Nielsen Hayden genealogy
Alice de Swynnerton
- Abt 13501. Alice de Swynnerton died about 1350. Other Events and Attributes:
- Alternate death: Bef 1352
Notes:
Nathaniel L. Taylor's paper "The Alleged Gresley-Swinnerton Marriage: A Closer Examination" (1998-2002) presents a convincing case that she cannot have been a daughter of Thomas Swinnerton (d. 1361) as shown in many sources, but was in all likelihood one of his sisters instead.
Alice married John Gresley about 1345. John (son of Geoffrey de Gresley and Margaret Gernon) was born about 1328 in Drakelow, Burton-upon-Trent, Derbyshire, England; died after 1395. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. Nicholas Gresley was born about 1347 in of Drakelow, Burton-upon-Trent, Derbyshire, England; died after May 1374.
Generation: 2
2. Nicholas Gresley (1.Alice1) was born about 1347 in of Drakelow, Burton-upon-Trent, Derbyshire, England; died after May 1374. Other Events and Attributes:
- Alternate death: Bef 1389
Nicholas married Thomasina Wastneys before May 1364. Thomasina (daughter of Thomas de Wastneys and Joan Toly) was born in of Colton, Staffordshire, England; died before 1405. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 3. Thomas Gresley was born about 1365; died about 1445.
Generation: 3
3. Thomas Gresley (2.Nicholas2, 1.Alice1) was born about 1365; died about 1445. Other Events and Attributes:
- Alternate birth: Abt 1366, Drakelow, Burton-upon-Trent, Derbyshire, England
Notes:
Knight of the shire for Derbyshire 1301, Staffordshire May 1413, Derbyshire Nov 1414 and 1417, Staffordshire 1419, Derbyshire May 1421.
Sheriff of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire 4 Nov 1418 - 23 Nov 1419, 12 Dec 1426 - 7 Nov 1427, Staffordshire 1 May 1422 - 13 Nov 1423. Steward of the High Peak for the Duchy of Lancaster, 20 Feb 1421 - 3 Mar 1424.
Fought at Agincourt.
Thomas Gresley (~1365-~1445) = Margaret Walsh (d. >1421)
John Gresley (d. 1449) = Elizabeth Clarell (d. 1449)
John Gresley (~1418-1487) = Anne Stanley
Thomasine Gresley = Thomas Darell (b. 1422)
Henry Darell (~1465-1536) = Elizabeth Cheyne (b. ~1470)
Thomas Darell (d. 1558) = Elizabeth Horne
Edward Darell (d. 1573) = Mary Darell (d. >1573)
Marmaduke Darell (1557-1632) = Anne Lennard (b. 1566)
Sampson Darell (~1594-1635) = Elizabeth Hampden (d. 1638)
Henry Darell (~1633-~1672) = Anne Thomson (d. 1662)
Anne Darell (~1654-1726) = William Jervis (1659-1695)
Elizabeth Jervis (1689-1752), wife of Dr. Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)Thomas married Margaret Walsh before 1392. Margaret (daughter of Thomas Walsh and Katherine) was born in of Wanlip, Leicestershire, England; died after 1421. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 4. Margaret de Gresley died after 1439.
- 5. Jane Gresley died before 1453.
- 6. John Gresley was born in of Drakelow, Derbyshire, England; died on 17 Jan 1449.
Generation: 4
4. Margaret de Gresley (3.Thomas3, 2.Nicholas2, 1.Alice1) died after 1439. Notes:
Email sent to the History of Parliament via their web form at http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/about/contact-us, on 12 September 2014.
From: Patrick Nielsen Hayden
Page URL: http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/member/gresley-sir-thomas-1445
"[Sir Thomas Gresley's] daughters, Joan and Margaret, did equally well for themselves, becoming the wives, respectively, of Sir Thomas Blount (d. 1456), treasurer of Normandy, and Thomas Astley of Patshull, who was related to the Beauchamp earls of Warwick."
This appears to be backward. According to the History of Parliament's own page about Sir Thomas Blount (at http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/member/blount-thomas-ii-1383-1456 -- this should be a live link on the entry for Gresley, but isn't), Blount married Margaret, not Joan. This is corroborated by every other source I can find.
Obviously, changing the sentence to read "Margaret and Joan" rather than "Joan and Margaret" would fix the entire problem.Family/Spouse: Thomas Blount. Thomas (son of Walter Blount and Sancha de Ayala) was born about 1383; died in 1456 in Elvaston, Shardlow, Derbyshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 7. Sanche Blount was born about 1418 in of Elvaston, Derbyshire, England.
- 8. Thomas Blount was born about 1420 in of Elwaston, Derbyshire, England; died before 11 Feb 1468.
- 9. Walter Blount was born about 1420; died on 1 Aug 1474.
5. Jane Gresley (3.Thomas3, 2.Nicholas2, 1.Alice1) died before 1453. Notes:
Nurse to the infant Henry VI, 1421-24. Sometimes called Joan.
6. John Gresley (3.Thomas3, 2.Nicholas2, 1.Alice1) was born in of Drakelow, Derbyshire, England; died on 17 Jan 1449. Notes:
Knight of the shire for Derbyshire.
John married Elizabeth Clarell in 1409. Elizabeth (daughter of Thomas Clarell and Maud Montgomery) died after 1 Mar 1449. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 10. John Gresley was born about 1418 in of Drakelow, Derbyshire, England; died on 30 Jan 1487.