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Entry Type	Corporate
Corporate Name	Manor of Castle Gresley
Also Known As	Gresley
Place	Gresley
Epithet	Manor
History	At the time of the Domesday survey in 1086, Gresley would seem to have been held among the lands of Nigel de Stafford, although it is not recorded as such. Nigel’s son, William, seems to have taken the name of Gresley in the early 12th century. It would also seem that he or one of his descendants built a castle at Gresley. The manor would seem to have originally been called Gresley and may have taken the name of Castle Gresley to differentiate it from the manor held by Gresley Priory, which may have become known as Church Gresley after the Dissolution of the Monasteries. The manor of Castle Gresley remained with the Gresley family down into the 20th century, making it one of the very few manors to have had the same family as lord from its earliest days.
Source	The Gresleys of Drakelowe by Falconer Madan (1899) Magna Britannia: Volume 5: Derbyshire by Daniel and Samuel Lysons (1817) p. 170 The History, Topography and Directory of Derbyshire by T. Bulmer (1895) p. 724
Authorised Form of Name	Gresley; Manor of Castle Gresley; Manor

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