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Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. John ASTLEY
  2. William ASTLEY
  3. Thomas ASTLEY Birth: Abt 1415 Death: 1483
  4. Richard ASTLEY
  5. Henry ASTLEY

Bibliography
  1. Acheson, Eric, Gentry Community: Leicestershire in fifteenth century. Cambridge: Univ Press, 1993. NYPL JFD 92-12870. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Acheson Leicester p[0-9]*].
  2. Burke, Sir John Bernard, Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage Baronetage and Knightage. 99th edition. London: Burke's Peerage, 1949. Available at http://archive.org/details/burkesgenealogic1949unse. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Burke Peerage [cx0-9]*].
  3. 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]*].
  4. Richardson, Douglas, Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families. Baltimore, MD: Genelogical Publishing Co, 2004. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Richardson PA p[0-9]*].
  5. 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 v1[pc][0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
abt 1385 [Ref: Richardson PA p46],
parents:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p92, Richardson PA p46, Richardson RoyalAnc v1p173, Richardson RoyalAnc v1p174],
mother:
[Ref: Acheson Leicester p216]
Sources for death Information
date:
between May and Jul 1437 [Ref: Acheson Leicester p216]
living 1430 [Ref: Madan Gresleys p235]
Sources with Inaccurate death Information
date:
before 13 Jan 1432 [Ref: Richardson PA p46, Richardson RoyalAnc v1p174]
Sources with Information about marriage to Jane GREASLY
date:
before 18 Jan 1423/4 [Ref: Richardson PA p46],
names:
[Ref: Madan Gresleys p225],
child:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p92, Madan Gresleys p235, Richardson PA p46, Richardson RoyalAnc v1p174]
Research Notes:
Esq, of Ellenhall, Staffordshire [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v1p174]
Esq, of Nailstone [Ref: Acheson Leicester p216]
of Ellenhall, Staffordshire [Ref: Richardson PA p46]
of Patshull, Staffs [Ref: Burke Peerage p92]

heir of his father [Ref: Richardson PA p46, Richardson RoyalAnc v1p174]

1436: elected Knight of the Shire for Leicestershire [Ref: Acheson Leicester p216]



Pedigree of Thomas ASTLEY
                                                                /-----Philip Of Astley
                                                       /-----Thomas Of Astley
                                              /-----Walter Of Astley
                                             |        |         /-----Walter De Camville
                                             |         \-----Maud CAMVILLE
                                     /-----Sir Thomas Of Astley
                                    |         \-----Isabel
                            /-----Andrew Of Astley, Lord Astley
                           |        |         /-----Ermald Du BOIS
                           |         \-----Joan Du BOIS
                   /-----Sir Giles ASTLEY
                  |         \-----Sibyl
          /-----Thomas ASTLEY, Lord Astley
         |        |         /-----Sir Thomas WOLVEY
         |         \-----Alice WOLVEY
         |                  \-----Alice
 /-----Sir Thomas ASTLEY
|        |                                                      /-----William De BEAUCHAMP, Baron Of Salwarpe
|        |                                             /-----William De BEAUCHAMP, Baron Of Salwarpe
|        |                                            |         \-----Bertha BRAOS
|        |                                    /-----Walter De BEAUCHAMP
|        |                                   |        |         /-----Sir Thomas De St VALERIE
|        |                                   |         \-----Joan De St VALERIE
|        |                           /-----William BEAUCHAMP, Baron Of Elmsley Castle
|        |                          |        |                  /-----Hugh De MORTIMER, Baron Of Wigmore
|        |                          |        |         /-----Roger De MORTIMER, Baron Of Wigmore
|        |                          |        |        |         \-----Maud De MESCHINES
|        |                          |         \-----Joan MORTIMER
|        |                          |                 |         /-----Walkeline FERRERS, Lord Of Oakham
|        |                          |                  \-----Isabel De FERRIERS
|        |                  /-----William De BEAUCHAMP, Earl Of Warwick
|        |                 |        |                           /-----William III MAUDIT, Baron Of Hanslope
|        |                 |        |                  /-----Robert MAUDIT, Baron Of Hanslope
|        |                 |        |                 |         \-----Isabel De St LIZ
|        |                 |        |         /-----William IV MAUDIT, Baron Of Hanslope
|        |                 |        |        |        |         /-----Thurstan BASSET
|        |                 |        |        |         \-----Isabel BASSET
|        |                 |         \-----Isabel MAUDUIT
|        |                 |                 |                  /-----Roger De Newburgh, Earl Of Warwick
|        |                 |                 |         /-----Waleran Beaumont De Newbourge, Earl Of Warwick
|        |                 |                 |        |         \-----Gundred De WARENNE, Countess Of Warwick
|        |                 |                  \-----Alice De NEWBOURGE
|        |                 |                          |         /-----Robert De Harcourt
|        |                 |                           \-----Alice De Harcourt
|        |                 |                                    \-----Millicent De Camville
|        |         /-----Sir Guy De BEAUCHAMP, Earl Of Warwick
|        |        |        |                           /-----Piers De LUTEGARESHALE
|        |        |        |                  /-----Geoffrey FITZ PIERS, Earl Of Essex
|        |        |        |                 |         \-----Maud
|        |        |        |         /-----Sir John FITZ GEOFFREY
|        |        |        |        |        |                  /-----Richard FITZ GILBERT De CLARE, Baron Of Clare
|        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Roger De CLARE, Earl Of Hertford
|        |        |        |        |        |        |         \-----Adeliza Le MESCHIN
|        |        |        |        |         \-----Aveline De CLARE
|        |        |        |        |                 |         /-----James De St HILARY, Baron Of Field Dalling
|        |        |        |        |                  \-----Maud St. HILLARY
|        |        |        |        |                           \-----Aveline
|        |        |         \-----Maud FITZJOHN
|        |        |                 |                           /-----Hugh BIGOD, Earl Of Norfolk And Suffolk
|        |        |                 |                  /-----Roger BIGOD, Earl Of Norfolk, MC Surety
|        |        |                 |                 |         \-----Juliana VERE
|        |        |                 |         /-----Hugh BIGOD, Earl Of Norfolk, MC Surety
|        |        |                 |        |        |         /-----Ralph V De TOENI, Baron Of Flamstead
|        |        |                 |        |         \-----Ida Countess Of Norfolk
|        |        |                 |        |                  \-----Margaret De BEAUMONT
|        |        |                  \-----Isabel BIGOD
|        |        |                          |                  /-----John Fitz GILBERT The Marshal
|        |        |                          |         /-----Sir William MARSHALL, Protector, Earl Of Pembroke
|        |        |                          |        |         \-----Sibyl De SALISBURY
|        |        |                           \-----Maud MARSHALL
|        |        |                                   |         /-----Richard "Strongbow" De CLARE, Earl Of Pembroke
|        |        |                                    \-----Isabel De CLARE, Countess Of Pembroke
|        |        |                                             \-----Aoife Macmurchada Of Leinster
|         \-----Elizabeth De BEAUCHAMP
|                 |                                             /-----Ralph V De TOENI, Baron Of Flamstead
|                 |                                    /-----Roger IV De TOENI, Baron Of Flamstead
|                 |                                   |         \-----Margaret De BEAUMONT
|                 |                           /-----Ralph VI De TOENI, Baron Of Flamstead
|                 |                          |        |         /-----Richard I De BEAUMONT, Viscount Of Maine
|                 |                          |         \-----Constance De BEAUMONT
|                 |                          |                  \-----Lucie De L'AIGLE
|                 |                  /-----Roger V De TOENI, Baron Of Flamstead
|                 |                 |        |                  /-----Hugh De LACY, Baron Of Weobley
|                 |                 |        |         /-----Walter De LACY, Baron Of Weobley
|                 |                 |        |        |         \-----Roheis De MONMOUTH
|                 |                 |         \-----Petronilla De LACY
|                 |                 |                 |         /-----William De BRAOS, Baron Of Bramber
|                 |                 |                  \-----Margaret De BRAOISE
|                 |                 |                           \-----Matilda De ST VALERIE De HAIA
|                 |         /-----Ralph VII De TOENI, Baron Of Flamstead
|                 |        |        |                           /-----Humphrey IV De BOHUN, Baron Of Trowbridge
|                 |        |        |                  /-----Henry De BOHUN, Earl Of Hereford, MC Surety
|                 |        |        |                 |         \-----Margaret Of Huntingdon
|                 |        |        |         /-----Humphrey V De BOHUN, Earl Of Hereford And Essex
|                 |        |        |        |        |         /-----Geoffrey FITZ PIERS, Earl Of Essex
|                 |        |        |        |         \-----Maud FITZ GEOFFREY De MANDEVILLE
|                 |        |        |        |                  \-----Beatrice De SAY
|                 |        |         \-----Alice De BOHUN
|                 |        |                 |                  /-----Hugh Sire De Lusignan
|                 |        |                 |         /-----Raoul I De LUSIGNAN, Count D'Eu
|                 |        |                 |        |         \-----Orengarde
|                 |        |                  \-----Maud D'EU
|                 |        |                          |         /-----Henry Count D'Eu, Baron Of Hastings
|                 |        |                           \-----Alice D'EU, Countess Of Eu, Lady Of Hastings
|                 |        |                                    \-----Maud De WARENNE
|                  \-----Alice De TOENI
|                           \-----Mary
Thomas ASTLEY
|                                                               /-----William De HARCOURT, Gov Of Tamworth Castle
|                                                      /-----Sir Richard De HARCOURT
|                                                     |         \-----Alice NOEL
|                                             /-----Sir William De HARCOURT
|                                            |        |         /-----Saire De QUINCEY, Earl Of Winchester, MC Suret
|                                            |         \-----Orabella De QUINCY
|                                            |                  \-----Margaret BEAUMONT
|                                    /-----Sir Richard De HARCOURT
|                                   |        |                  /-----William De HASTINGS
|                                   |        |         /-----Sir Henry De HASTINGS
|                                   |        |        |         \-----Margaret BIGOD
|                                   |         \-----Hillaria De HASTINGS
|                                   |                 |         /-----David Earl Of Huntingdon
|                                   |                  \-----Ada Of Huntingdon
|                                   |                           \-----Maud Of Chester
|                           /-----Sir John De HARCOURT
|                          |        |                           /-----Henry BEKE
|                          |        |                  /-----Walter BEKE
|                          |        |                 |         \-----Hawise De MULTON
|                          |        |         /-----John BEKE, Lord Beke
|                          |        |        |        |         /-----Robert De GREY
|                          |        |        |         \-----Eve
|                          |         \-----Margaret BEKE
|                          |                 |                  /-----Sir Thomas De FURNIVAL
|                          |                 |         /-----Sir Thomas De FURNIVAL
|                          |                 |        |         \-----Bertha De FERRERS
|                          |                  \-----Sarah De FURNIVAL
|                  /-----Sir William De HARCOURT
|                 |        |                                    /-----Geoffrey Vicomte De Porhoet
|                 |        |                           /-----Alan CEOCHE
|                 |        |                          |         \-----Hawise Of Brittany
|                 |        |                  /-----Roger La ZOUCHE
|                 |        |                 |        |         /-----Philip De BELMEIS
|                 |        |                 |         \-----Alice De Belmeis
|                 |        |                 |                  \-----Maud De MESCHINES
|                 |        |         /-----Eudo La ZOUCHE
|                 |        |        |        |                  /-----Manasser BISET
|                 |        |        |        |         /-----Henry BISET
|                 |        |        |        |        |         \-----Alice De Cany
|                 |        |        |         \-----Margaret BISET
|                 |        |        |                 |         /-----Richard FITZ EUSTACE, Constable Of Chester
|                 |        |        |                  \-----Aubrey FITZ EUSTACE
|                 |        |        |                           \-----Albreada LIZOURS, Baroness Of Pontfract
|                 |         \-----Eleanor La ZOUCHE
|                 |                 |                           /-----Sir William De CANTELOU, Baron Of Eaton Bray
|                 |                 |                  /-----Sir William De CANTELOU, Baron Of Eaton Bray
|                 |                 |                 |         \-----Mesceline De BRACI
|                 |                 |         /-----William De CANTELOU, Lord Abergavenny
|                 |                 |        |        |         /-----Hugh De GOURNAY
|                 |                 |        |         \-----Millicent De GOURNAY
|                 |                 |        |                  \-----Julia De DAMMARTIN
|                 |                  \-----Milicent De CANTELOU
|                 |                          |                  /-----Reginald De BRAOS, Baron Of Bramber
|                 |                          |         /-----William De BRAIOSE, Baron Of Brecknock Castle
|                 |                          |        |         \-----Gracia De BRIWERE
|                 |                           \-----Eva De BRAIOSE, Baroness Abergavenny
|                 |                                   |         /-----Sir William MARSHALL, Protector, Earl Of Pembroke
|                 |                                    \-----Eve MARSHALL
|                 |                                             \-----Isabel De CLARE, Countess Of Pembroke
|         /-----Sir Richard HARCOURT
|        |        |                                             /-----Henry De GREY
|        |        |                                    /-----Sir Richard De GREY
|        |        |                                   |         \-----Iseude De BARDOLF
|        |        |                           /-----Sir John GREY
|        |        |                          |        |         /-----John De HUMEZ
|        |        |                          |         \-----Lucy De HUMEZ
|        |        |                  /-----Sir Henry De GREY, Lord Grey Of Codnor
|        |        |                 |        |                  /-----Sir Reynold De MOHUN, Baron Of Dunster
|        |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Reynold De MOHUN, Baron Of Dunster
|        |        |                 |        |        |         \-----Alice De BRIWERE
|        |        |                 |         \-----Lucy De MOHUN
|        |        |                 |                 |         /-----Geoffrey FITZ PIERS, Earl Of Essex
|        |        |                 |                  \-----Hawise FITZ GEOFFREY
|        |        |                 |                           \-----Aveline De CLARE
|        |        |         /-----Sir Richard De GREY, Lord Grey Of Codnor
|        |        |        |        |                           /-----Sir Robert De COURTENAY, Baron Of Oakhampton
|        |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir John De COURTENAY, Baron Of Oakhampton
|        |        |        |        |                 |         \-----Mary De VERNON
|        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Hugh De COURTENAY, Baron Of Oakhampton
|        |        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Hugh De VERE, Earl Of Oxford
|        |        |        |        |        |         \-----Isabel De VERE
|        |        |        |        |        |                  \-----Hawise De QUINCEY
|        |        |        |         \-----Eleanor De COURTENAY
|        |        |        |                 |                  /-----Sir Hugh Le DESPENSER
|        |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir Hugh Le DESPENSER, Justiciar Of England
|        |        |        |                  \-----Eleanor Le DESPENSER
|        |        |        |                          |         /-----Sir Philip BASSET, Justiciar Of England
|        |        |        |                           \-----Aline BASSET
|        |        |        |                                    \-----Hawise De LOUVAINE
|        |         \-----Jane De GREY
|        |                 |                                    /-----Robert Fitz PAYNE
|        |                 |                           /-----Roger Fitz PAYNE
|        |                 |                  /-----Sir Robert FITZ PAYN
|        |                 |                 |        |         /-----Alfred De LINCOLN, Baron Of Winterbourne St Mar
|        |                 |                 |         \-----Margery De LINCOLN
|        |                 |                 |                  \-----Maud
|        |                 |         /-----Sir Robert FITZ PAYN, Lord Fitz Payn
|        |                 |        |         \-----Roberge
|        |                  \-----Joan FITZ PAYN
|        |                          |         /-----Sir John De CLIFFORD
|        |                           \-----Isabella De CLIFFORD
 \-----Elizabeth HARCOURT
         |         /-----Sir William SHARESHULL
          \-----Joan SHARESHULL



Descendants of Thomas ASTLEY
1. Thomas ASTLEY m. Jane GREASLY
m. Jane GREASLY father: Sir Thomas GREASLY mother: Margaret WALSH

2nd generation

4. Thomas ASTLEY m. Margaret BOTELER
m. Margaret BOTELER father: Sir William BOTELER mother: Elizabeth

3rd generation

8. Richard ASTLEY m. Joan OTELEY
m. Joan OTELEY father: Thomas OTELEY mother: Ann SCREVEN

4th generation

12. Elizabeth ASTLEY m. John THORNES
m. John THORNES father: Roger THORNES mother: Jane KYNASTON

5th generation

16. Richard THORNES m. Joan FYCHAN
m. Joan FYCHAN father: Ieuan Llwyd FYCHAN mother: Elizabeth THORNES