Nielsen Hayden genealogy
William de Gresbroke
Generation: 1
Generation: 3
Generation: 4
Generation: 5
1. William de Gresbroke was born in of Gresbrok Hall, Staffordshire, England (son of Robert de Gresbroke). Notes:
Inherited Gresbroke Hall after 1348, and purchased Sweteallemor in Shenston.
Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- John de Gresbroke was born in of Shenston, Staffordshire, England; died after Apr 1383.
2. Robert de Gresbroke was born in of Gresbrok Hall, Staffordshire, England (son of Robert de Gresbrooke); died after May 1348. Notes:
He was described as "miles", indicating knighthood, in 1345. It is probable that most of these manorial de Gresbrokes were knights, unless they paid the fines necessary to avoid the obligation.
Children:
- 1. William de Gresbroke was born in of Gresbrok Hall, Staffordshire, England.
Generation: 3
4. Robert de Gresbrooke was born in of Gresbrok Hall, Staffordshire, England (son of Robert de Gresbrooke); died after 1321. Notes:
Recorded as having "condoned a felony" in 1305-06. His sureties were Sir Robert de Grendon and Raulph de Grendon.
Children:
- 2. Robert de Gresbroke was born in of Gresbrok Hall, Staffordshire, England; died after May 1348.
Generation: 4
8. Robert de Gresbrooke was born in of Gresbrok Hall, Staffordshire, England (son of Bartholomew de Gresbroke and Edith); died before 1305. Children:
- 4. Robert de Gresbrooke was born in of Gresbrok Hall, Staffordshire, England; died after 1321.
Generation: 5
16. Bartholomew de Gresbroke was born in Yorkshire, England; died before 1268. Notes:
He left his paternal estates in Yorkshire and settled in Shenston, Staffordshire. Between about 1204 and 1214 he acquired from Robert de Grendon the old manor house of the De Brays, afterwards called Gresbrok Hall, and an estate in Shenston. Shenston had been held by the De Brays since before 1127, and Bartholomew inherited a number of feudal obligations upon acquiring an estate there.
Bartholomew married Edith. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
17. Edith Children:
- 8. Robert de Gresbrooke was born in of Gresbrok Hall, Staffordshire, England; died before 1305.