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Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Thomasine GREASLEY Death: 1480
  2. Katherine GRESLEY
  3. Nicholas GRESLEY Death: After 1455
  4. Sir John GRESLEY Birth: Abt 1418 Death: 30 Jan 1486/7

Marriage:
Bibliography
  1. 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]*].
  2. Roskell, J S, History of Parliament: The House of Commons 1386-1421. Wolfboro Falls, NH: Alan Sutton, 1992. NYPL JFE 95-5018. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: HoP 1386-1421 v[1-4]p[0-9]*].
  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, 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]*].
  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]*].
  6. 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]*].
  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 v3p[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 v4p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
parents:
[Ref: Madan Gresleys p225, Richardson MCA p375]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Madan Gresleys p225, Madan Gresleys p226, Richardson MCA p375, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p115]
Sources with Information about marriage to Elizabeth CLARELL
date:
[Ref: Richardson MCA p375, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p114]
abt 1410 [Ref: Madan Gresleys p226]
first marriage of John [Ref: Madan Gresleys p225],
names:
[Ref: Madan Gresleys p245, Richardson RoyalAnc v2p209],
child:
[Ref: Madan Gresleys p226, Richardson MCA p375, Richardson RoyalAnc v1p136, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p114, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p362]
Sources with Information about marriage to Margaret NORWOOD
date:
abt 1440 [Ref: Madan Gresleys p226]
second marriage of John [Ref: Madan Gresleys p225]
second marriage of John and third of Margaret [Ref: Richardson MCA p375, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p114]
Research Notes:
Knt, of Drakelow, Derbyshire [Ref: Richardson MCA p375, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p114]
of Drakelowe [Ref: Burke Peerage p2179]
of Colton, Staffs [Ref: HoP 1386-1421 v4p67]
of Colton, Staffs, and Drakelow, Derbys [Ref: HoP 1386-1421 v4p446]

heir of his father [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p114]

Knight of the Shire for Derbyshire [Ref: Richardson MCA p375, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p114]



Pedigree of Sir John GRESLEY
                                                                /-----Geoffrey De GRESLEY
                                                       /-----William De GRESLEY
                                                      |         \-----Margaret De SOMERVILLE
                                              /-----Sir Geoffrey De GRESLEY
                                             |         \-----Elizabeth De BAKEPUIZ
                                     /-----Sir Peter De GRESLEY
                                    |         \-----Agnes
                            /-----Sir Geoffrey De GRESLEY
                           |        |                           /-----Hervey De STAFFORD
                           |        |                  /-----Robert De STAFFORD, Baron Of Stafford
                           |        |                 |         \-----Pernell De FERRIERS
                           |        |         /-----Sir Robert De STAFFORD
                           |        |        |        |         /-----Thomas CORBET, Baron Of Cause
                           |        |        |         \-----Alice CORBET
                           |        |        |                  \-----Isabel De VAUTORT
                           |         \-----Johanna De STAFFORD
                           |                 |                  /-----William De STAFFORD
                           |                 |         /-----William De STAFFORD
                           |                  \-----Gundrada De STAFFORD
                           |                          |         /-----Robert Fitz WALKELIN
                           |                           \-----Ermentrude Fitz WALKELIN
                           |                                    \-----Margaret De GRENDON
                   /-----Sir John De GRESLEY
                  |        |                                    /-----William De GERNON, Marshall Of Kings Household
                  |        |                           /-----Ralph De GERNON, Lord Of East Thorpe
                  |        |                  /-----Sir William GERNON
                  |        |                 |        |         /-----Robert De VERE, Earl Of Oxford, MC Surety
                  |        |                 |         \-----Eleanor De VERE
                  |        |                 |                  \-----Isabel De BOLEBEC
                  |        |         /-----Sir John GERNON
                  |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Hugh De HERDEBURGH
                  |        |        |         \-----Isabel De HERDEBURGH
                  |        |        |                 |         /-----William TURVILLE
                  |        |        |                  \-----Isabel TURVILLE
                  |         \-----Margaret GERNON
                  |                 |                           /-----Roger De COLEVILLE
                  |                 |                  /-----Walter De COLEVILLE
                  |                 |                 |         \-----Beatrice
                  |                 |         /-----Roger De COLEVILLE
                  |                 |        |         \-----Elizabeth
                  |                  \-----Alice COLVILLE
                  |                          |                  /-----John De BRAOSE, Baron Of Bramber
                  |                          |         /-----Sir Richard De BREUSE, Lord Of Stinton
                  |                          |        |         \-----Margaret Of Wales
                  |                           \-----Margaret De BREUSE
                  |                                   |         /-----William Le RUS
                  |                                    \-----Alice Le RUS
                  |                                             \-----Agatha De CLERE
          /-----Sir Nicholas De GRESLEY
         |        |                                             /-----John SWINNERTON
         |        |                                    /-----Stephen De SWYNNERTON
         |        |                                   |         \-----Eleanor PESHALL
         |        |                           /-----Sir Roger De SWYNNERTON
         |        |                          |        |         /-----Roger De WAURE
         |        |                          |         \-----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
         |                 |                                    /-----Robert De HOLAND
         |                 |                           /-----Thurston De HOLAND
         |                 |                  /-----Sir Robert De HOLAND
         |                 |         /-----Sir Robert De HOLAND, Lord Holand
         |                 |        |        |                  /-----Roger De SAMLESBURY
         |                 |        |        |         /-----William De SAMLESBURY
         |                 |        |         \-----Elizabeth De SAMLESBURY
         |                 |        |                 |         /-----William De NOTTON
         |                 |        |                  \-----Avena
         |                 |        |                           \-----Cicely
         |                  \-----Maud De HOLAND
         |                          |                           /-----Sir Alan La ZOUCHE, Constable Of The Tower Of Lon
         |                          |                  /-----Sir Roger La ZOUCHE, Lord Zouche Of Ashby And Broc
         |                          |                 |         \-----Elena De QUINCY
         |                          |         /-----Alan La Zouche, Lord Zouche
         |                          |        |        |         /-----Stephen LONGESPEE, Justiciar Of Ireland
         |                          |        |         \-----Ela LONGSPEE
         |                          |        |                  \-----Emmeline De RIDELISFORD
         |                           \-----Maud La Zouche
         |                                   |                  /-----Gilbert De SEGRAVE
         |                                   |         /-----Sir Nicholas SEGRAVE, Lord Segrave
         |                                   |        |         \-----Amabil De CHAUCOMBE
         |                                    \-----Eleanor SEGRAVE
         |                                            |         /-----Geoffrey De LUCY
         |                                             \-----Maud LUCY
         |                                                      \-----Nichole De CANTELOU
 /-----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



Descendants of Sir John GRESLEY
1. Sir John GRESLEY m1. Elizabeth CLARELL m2. Margaret NORWOOD
m. Elizabeth CLARELL father: Sir Thomas CLARELL, Of Aldwark, Lord Of Penistone mother: Matilda MONTGOMERY
m. Margaret NORWOOD father: John NORWOOD

2nd generation

2. Thomasine GREASLEY m. Hugh WROTTESLEY
m. Hugh WROTTESLEY father: John De WROTTESLEY mother: Elizabeth STANDISSHE
3. Katherine GRESLEY m1. Thomas De STAFFORD m2. Sir William PEYTO
m. Thomas De STAFFORD father: Sir Thomas De STAFFORD mother: Alice SULNEY
m. Sir William PEYTO father: William PEYTO mother: Joan THORNBURY
5. Sir John GRESLEY m. Anne STANLEY
m. Anne STANLEY father: Thomas STANLEY mother: Maud ARDERNE

3rd generation

6. Sir Walter WROTTESLEY m. Jane BARON
m. Jane BARON father: William BARON mother: Joan KNOLLYS
8. John PEYTO m. Eleanor MANFIELD
m. Eleanor MANFIELD father: Robert MANFIELD mother: Katherine
9. Thomasine GRESLEY m. Thomas DARRELL
m. Thomas DARRELL father: John DARRELL mother: Florence CHICHELEY
10. Elizabeth GRESELEY m. Thomas MONTFORT
m. Thomas MONTFORT father: Sir Simon MONTFORT mother: Anna VERNEY
13. Sir Thomas GRESLEY m. Anne FERRERS
m. Anne FERRERS father: Sir Thomas FERRERS mother: Anne HASTINGS

4th generation

14. Richard WROTTESLEY m. Dorothy SUTTON
m. Dorothy SUTTON father: Sir Edmund SUTTON mother: Matilda CLIFFORD
20. Edward PEYTO m. Goditha THROCKMORTON
m. Goditha THROCKMORTON father: Sir Thomas THROCKMORTON mother: Margaret OLNEY
21. Agnes DARRELL m. Sir Simon HARCOURT
m. Sir Simon HARCOURT father: Sir Christopher HARCOURT mother: Joan STAPLETON
22. Henry DARRELL m. Elizabeth CHEYNE
m. Elizabeth CHEYNE father: John CHEYNE mother: Agnes FARBY
24. Eleanor MONTFORT m. William PUDSEY
m. William PUDSEY father: Rowland PUDSEY mother: Edith HORE
30. Elizabeth GRESLEY m1. Sir John MONTGOMERY m2. John GIFFARD
m. Sir John MONTGOMERY father: Sir Nicholas MONTGOMERY mother: Joan DELVES
m. John GIFFARD
32. 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

5th generation

33. Walter WROTTESLEY m. Isabella HARCOURT
m. Isabella HARCOURT father: John HARCOURT mother: Margaret BRACY
34. Joan WROTTESLEY m. Richard CRESSET
m. Richard CRESSET father: Thomas CRESSET mother: Jane CORBET
35. Eleanor WROTTESLEY m1. Sir Henry LONG m2. Edmund LEVERSEDGE
m. Sir Henry LONG
m. Edmund LEVERSEDGE
48. John PEYTO m1. Anne COOKE m2. Margaret BAYNHAM
m. Anne COOKE father: Richard COOKE
m. Margaret BAYNHAM father: Sir Alexander BAYNHAM
51. Sir John HARCOURT m. Margaret BARENTYNE
m. Margaret BARENTYNE father: Sir William BARENTYNE mother: Mary READE
52. Thomas DARRELL m1. Elizabeth HORNE m2. Alice WHETENHALL
m. Elizabeth HORNE father: James HORNE
m. Alice WHETENHALL father: William WHETENHALL mother: Anne CROMER
57. Robert PUDSEY m. Eleanor HARMON
m. Eleanor HARMON father: Hugh HARMON mother: Joyce RUGELEY
58. Ellen De MONTGOMERIE m. Sir John VERNON
m. Sir John VERNON father: Sir Henry VERNON mother: Anne TALBOT
61. Frances GIFFARD m. Sir John TALBOT
m. Sir John TALBOT father: Sir John TALBOT mother: Margaret TROUTBECK
62. Sir William GRESLEY m. Katherine De ASTON
m. Katherine De ASTON father: Sir Edward De ASTON mother: Jane BOWLES