Nielsen Hayden genealogy
William de Gresley
- Aft 1220
Generation: 1
Generation: 2
Generation: 3
Generation: 4
1. William de Gresley was born in of Drakelow, Burton-upon-Trent, Derbyshire, England; died after Apr 1220. Other Events and Attributes:
- Alternate death: Aft 1220
Family/Spouse: Basilia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. Geoffrey de Gresley
died after 1240.
Generation: 2
2. Geoffrey de Gresley (1.William1) died after 1240. Notes:
Constable of the Castle of the High Peak.
Geoffrey married Margaret de Somerville before 29 Mar 1220. Margaret (daughter of Roger de Somerville and Maud de Hamelton) died before 1244. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 3. William de Gresley died in 1254.
- 3. William de Gresley
Generation: 3
3. William de Gresley (2.Geoffrey2, 1.William1) died in 1254. Other Events and Attributes:
- Alternate death: Bef Jun 1254
William married Elizabeth Bakepuiz before 1245. Elizabeth (daughter of John de Bakepuiz and Roesia) was born in of Barton Bakepuiz, Derbyshire, England; died after 1269. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 4. Geoffrey de Gresley was born about 1245; died about 1305.
Generation: 4
4. Geoffrey de Gresley (3.William3, 2.Geoffrey2, 1.William1) was born about 1245; died about 1305. Other Events and Attributes:
- Alternate death: Between 1305 and 1306
Notes:
"[T]aken prisoner at Chartley Castle by Hamon le Strange, he was sent to Bridgenorth Castle, but escaped and joined Simon de Montfort at London, and was with him at Winchester, Oxford, Northampton, and at Kenilworth, 1266; d. circa 1305, lord of Drakelowe and five other manors besides other properties, and having the right of gallows (habuit furcam) in Drakelowe, Lullington, and Croxall." [The Wallop Family, citation details below.]
Family/Spouse: Agnes. Agnes died after 1292. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 5. Peter de Gresley died about 1310.