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John Gresley

Male Abt 1328 - Aft 1395  (~ 68 years)


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  • Name John Gresley  [1
    Birth Abt 1328  Drakelow, Burton-upon-Trent, Derbyshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Male 
    Death Aft 1395  [3, 4
    Alternate death Bef 2 Apr 1396  [5
    Person ID I6398  Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of JTS, Ancestor of TNH, Ancestor of TWK
    Last Modified 9 Jan 2018 

    Father Geoffrey de Gresley   d. Abt 1332 
    Mother Margaret Gernon   d. Aft 1352 
    Marriage Abt 1318  [5
    Family ID F937  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Alice de Swynnerton   d. Abt 1350 
    Marriage Abt 1345  [5
    Children 
    +1. Nicholas Gresley,   b. Abt 1347, of Drakelow, Burton-upon-Trent, Derbyshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft May 1374 (Age ~ 27 years)
    Family ID F5366  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 3 Nov 2015 

    Family 2 Joan Toly,   b. 1325, Wymondham, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Dec 1393, Drakelow, Burton-upon-Trent, Derbyshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years) 
    Marriage Bef 1352  [5
    Family ID F4996  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 3 Nov 2015 

  • Notes 
    • "In the brief Parliament of 1372 he sat as a representative of Staffordshire." [The Gresleys of Drakelowe, citation details below.]

  • Sources 
    1. [S1333] Nathaniel L. Taylor, "The Alleged Gresley-Swinnerton Marriage: A Closer Examination." 1998-2002.

    2. [S53] The Magna Charta Sureties, 1215: The Barons Named in the Magna Charta, 1215, and Some of Their Descendants Who Settled in America During the Early Colonial Years by Frederick Lewis Weis. Fifth edition, with additions and corrections by Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr. and William R. Beal. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1999.

    3. [S47] The History of Parliament. Some citations point to entries from the printed volumes not yet added to the online site.

    4. [S789] The Wallop Family and Their Ancestry by Vernon James Watney. Oxford, 1928.

    5. [S806] The Gresleys of Drakelowe: An Account of the Family, and Notes of its Connexions by Marriage and Descent from the Norman Conquest to the Present Day, by Falconer Madan. Oxford, 1899.