Corporate Seale; Manor of Overseal; Manor DS/UK/M/3832 Manor of Overseal Honour of Tutbury Little Seal; Overseal, Netherseal and High Grange Manor Seale

At the time of the Domesday survey in 1086, Overseal was held by Nigel de Albani but was soon part of the fee of Ferrers. In the mid-13th century it was given by William, son of Ralph de Meisham to the Abbey of Merevale in Warwickshire. After the Dissolution of the Monasteries, the manor became the property of Walter Devereaux, Lord Ferrers of Chartley, when it also took in the manor of High Grange alias Seale Grange. Sir William Gresley seems to have bought it from Walter’s 2nd son before 1565. It remained with the Gresleys until 1626, when Sir George Gresley conveyed it to Gilbert Morewood. After the death of Gilbert Morewood in 1650, the manors of Overseal and Netherseal passed to his daughters, Grace, wife of Simon Bennett, and Francis, daughter of Sir Thomas Gresley, with a partition being agreed between the Bennetts and the Gresleys for the former to receive Overseal and the latter to receive Netherseal. n Sarah Frowde, then the Blois family in 1750. The Mowbrays seems to have been lords from at least 1848 to 1876, with members of the Gresley family being referred to as lords of the manor in the early 20th century (up to 1932). Overseal was originally in Leicestershire until transferred to Derbyshire in 1897. Geographic Extent Land in the townships of both Overseal and Netherseal DS/UK/4013 Yes The Gresleys of Drakelowe by Falconer Madan (1899) The History and Antiquities of Leicestershire: Volume 3, Part 2, pp. 989*-992*, by John Nichols (1804) Assorted trade directories, 1848-1932 Court rolls and records (15th-18th cent) at the Derbyshire Record Office International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Derbyshire Record Office Collections Manual Section 7 v5.1 (May 2020) DERBYSHIRE\a7005277 31/07/2021 d069776f-4716-4db9-a717-89c7749fcea9