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D77 - Gresley family of Drakelow - [12th-20th cent]
1 - Title Deeds
1 - Breadsall Park
2 - Burton
3 - Caldwell
4 - Castle Gresley
5 - Catton
6 - Church Seal
6 - Church Seal
7 - Great Seal
8 - Cotes
9 - Coton
10 - Doveridge
11 - Drakelow - 1525-1821
1 - Royal grant of estates in Drakelow to Robert Gresley - 29 May 1525
2 - Memorandum of suit in Chancery brought by Sir John Savage, knight, Anthony Gresley, Thomas Gresley, Humphrey Gresley and Edward Gresley against Sir George Gresley and John Saunders, to substantiate their right and title to the manor of Drakelowe and elsewhere - 1525
3 - Copy grant of his own wardship and marriage: Princess Elizabeth to Thomas Gresley of Drakelow, Esq. re the manors of Drakelow and Caldwell; Colton [Staffs]; Kingston; Gresley, Lullington, Rolleston, Overseal and Netherseal; Moreton and Huxton; and also lands in Tutbury and Tutbury Wood - 16 Jun 1574
4 - Grant by Sir George Gresley of Drakelow, Bart, to Callingwood Saunders of Little Ireton, gent, Raphael Bache of Harthill, gent, William Goodall of Rosliston, gent, John Wakefield of Castle Gresley, Thomas Mousley son and Robert Redfourd (John, Thomas and Robert being servants of Sir George) re all leases, stock, corn implements of husbandry etc, in Drakelow (as set out in schedules annexed) on trust to meet certain debts (schedule) - 27 May 1616
5 - Bargain and sale by Dorothy Gresley one of the daughters of Sir Thomas Gresley and sole executrix of his will to George Gresley of Drakelow son and heir of Sir Thomas of all goods chattels etc. - 8 Aug 1620
6 - Draft marriage settlement between Sir George Gresley and Thomas his son re marriage to Bridget, daughter of Sir Thomas Burdett, re lands in Drakelow, Lullington, Rosliston, Coton, Linton, Castle Gresley, Overseal, Netherseal and Seale Grange, Stapenhill and Cauldwell [als. Caldwell] - [c1622]
7 - Common recovery by Sir Francis Burdett and Charles Agard, gent, against Nicholas Willymott, esq, and James Fullwood, gent, re the manors of Drakelow and Lullington, 35 messuages, two mills, one dove-house, 35 gardens, 1300 acres land, 500 acres meadow, 1000 acres pasture, 20 acres wood, 300 acres heath and 20s rent in Drakelow, Lullington, Church Gresley, Castle Gresley, Linton, Rosliston, Caldwell, Stapenhill and free fishing in the Trent from Walton to Stapenhill. Vouchee Sir Thomas Gresley, Bart. - 6 May 1657
8 - Draft settlement between Thomas Gresley, Sir Francis Burdett of Foremark, and Robert, son and heir of Francis Burdett re the Manor of Drakelow - 14 May 1657
9 - Bond of Thomas Gresley to Charles Gresley re the inheritance (the Manors of Drakelow and Lullington) - 24 Sep 1690
10-11 - Assignments of a term of 1000 years for sum of £7500 re Manors of Drakelow, Gresley and Lullington - 17 Apr 1802
12-17 - Bundle of deeds re a messuage, barns, stables, etc. and several closes called Big Gorsty Close, Gorsty Close, Far Gorsty Close, Harpers Close, Parsons Close, Middle Rough, Little Rough, Eight Acres, Brook Lodge Field, Lower Lodge Field, Barn Close, Cow Close, Horse Close, Harpers Meadow, Parsons Close Meadow, and Grove Farm, all in Drakelow (aka Manor of Drakelow) - 1814-1821
12 - Gresley
13 - Kirk Langley
14 - Linton
15 - Lullington
16 - Netherseal
17 - Normanton
18 - Osmaston[-by-Ashbourne?]
19 - Overseal
20 - Wapentake of Repton and Gresley
21 - Rosliston
22 - Scropton
23 - Seal
24 - Stapenhill
25 - Thorpe
26 - Thursvaston
27 - Walton on Trent
28 - Winshill
29 - Yeldersley
30 - Yeaveley
31 - Apedale
31 - Apedale
32 - Audley
33 - Burton-on-Trent
34 - Clifton Campville
35 - Colton
36 - Draycott
37 - Elford
38 - Freyford
39 - Hixon
40 - Knypersley
41 - Morton
42 - Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire
43 - Podmore
44 - Drayton Bassett
45 - Number not used
46 - Uttoxeter
47 - Wigginton
48 - Tamworth
49 - Ruscomb and Sunning, Berkshire
50 - Butterworth, Lancashire
51 - Spotland, Rochdale, Lancashire
52 - Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire
53 - Brestopp Park, Leicestershire
54 - Donisthorpe, Leicestershire
55 - Number not used
56 - Loughborough, Leicestershire
57 - Measham, Leicestershire
58 - Oakthorpe, Leicestershire
59 - Osgathorpe, Leicestershire
60 - Skeffington, Leicestershire
61 - Snarestone, Leicestershire
62 - Braceborough, Lincolnshire
63 - St Martin in the Fields, Middlesex
64 - Northampton
65 - Surrey
66 - Warwick and Warwickshire
67 - Arden Forest, Warwickshire
68 - Austry, Warwickshire
69 - Baxterley, Warwickshire
70 - Bolehill, Warwickshire
71 - Coventry, Warwickshire
72 - Kingsbury, Warwickshire
73 - Newton, Warwickshire
74 - Norton Heath, [Leicestershire] - [1272-1367]
75 - Norton-juxta-Twycross or Norton by Twycross, Leicestershire
76 - Polesworth, Warwickshire
77 - Stoneydelph, Warwickshire
78 - West Cottingworth, Yorkshire
79 - Deeds and other papers of Elizabeth Beardsley
80 - Unknown and Unidentified items
81 - Wills and Probate, Gresley
82 - Wills and Probate, Lee
83 - Wills and Probate, Bott
84 - Wills and Probate, Webb
85 - Wills and Probate, Wright
86 - Other
2 - Manorial Records - [14th-19th cent]
3 - Estate Papers
4 - Family and Personal Papers
5 - Official Papers
6 - Parish and Ecclesiastical Papers - [16th cent]-1914
7 - Legal/Case Papers
8 - Maps and Plans - [18th-19th cent]
9 - Photographs
UL - Gresley Family of Drakelow: unlisted records
George M. Woodward (1767-1809), cartoonist
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