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John Gresley

Male Abt 1328 - Aft 1395  (~ 68 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  John Gresley was born about 1328 in Drakelow, Burton-upon-Trent, Derbyshire, England; died after 1395.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Alternate death: Bef 2 Apr 1396

    Notes:

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

    John married Alice de Swynnerton about 1345. Alice (daughter of Roger de Swynnerton) died about 1350. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Nicholas Gresley  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1347 in of Drakelow, Burton-upon-Trent, Derbyshire, England; died after May 1374.

    John married Joan Toly before 1352. Joan (daughter of John Toly) was born in 1325 in Wymondham, Norfolk, England; died in Dec 1393 in Drakelow, Burton-upon-Trent, Derbyshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]



Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Nicholas Gresley Descendancy chart to this point (1.John1) 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:
    1. 3. Thomas Gresley  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1365; died about 1445.


Generation: 3

  1. 3.  Thomas Gresley Descendancy chart to this point (2.Nicholas2, 1.John1) 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:
    1. 4. Margaret de Gresley  Descendancy chart to this point died after 1439.
    2. 5. Jane Gresley  Descendancy chart to this point died before 1453.
    3. 6. John Gresley  Descendancy chart to this point was born in of Drakelow, Derbyshire, England; died on 17 Jan 1449.


Generation: 4

  1. 4.  Margaret de Gresley Descendancy chart to this point (3.Thomas3, 2.Nicholas2, 1.John1) 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:
    1. 7. Sanche Blount  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1418 in of Elvaston, Derbyshire, England.
    2. 8. Thomas Blount  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1420 in of Elwaston, Derbyshire, England; died before 11 Feb 1468.
    3. 9. Walter Blount  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1420; died on 1 Aug 1474.

  2. 5.  Jane Gresley Descendancy chart to this point (3.Thomas3, 2.Nicholas2, 1.John1) died before 1453.

    Notes:

    Nurse to the infant Henry VI, 1421-24. Sometimes called Joan.


  3. 6.  John Gresley Descendancy chart to this point (3.Thomas3, 2.Nicholas2, 1.John1) 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:
    1. 10. John Gresley  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1418 in of Drakelow, Derbyshire, England; died on 30 Jan 1487.


 

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