNNERTON, Lord Swynnerton
                  |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Robert De HASTANG
                  |        |                 |         \-----Joan De HASTANG
                  |        |         /-----Sir Thomas De SWYNNERTON, Lord Swynnerton
                  |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Thomas HAUGHTON
                  |        |        |         \-----Maud HAUGHTON
                  |         \-----Alice De SWYNNERTON
                  |                 |                           /-----Thurston De HOLAND
                  |                 |                  /-----Sir Robert De HOLAND
                  |                 |         /-----Sir Robert De HOLAND, Lord Holand
                  |                 |        |        |         /-----William De SAMLESBURY
                  |                 |        |         \-----Elizabeth De SAMLESBURY
                  |                 |        |                  \-----Avena
                  |                  \-----Maud De HOLAND
                  |                          |                  /-----Sir Roger La ZOUCHE, Lord Zouche Of Ashby And Broc
                  |                          |         /-----Alan La Zouche, Lord Zouche
                  |                          |        |         \-----Ela LONGSPEE
                  |                           \-----Maud La Zouche
                  |                                   |         /-----Sir Nicholas SEGRAVE, Lord Segrave
                  |                                    \-----Eleanor SEGRAVE
                  |                                             \-----Maud LUCY
          /-----Sir Thomas GREASLY
         |        |                           /-----Sir John De WASTENEYS
         |        |                  /-----Sir William De WASTENEYS
         |        |                 |         \-----Isabella HAY
         |        |         /-----Sir Thomas De WASTENEYS
         |        |        |         \-----Joanna BRET
         |         \-----Thomasine De WASTENEYS
         |                  \-----Joan TOLY
 /-----Sir John GRESLEY
|        |                                             /-----Roger WALSH
|        |                                    /-----William WALSH
|        |                                   |         \-----Agnes
|        |                           /-----Robert WALSH
|        |                          |         \-----Alice
|        |                  /-----John WALSH
|        |                 |        |         /-----William De KYKENHO
|        |                 |         \-----Elizabeth De KYKENHO
|        |         /-----Sir Thomas WALSH
|        |        |         \-----Alice
|         \-----Margaret WALSH
|                  \-----Katherine
Sir John GRESLEY
|                                                               /-----Roger De ALDWARE
|                                                      /-----Robert De ALDWARE
|                                             /-----Robert De ALDWARE
|                                    /-----Sir William CLARELL Of Aldwark, Lord Of Sutton
|                                   |        |                  /-----John CLARELL, Of Tickhill
|                                   |        |         /-----William CLARELL, Of Tickhill
|                                   |        |        |         \-----Alianor
|                                   |         \-----Johanna CLARELL
|                                   |                  \-----Johanna
|                           /-----Sir Thomas CLARELL, Of Aldwark
|                          |        |         /-----William WALEIS
|                          |         \-----Agnes WALEIS
|                          |                 |                  /-----Roger De ALDWARE
|                          |                 |         /-----Roger De ALDWARE
|                          |                  \-----Agnes ALDWARE
|                          |                          |         /-----Sir John De NORMANVILLE
|                          |                           \-----(Unk Dau) NORMANVILLE
|                  /-----William CLARELL, Of Aldwark
|                 |        |                                    /-----William COMYN, Earl Of Buchan
|                 |        |                           /-----Richard COMYN
|                 |        |                          |         \-----(Unk)
|                 |        |                  /-----Sir John The Red COMYN
|                 |        |         /-----John COMYN
|                 |        |        |        |                  /-----Robert De ROS, Magna Charta Surety
|                 |        |        |        |         /-----Sir William De ROS, Baron Of Helmsley
|                 |        |        |        |        |         \-----Isabel Of Scotland
|                 |        |        |         \-----Alicia De ROOS
|                 |        |        |                 |         /-----Piers FITZ HERBERT
|                 |        |        |                  \-----Lucia FITZ PIERS
|                 |        |        |                           \-----Alice De WARKWORTH
|                 |         \-----Isabel COMYN
|                 |                  \-----Maud
|         /-----Sir Thomas CLARELL, Of Aldwark, Lord Of Penistone
|        |        |                                             /-----Henry De REYGATE, Lord Of Steveton
|        |        |                                    /-----William De REYGATE
|        |        |                                   |         \-----Margaret
|        |        |                           /-----Sir John De REYGATE
|        |        |                  /-----Sir Robert REYGATE, Lord Of Steeton
|        |        |                 |         \-----Katherine
|        |        |         /-----William REYGATE, Lord Of Steeton
|        |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth
|        |         \-----Elizabeth REYGATE
|        |                 |         /-----William De FUNTAYNES
|        |                  \-----Theophania De FUNTAYNES
 \-----Elizabeth CLARELL
         |                                                      /-----Sir William De MONTGOMERY
         |                                             /-----William De MONTGOMERY
         |                                            |         \-----Matilda
         |                                    /-----Sir Walter De MONTGOMERY
         |                                   |         \-----(Unk)
         |                           /-----William De MONTGOMERY
         |                          |         \-----(Unk)
         |                  /-----Sir Walter MONTGOMERY
         |                 |         \-----Philippa
         |         /-----Sir Nicholas MONTGOMERY
         |        |        |                                    /-----Sir Thomas De FURNIVAL
         |        |        |                           /-----Sir Thomas De FURNIVAL
         |        |        |                          |         \-----Bertha De FERRERS
         |        |        |                  /-----Sir Thomas FURNIVAL, Lord Furnival
         |        |        |         /-----Thomas De FURNIVAL, Lord Furnival
         |        |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir Hugh Le DESPENSER
         |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Hugh Le DESPENSER, Justiciar Of England
         |        |        |        |         \-----Joan De DESPENSER
         |        |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir Philip BASSET, Justiciar Of England
         |        |        |        |                  \-----Aline BASSET
         |        |        |        |                           \-----Hawise De LOUVAINE
         |        |         \-----Maud FURNIVAL
         |        |                 |                           /-----John De VERDUN
         |        |                 |                  /-----Sir Theobald De VERDUN, Lord Verdun
         |        |                 |                 |         \-----Margaret De LACY, Lady Of Dulek
         |        |                 |         /-----Sir Theobald De VERDUN, Lord Verdun
         |        |                 |        |        |         /-----Humphrey VI De BOHUN
         |        |                 |        |         \-----Margery De BOHUN
         |        |                 |        |                  \-----Eleanor De BRAIOSE
         |        |                  \-----Joan VERDON
         |        |                          |                  /-----Sir Roger MORTIMER, Baron Of Wigmore
         |        |                          |         /-----Sir Edmund De MORTIMER, Lord Mortimer
         |        |                          |        |         \-----Maud De BRAOISE
         |        |                           \-----Maud De MORTIMER
         |        |                                   |         /-----Sir William FIENNES
         |        |                                    \-----Margaret FIENNES
         |        |                                             \-----Blanche De BRIENNE, Lady Of Loupeland
          \-----Matilda MONTGOMERY
                  |                                             /-----Sir John FOLJAMB
                  |                                    /-----Sir Thomas FOLJAMBE
                  |                                   |         \-----Margaret LUTTERELL
                  |                           /-----Sir Thomas FOLJAMBE
                  |                          |         \-----Cecily
                  |                  /-----Sir Godfrey FOLJAMBE
                  |                 |         \-----Alice
                  |         /-----Sir Geoffrey FOLJAMBE
                  |        |        |         /-----Sir Thomas IRELAND
                  |        |         \-----Avena IRELAND
                   \-----Margaret FOLJAMBE
                            \-----Margaret



Descendants of Sir John GRESLEY
1. Sir John GRESLEY m. Anne STANLEY
m. Anne STANLEY father: Thomas STANLEY mother: Maud ARDERNE

2nd generation

2. Thomasine GRESLEY m. Thomas DARRELL
m. Thomas DARRELL father: John DARRELL mother: Florence CHICHELEY
3. Elizabeth GRESELEY m. Thomas MONTFORT
m. Thomas MONTFORT father: Sir Simon MONTFORT mother: Anna VERNEY
6. Sir Thomas GRESLEY m. Anne FERRERS
m. Anne FERRERS father: Sir Thomas FERRERS mother: Anne HASTINGS

3rd generation

7. Agnes DARRELL m. Sir Simon HARCOURT
m. Sir Simon HARCOURT father: Sir Christopher HARCOURT mother: Joan STAPLETON
8. Henry DARRELL m. Elizabeth CHEYNE
m. Elizabeth CHEYNE father: John CHEYNE mother: Agnes FARBY
10. Eleanor MONTFORT m. William PUDSEY
m. William PUDSEY father: Rowland PUDSEY mother: Edith HORE
16. Elizabeth GRESLEY m1. Sir John MONTGOMERY m2. John GIFFARD
m. Sir John MONTGOMERY father: Sir Nicholas MONTGOMERY mother: Joan DELVES
m. John GIFFARD
18. Sir George GRESLEY m1. Margaret MULAHO m2. Katherine SUTTON
m. Margaret MULAHO
m. Katherine SUTTON father: Edward SUTTON, K.G., Lord Dudley mother: Cecily WILLOUGHBY

4th generation

21. Sir John HARCOURT m. Margaret BARENTYNE
m. Margaret BARENTYNE father: Sir William BARENTYNE mother: Mary READE
22. Thomas DARRELL m1. Elizabeth HORNE m2. Alice WHETENHALL
m. Elizabeth HORNE father: James HORNE
m. Alice WHETENHALL father: William WHETENHALL mother: Anne CROMER
27. Robert PUDSEY m. Eleanor HARMON
m. Eleanor HARMON father: Hugh HARMON mother: Joyce RUGELEY
28. Ellen De MONTGOMERIE m. Sir John VERNON
m. Sir John VERNON father: Sir Henry VERNON mother: Anne TALBOT
31. Frances GIFFARD m. Sir John TALBOT
m. Sir John TALBOT father: Sir John TALBOT mother: Margaret TROUTBECK
32. Sir William GRESLEY m. Katherine De ASTON
m. Katherine De ASTON father: Sir Edward De ASTON mother: Jane BOWLES

5th generation

33. Agnes HARCOURT m1. John KNYVET m2. William BOWYER
m. John KNYVET father: Edmund KNYVET mother: Joan BOURCHIER, Baroness Berners
m. William BOWYER father: Robert BOWYER mother: Margaret
47. Thomas DARRELL m1. Anne HEDD m2. Mary ROYDON
m. Anne HEDD father: Thomas HEDD
m. Mary ROYDON father: Thomas ROYDON mother: Margaret WHETENHALL
60. George PUDSEY m1. Maud COTTON m2. Margaret GIBBONS
m. Maud COTTON father: Humphrey COTTON mother: Anne KINNERSLEY
m. Margaret GIBBONS father: William GIBBONS
62. Jane TALBOT m. Sir George BOWES
m. Sir George BOWES father: Richard BOWES mother: Elizabeth ASKE
63. John TALBOT m. Catherine PETRE
m. Catherine PETRE father: Sir William PETRE mother: Anne BROWNE