1 I [ Prospectus ] d5reefeg* of ©raftefow An Account of the Family, and Notes of its connexions by Marriage and Descent, from the Norman Conquest to the present day With Appendixes and Illustrations COMPILED BY FALCONER MADAN, MA. FELLOW OF BRASENOSE COLLEGE, OXFORD PRINTED FOR PRIVATE CIRCULATION 1897 CONTENTS Introduction. CHAP. I. The Norman Family of De Toeni, and its settlement in England. II. The early Gresleys, to the alliance with the De Wasteneys. III. The Gresleys in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. IV. The line of Baronets from 1611 to 1837. V. The Baronets from 1837 to the present day. VI. The collateral branches, from the seventeenth century. VII. Drakelowe, the chief seat of the family. APPENDIXES. A. Gresley Castle and Priory. B. Notes on the manors and possessions of the family. C. The Gresley arms, seals, motto and crest, with miscellaneous memoranda and pedigrees. D. The Grellys, Barons of Manchester, and other unconnected families of similar name. E. Account of authorities used (the Gresley Cartulary, the Drakelowe muniments, the Rev. J. M. Gresley's collections, &c). Index. [The above divisions are subject to mollification in detail.] THE Gresley family is probably unique in combining a proved succession in the male line from the eleventh century to the present time, with the occupation for the last seven hundred years of a manor which was held by an ancestor at the time of the Domesday Survey. The property and influence of the Gresleys have been almost equally divided between Derbyshire, Stafford- shire, and Leicestershire, Drakelowe lying in Derbyshire near the point where the three shires meet; and in each they have held a high position. Among the families connected with them by marriage are Astley, Aston, Bakepuiz, Blount, Bowyer, Burdet, Camvile, Churchill, Clarell, Coventry, Darrell, Drummond, Dudley, Dyott, Ferrers, Gernon, Giffard, Grammer, Harpur, Heathcote, Inge, Leigh, Madan, Montfort, Montgomery, Morewood, Mulsho, Proby, Reid, Somerset, Somervile, Stafford, Stanley, Swinnerton, Thorpe, Vavasour, Verdon, Vernon, Vincent, Walcot, Walsh, Walsingham, Wasteneys, Williams, Winter, Wrotteslcy, and Wynne. iv Gresley The compiler has endeavoured to unroll the history of the family from documents at Drakelowe and in the British Museum, the Public Record Office and the Bodleian Library, with the aid of wills, parish registers, monumental inscriptions, and all available printed matter. Authorities are cited, and attention is drawn to inferences as distinguished from proofs. He has been helped by the extensive and valuable collections of the late Rev. John Morewood Gresley, M.A., Rector of Seile, Leicestershire — who evidently contemplated some such book as the present — and by Mr. Jeayes' recent Descriptive Catalogue of Gresley Charters, as well as by papers in the possession of the Dowager Lady Gresley, and of Charles Gresley, Esq., of the Close at Lichfield. The present head of the family, Sir Robert Gresley, Bart., of Drakelowe, gives his personal help and support to the scheme. XZtKMts of ^uBscripfton The volume will be an octavo of about 300 to 350 pages, bound in cloth. The number of illustrations must depend to some extent on the list of subscribers, but it is hoped and expected that there will be at least a view of Drakelowe, facsimiles of early seals, and one other plate, as well as a map and pedigree. The price to subscribers will be £1, and if the book be eventually published it will not be sold for the first five years for less than 26s. net. The William Salt Society has agreed to take a copy for each of its members at the reduced price of 10s. 6d. for unbound copies. There will be a special edition in quarto, limited to fifty copies, with extra illustrations, partly from family pictures at Drakelowe, the Gresley jewel, coats of arms, facsimiles, &c, and suitably bound. The price of these copies will be three guineas. The book will probably be issued at the close of 1897 or the beginning of 1898, and subscriptions will be due at the time of issue. But the undertaking cannot be carried through, unless at least eighty names are obtained by the end of the present year. Subscribers should send their names as soon as possible, stating which edition they desire to take, to one of the under- signed : — Rev. N. W. Gresley, R.D., The Rectory, Dursley, Gloucestershire (acting as Treasurer). Falconer Madan, Esq., Brasenose College, Oxford. December, iSy6. Specimen Page of the earlier part ] 92 Sir Thomas Gresley. c R.s.ix. others received a commission 0 to provide archers from Derbyshire for service in Brittany against France. Twice he was Sheriff of Staffordshire (5 Hen. ¥11 = 1489-90, and 13 Hen. VI I = 1497-8), and on the former occasion, in Mich. T. * ibid. 56a. 1490, received £100 by writ of Privy Seal d as a reward ofCan° g " Ct " for services as Sheriff. His will is dated 'Jan. 25, 1503 V • ibid., and and was proved on 1 Apr. 26, 1503 f ' : on the whole it is x^gS^om P rot, able that the former date represents 150I, on this oc- York Reg. casion, and not 150^ *. His body was to be buried before indexTibr. x. the Hi S h Altar at Gresley Priory, and there are several 239- bequests to that house. vSt? 1583 His wife WaS Anneh » dau ghter of Sir Thomas Ferrers, Nichols, of Tamworth Castle, she being a first cousin of her husband's step-mother (see p. above). It is interesting to see the ancient connexion between the families of Gresley and Ferrers thus renewed. She was alive on April 26, 1503, when she proved her husband s will. Their issue was : — William (eldest son), see p. John (second son), born in 1481 or 1482, a clerk in Holy Orders, made 'Parker's Rector of Colton in 14981. In 1499 he, being then aged 17, received CoIton,63,ii4. a p 3 p a i dispensation to hold benefices without stint, but resigned the rectory in the following year 1 ; and on April 12, 1512, was presented •* BodI to the living of Norton in Hales, co. Salop J. A John Gresley took the fVom 6 Du d de S rees of B.Civ.L. and B.Can.L. at Oxford on July 8, 1507, and was E. r. Warden of Ruthin Hospital, co. Denbigh, in 1512 : one of the same names ' of Stapnell ' helped to draw up an inventory of Anne Gresley's goods in 1555, see p. George (third son), see p. k Gr. Charter, Robert (fourth son) occurs as a trustee k on Feb. 10, I5?g ; and in 4 6 3- 10 Hen. VIII (1518-9) received the manors of Kethorpe and Donisthorp 1 1 Harland from his brother George. It appears that he was married and had h - 8 3* a son George, for the will of dame Katharine Gresley, his sister-in-law, dated 1572, and proved in 1574 (see p. ), mentions ' George Greisley, son to Robert Greisley ' : a George Gresley also was buried at Gresley ™ Gresl. Reg. cum Membris ra on October 8, 1591. Robert, not being mentioned in the will, was probably dead in 1572. James (fifth son) does not occur in the Derbyshire Visitations, but n Due. Lane, is known as the defendant in two law-suits, one in 11 Hen. 8 (1519-20) n '• J 94- about lands at Scropton, co. Derby, &c, the other in 23 Hen. 8 (1531-2) SUBSCRIPTION FORM FOR THE ORDINARY EDITION. Zfyt (Breeds of ©traSefowe. 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Gresley, R.D., The Rectory, Dursley, Gloucestershire; or, F. Madan, Esq., Brasenose College, Oxford. Copies will be delivered carriage free in the United Kingdom. [December, 1896.] THE GRESLEYS OF DRAKELOWE 4? 4$ m HORACE HART, PRINTER TO THE UNIVERSITY (Bresfeg* of ©raftefowe An Account of the Family, and Notes of its connexions by Marriage and Descent from the Norman Conquest to the Present Day With Appendixes, Pedigrees and Illustrations COMPILED BY 1 FALCONER MADAN, MA. FELLOW OF BRASENOSE COLLEGE, OXFORD Oxford PRINTED FOR SUBSCRIBERS 1899 Qfyzlmz jft&e quam ifortuna GRESLEY MOTTO. More Faithful than Fortunate. In what old story far away, In what great action is enshrined, The sad sweet motto which to-day Around the Gresleys' name is twined? Was it for country or for crown They played a grand tho' tragic part ? Or did they lay their fortune down To strive to win one careless heart ? We cannot tell : but this we know, That they who chose in that dim past Those noble words — come weal come woe — Stood by them stedfast to the last. And this we feel, when deep in dust Lie earthly hopes and worldly state, In that far Land where all is just, The Faithful will be Fortunate. 1889. FLORENCE SEVERNE. CONTENTS PAGE Preface vii CHAP. I. The Norman Family of Toeni, and its settlement in England z II. Robert de Stafford and Nigel de Stafford 16 III. The early Gresleys 24 IV. The Gresleys in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries . 52 Notes 74 V. The line of Baronets from 161 i to 1837 .... 80 Notes 84,95 VI. The line of Baronets from 1837 to the present time . 129 VII. The Collateral Branches, from the seventeenth century: — 134 A. The Worcestershire and Bristol Gresleys . 135 B. The Australian Gresleys 142 C. The North Wales and Liverpool Gresleys . 146 D. The family of Richard Gresley .... 148 E. Unidentified Gresleys 153 Notes 157 VIII. Drakelowe. By Sir Robert Gresley, Baronet . . 161 Notes (list of portraits, etc.) .... 165 iv Contents APPENDIXES. PAGE A. Gresley Castle, Priory, and Church 171 B. Notes on the Manors and Possessions of the Family . 182 C. The Gresley Arms, Seals, Crest, and Motto . . . 205 D. The Grellys, Barons of Manchester, the Greasleys, and OTHER FAMILIES OF SIMILAR NAME BUT UNCONNECTED WITH THE GRESLEYS 208 E. Account of the MSS. and Authorities used (the Gresley Chartulary, the Drakelowe Muniments, the Rev. J. M. Gresley's Collections, etc ) .... 212 PEDIGREES. Toeni (i) • 22 3 Gresley (ii-vii) 22 4 Families which have intermarried with the Gresleys, in alphabetical order (viii-lxxiii) 2 35 INDEX 301 ILLUSTRATIONS I. Sir Peter de Gresley, d. about a. d. 1310 . to face title II. Sir George Gresley, K.B., d. 1548 . . . to face page 65 III. Catherine (Aston), wife of Sir William Gresley, d. i5 8 5 68 IV. Catherine (Walsingham), wife of Sir Thomas Gresley, d. 1585 ?I V. Walsingham Gresley, d. 1633 72 VI. Sir George Gresley, first Baronet, d. 1651 . . 80 VII. King James I, d. 1625 81 VIII. Thomas Gresley, d. 1642 89 IX. Bridget (Burdet), wife of Thomas Gresley, d. 1685 . 90 X. Sir Thomas Gresley, second Baronet, d. 1699 . . 92 XI. Sir William Gresley, third Baronet, d. 1710 . . 100 XII. Thomas Gresley (?), of Nether Seile, d. 1743 . . 102 XIII. Sir Thomas Gresley, fourth Baronet, d. 1746 . . 104 XIV. Sir Thomas Gresley, fifth Baronet, d. 1753 . . 109 XV. Sir Nigel Gresley, sixth Baronet, d. 1787 . . .110 XVI. Elizabeth (Wynn), wife of the sixth Baronet, d. 1793 112 XVII. Anne (Gresley), Lady Heathcote, d. 1797 . . .112 XVIII. Elizabeth (Vincent), wife of Dr. Thomas Gresley, & 1769 114 XIX. Sir Nigel Bowyer Gresley, seventh Baronet, d. 1808 117 XX. Drakelowe, from the South-west %iR vi Illustrations to face page XXI. Wilmot (Gresley), wife of the seventh Baronet, d. 1790 119 XXII. Rev. William Gresley, of Nether Seile, d. 1829 . 121 XXIII. Louisa Jane (Gresley), wife of the Rev. William Gresley, (d. 1806), and her Nieces, Mrs. Levett and Lady Heathcote 122 XXIV. Louisa Elizabeth (Gresley), Mrs. Madan, d. 1861 . 122 XXV. Sir Roger Gresley, eighth Baronet, d. 1837 • • I2 4 f XXVI. Sir Roger Gresley <, (XXVII. The Lady Sophia (Coventry), wife of the eighths 127 Baronet, d. 1875 j ( XXVII I. Rev. Sir William Nigel Gresley, ninth Baronet, J d. 1847 • I XXIX. Georgina Ann (Reid), Lady Gresley, wife of the ninth Baronet XXX. Sir Thomas Gresley, tenth Baronet, d. 1868 . XXXI. Laura Ann (Williams), Lady Gresley, wife of THE TENTH BARONET XXXII. Sir Robert Gresley, eleventh Baronet . XXXIII. The Lady Frances Gresley, nee Spencer- Churchill, wife of the eleventh Baronet XXXIV. Drakelowe, from the South-east .... XXXV. Drakelowe, Entrance Gate and grass Walk in Garden (from the West) 162 XXXVI. Drakelowe, Entrance Gate and grass Walk in Garden (from the East) 162 XXXVII. Drakelowe, Dining room 163 XXXVIII. The Gresley Jewel 164 XXXIX. Drakelowe, from the North 165 XL. Dr. Edward Reynolds, Bishop of Norwich, d. 1676 167 XLI. Mrs. Reynolds, wife of the Bishop .... 167 XLII. Ground Plan of Gresley Priory .... 174 XLIII. Gresley Church 179 - 129 131 132 133 i33 161 PREFACE The present volume is the best description which the author is able to give of the successive generations of a remarkable family. An ideal family history would require historical genius in the writer, leisure for research, a lavish outlay, and plentiful material. In the present instance the last of these conditions is the only one of which fulfilment can be claimed. The late Rev. John Morewood Gresley, a trained antiquary, amassed a large number of Gresley records from authentic sources, and the contemplation of these, late in the year 1895, was the cause of the present endeavour to raise a memorial both of Mr. Gresley's labours and of the ancient family to which he belonged. The Gresley family is perhaps unique in combining a proved succession in the male line from the eleventh century to the present time with the occupation for the last seven hundred years of a manor which was held by an ancestor at the time of the Domesday Survey. The property and in- fluence of the Gresleys have been almost equally divided between Derbyshire, Staffordshire and Leicestershire, Drakelowe lying in Derbyshire near the point where the three shires meet; and in each they have held a high position and have formed connexions by marriage with the leading families. Their antiquity and local fixity have attracted the attention of Sir Henry Ellis {Introd. to Domesday i. 346-7), the Rev. R. W. Eyton (Salt Society's publications i. 223), and other antiquaries: while, if the link with the Norman family of Toeni holds good, the pedigree in the male line is continuous for nine hundred years. viii Preface The story begins with the prominent Norman family of Toeni, the head of which was hereditary Standard-bearer of the Dukes of Normandy. At the Battle of Hastings, how- ever, Ralph de Toeni asked permission to fight in the ranks, and his services and those of his brother, Robert de Stafford, were rewarded with broad lands in England after the Conquest. A Nigel de Stafford who also appears as an extensive landowner at the time of the Domesday Survey, was in all probability the son of Robert, and was certainly the father of the first who bore the name of Gresley. The curious legend of the Devil of Drakelowe supplies the reason why the family name was Gresley rather than Drakelowe. The Gresleys thenceforward seem to have lived for some years at Gresley Castle, and, as holding their lands in capite, ranked among the Barones minores. They took their full share of military service as knights : indeed one generation, the family of Sir Peter, was so exceedingly militant as to deserve a less honourable appellation. The family steadily increased in wealth until a marriage with the heiress of the Wasteneys of Colton, in the middle of the fourteenth century, raised it to a leading position in the county — a position retained more by diplomacy than force through the Wars of the Roses. In Elizabeth's time the head of the family incurred debts which caused the sale of Colton and several other manors, and the baronetcy conferred on Sir George Gresley in 1611 was not accompanied by any retrieval of these losses. In the Civil War the first Baronet was a Parliamentarian, but his grandson, Sir Thomas, was in favour after the Restoration, and by his marriage recovered an important part of the property which had been sold at the beginning of the century. At this point the family divides into two branches, the eldest son William carrying on the line of Baronets and residing at Drakelowe, while the younger, Thomas, became the progenitor of a line of Squires and Rectors of Seile, residing at Nether Seile. In 1837 however, with Sir Roger Gresley, the elder branch died out, and the Rector of Seile Preface ix at that time, who was Sir Roger's first and fourth cousin, became the ninth Baronet, and was the grandfather of the present Baronet, Sir Robert, whose two sons augur well for the continuance of this wonderful pedigree. The present volume is not published. Every member of the William Salt Archaeological Society receives a copy of the ordinary edition, as do subscribers before issue, a list of whom is subjoined. The special edition is limited to fifty copies, which have all been subscribed for. The author has to offer his best thanks to many welcome helpers. The present head of the family, Sir Robert Gresley, Baronet, of Drakelowe, Burton on Trent, has taken a warm personal interest in the scheme, and has himself contributed chapter VIII ; and Major-General the Hon. George Wrot- tesley, who is the life and soul of the William Salt Society and an indefatigable historian, has given most valuable help, especially in the earlier chapters : while Mr. J. Horace Round, Lord Hawkesbury, Miss Agnes Gresley of Barton under Needwood, Mr. Nigel Gresley (for the Australian branch) and Miss Govett (for the Bristol Gresleys), with others too numerous to mention, have supplied valuable information. Notes and criticisms of the present book will be gladly received, in view of the possible issue of a few pages of Addenda at some later period. Brasenose College, Oxford. September, 1899. LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS (An asterisk indicates that more than one copy is subscribed /or.) ORDINARY EDITION The Society of Antiquaries, Burlington House, London. C. B. Ball, Esq., M.D., 24 Merrion Square, N., Dublin. Prof. Sir Robert Ball, The Observatory, Cambridge. Roger Bass, Esq., West Hallam Hall, Derby. H. H. Bemrose, Esq., Lonsdale Hill, Derby. Reginald Blomfield, 51 Frognal, Hampstead, London, N.W. F. W. Caulfield, Esq., Fox Hall, Bentley, Hants. Chetham's Library, Hunt's Bank, Manchester, (per W. T. Browne, Esq.). G. E. Cokayne, Esq., Clarenceux King of Arms, College of Arms, London, E.C. Miss Crewe, 36 Stanhope Gardens, London, S.W. H. H. Crewe, Esq., D. L., Spring Hill, East Cowes, I.W. *N. C. Curzon, Esq., Lockington Hall, Derby. Rev. Canon Denton, R.D., The Vicarage, Ashby de la Zouch. Mrs. Edwards, The Batch, Flax Bourton, Bristol. *E. F. Elton, Esq., Wellington College, Berks. John German, Esq., Estate Office, Ashby de la Zouch. Miss Govett, 3 Lipson Terrace, Plymouth. Lady Gresley, 55 Great Cumberland Place, London, W. Miss Amelia Gresley, Pinehurst, Clevedon, Somerset. Charles Gresley, Esq., The Close, Lichfield. *Mrs. Gresley, The Close, Lichfield. Rev. C. V. Gresley, Newton upon Ouse, York. Miss Eleanor Gresley, The Close, Lichfield. Rev. Geoffrey Gresley, The Vicarage, Observatory Road, Capetown. Miss Maria Gresley, care of Charles Gresley, Esq., The Close, Lichfield. Rev. Nigel Gresley, Netherseale Rectory, Ashby de la Zouch. Nigel Bowyer Gresley, Esq., care of the Bank of British North America, 52 Wall St., New York, U.S.A. N. Egerton Gresley, Esq., The Close, Lichfield. Rev. N. W. Gresley, R.D., The Rectory, Dursley, Gloucestershire. R. Gresley, Esq., Merdon, Rodwell, Weymouth. *Sir Robert Gkesley, Baronet, Drakelowe, Burton on Trent. Rev. Prebendary Roger Gresley, Rowbarton, Taunton. Miss W. M. Gresley, The Close, Lichfield. W. N. Gresley, Esq., 60 Eaton Terrace, London, S.W. W. S. Gresley, Esq., 348 West 8th St., Erie, Pa., U.S.A. Guildhall Library, London, E.C. (per C. Welch, Esq., F.S.A.). David Hale, Esq., Ashby de la Zouch. R. Gresley Hall, Esq., 60 Avenue Road, Regent's Park, London. Rev. A. Gresley Hellicar, Bromley Vicarage, Kent. R. Hovenden, Esq., Heathcote, Park Hill Road, Croydon. List of Subscribers xi Rev. William Inge, D.D., Provost of Worcester College, Oxford. I. H. Jeayes, Esq., Dept. of MSS., British Museum, London. M. E. Lavers, Esq., 6 Stanley Gardens, Kensington Park, London, W. W. B. Lee, Esq., Seend, Melksham. C. S. Madan, Esq., 10 Belfield Road, Didsbury, Manchester. *F. Madan, Esq., Brasenose College, Oxford. *Mrs. G. Madan, Bearland House, Gloucester. Rev. J. R. Madan, Downton, Salisbury. Rev. Canon Nigel Madan, West Hallam Rectory, Derby. Rev. A. R. Maddison, Vicars' Court, Lincoln. Mrs. F. Manley, The Firs, Abergavenny. Lieut.-Col. C. Milligan, Caldwell Hall, Burton on Trent. Mrs. E. G. Mynors, Evancoyd, Kington, Herefordshire. Miss Agatha Paget, Avenue House, Elford, Tamworth. Mrs. Payne-Gallwey, Clearmont, Rodwell, Weymouth. Rev. G. Gresley Perry, Waddington Rectory, Lincoln. Rev. G. H. Perry, St. Matthew's Vicarage, City Road, London, E.C. Mrs. Severne, Wallop, Shrewsbury. Mrs. Shepherd, per the Rev. H. James, Great Witcombe Rectory, Gloucester. Sir George Sitwell, Scarborough. Capt. J. Stewart, Alltyrodyn, Llandyssil, South Wales. Mrs. Strutt, care of Nigel Gresley, Esq., 38 Hogarth Road, London, S.W. Rev. J. Sunderland, Egginton Vicarage, Leighton Buzzard. Miss Tatlock, Bramfield House, Halesworth, Suffolk. H. R. Tedder, Esq., The Athenaeum Club, Pall Mall, London. Mrs. Vavasour, Hill House, Leckhampton, near Cheltenham. *The William Salt Archaeological Society (by special arrangement). Rev. Arthur Willoughby, Mona View, Cheltenham. A. Worthington, Esq., Maple Hayes, Lichfield. SPECIAL EDITION H. H. Bemrose, Esq., Lonsdale Hill, Derby. R. S. Boddington, Esq., 15 Markham Square, Chelsea, London, S.W. G. T. Clark, Esq., F.S.A., Talygarn, Llantrissant, Pont-y-Clun. *Mrs. Cohen, 5 Southwick Crescent, Hyde Park, London, W. Lady Cunliffe, Acton Park, Wrexham. The Dowager Lady Gresley, Barton under Needwood, Burton on Trent. Miss Agnes Gresley, Barton under Needwood, Burton on Trent. Capt. Arthur Gresley, R.N., Barton under Needwood, Burton on Trent. Charles Gresley, Esq., The Close, Lichfield. Miss I. B. Gresley, The Close, Lichfield. Rev. L. S. Gresley, Birdsall, York. Rev. N. W. Gresley, R.D., The Rectory, Dursley, Gloucestershire. Nigel Gresley, Esq., 38 Hogarth Road, South Kensington, London, S.W. *Sir Robert Gresley, Baronet, Drakelowe, Burton on Trent. Rt. Hon. Lord Hawkesbury, Kirkham Abbey, York. W. A. Lindsay, Esq., Windsor Herald, College of Arms, London, E.C. Miss Madan, Preswylfa, Llanfairfechan, North Wales. *F. Madan, Esq., Brasenose College, Oxford. W. Mallalieu, Esq., Swallows' Rest, Ockbrook, Derby. Public Free Library, Manchester (perC. W. Sutton, Esq.). R. L. Pemberton, Esq., Hawthorn Tower, Seaham, county of Durham. F. C. Perry, Esq., Dunston, near Stafford. Thomas Salt, Esq., Weeping Cross, Stafford. Mrs. Shawe, Weddington Hall, Nuneaton. Hon. F. Strutt, Milford House, Derby. Rev. George Woodyatt, 41 Brunswick Place, Hove, Brighton. Major-Gen. the Hon. George Wrottesley, 75 Cadogan Gardens, London, S. "Ottoy hot £n wcin "ANAPEZ, . . . eNTAfSA jeiyn km noAeic. Aristides. $tmgt)tg' bones are Dugt, &nfc tjjdr gooD sfoorlig rust; &iKtr souls are out!) tjje ifcatnts, toe trust. Coleridge. Gresleys of Drakelowe Plate I SIR PETER DE GRESLEY d. about a. d. 13 10 {From Brit. Mus. MS. Harl. 420J, fol. 112, of the 15th cent. : see p. 43) d. 1548 (By Taddeo Zucc/iero) Greshys of Drakelowe Plate 111 CATHERINE (ASTON), WIFE OF SIR WILLIAM GRESLEY d. 1585 Gresleys o f Drakelowe Plate V WALSINGHAM GRESLEY, YOUNGER BROTHER OF THE 1ST BARONET d- 1633 1 . l\ » „ 1. ' {By Cornelius Janseri) 4 Gresleys of Drake/owe Plate VI SIR GEORGE GRESLEY, 1ST BARONET , , u Greslexs of Drakelowe Plate VIII THOMAS GRESLEY, SON OF THE 1ST AND FATHER OF THE 2ND BARONET 0 II ^ (f^; 6w Gresleys of Drakelowe SIR WILLIAM GRESLEY, 3RD BARONET d. iyro Gresleys of Drakelozve Plate XIV SIR THOMAS GRESLEY, ^TH BARONET „ I " % * d. 1753 1^31 J aX» Gresleys of Drakclowc Plate XV SIR NIGEL GRESLEY, 6TH BARONET d. 1787 Greshys of Drakelowe ANNE (GRESLEY), d. {From a Plate XVII LADY HEATHCOTE 1797 Miniature) o ^ Gresleys of Drakelowe Plate XXII REV. WILLIAM GRESLEY OF NETHER SEILE d. 1829 Greslcys of Drakelowe P/a/e XXIV LOUISA ELIZABETH (GRESLEY), MRS. MADAN d. 1861 {From a Miniature') Gresleys of Drakelaive Plate XXX SIR THOMAS GRESLEY, IOTH BARONET d. 1868 Gresleys of Drakelorve Plate XXXI LAURA ANN (WILLIAMS), LADY GRESLEY, WIFE OF THE IOTH BARONET to -I i I 3! 4 Gresleys of Drakelowe THE GRESLEY JEWEL {From an Anastatic Drawing) GRESLEY PRIORY GETTY CENTER LIBRARY 3 3125 00778 9320