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D77 - Gresley family of Drakelow - [12th-20th cent]

1 - Title Deeds

11 - Drakelow - 1525-1821

18 - Osmaston[-by-Ashbourne?]

19 - Overseal

20 - Wapentake of Repton and Gresley

21 - Rosliston

1-2 - Notification by Robert, steward, of the Earl of Chester's gift to Ralph son of Siward and heirs, to hold all his land of Rosliston by hereditary law from the grantor, in fields, forests and pastures, meadows and wood, waters, ways, and everywhere; service ½ of a knight and 6 virgates for grantor and his heirs - [1189-1199]

3 - Gift in frankalmoign by Robert Maulovel, son of Stephen of Rampton, to Merevale Abbey, of common pasture in his wood of Rosliston - [1216-1250]

4 - Gift by Robert Maulovel of Rosliston, to Stephen of Seagrave, of his tenement in Rosliston - [1216-1250]

5-6 - Quitclaim and gift by Roger of Highlow, steward, to Stephen of Seagrave - [1216-1250]

7 - Quitclaim between Ralph Herlein/Herlewin of Rosliston and Gilbert of Seagrave of the whole moiety of a viragte of land held in Rosliston except four acres of land which Ralph the clerk holds of grantor in fee and a toft and croft for grantor and his heirs - [1216-1250]

8 - Gift of Nicholas of Seagrave to eldest son John of all lands between that of Abbey of Merevale in Grimiswode wood and Roylaston wood and grantor's meadows and woods - [1216-1272]

9 - Deed between Brother William of Warin, Abbot of Merevale, and convent of the same place and Lord Nicholas of Seagrave - [1239-1307]

10 - Gift by Ralph Godfrey of Rosliston, with assent of William son and heir, to Robert son of Ralph Talbot of Rosliston, kinsman, in free marriage with Gode daughter of Ralph of Ravenestone of a curtilage in Rosliston - [1216-1272]

11 - Gift by Ralph Godfrey of Rosliston to William son and heir of Ralph of Caldwell of three butts of land in fields of Rosliston called Chalwescroft under the fishpond of William between the footpath leading to Rosliston on one side and ploughed field on the other side, one acre of land in full pasture - [1216-1272]

12 - Quitclaim between Christiana formerly wife of Ralph Harlewin of Rosliston and William son and heir of Ralph of Caldwell relating to a strip of land in field at Rosliston lying in ploughed field called le Nether Boyn - [1216-1272]

13 - Gift by Nicholas le Hopper of Rosliston to Robert Marsh of Rosliston of one acre and a half of arable land in field at Rosliston, half acre lying in Ruschefurlong between land of Henry Kane and land of Ralph Talbot, half acre lying beyond the brook between lands of Henry and Ralph, half acre lying in Caldwell under londes between lands of William and Adam of Wychnor - [1216-1272]

14 - Lease by Stephen of Seagrave, in the name of his lord and father, John, Lord of Seagrave, to William le ward of Coton, of the mill of Rosliston, with suit of court - 2 Mar 1316

15-16 - Grants to William Talbot jun. and sen. of a messuage and land in Rosliston - 1322-1323

17 - Lease by Richard Marsh of Rosliston to William, son of William Talbot of the same place, and Cecily his wife, of three selions of arable land in the fields of Rosliston, lying on Sonderlondus, Southfield, and Gratterfurlong - 21 Dec 1336

18 - Grant by William Scot of Rosliston to Sir Adam Gould, chaplain, and Richard Austyn of Harlaston, of a messuage and land in Rosliston and Coton which the said William inherited on the death of Richard and Margery Scot, his father and mother, with the goods, chattels, and growing crops on the same land, and the reversion of three acres of land which Nicholas le Meleward holds for his life in Coton - 15 Aug 1344

19 - Grant by William Talbott senior, of Rosliston, to John of Callingwood, chaplain, of a messuage and land in Rosliston, lying in Le Forti, Le Aysche, Broukforlng, le Mulneforlong, and elsewhere - 6 Nov 1346

20 - Quitclaim by William, son of William Talbot of Roslaston, to Alice, wife of William Talbot, and John her son, of all those lands and tenements which the said Alice and John held in Rosliston by grant from John of Calengewode, chaplain, and which the latter acquired from William Talbot, father of the above-mentioned William - 24 Aug 1347

21 - Grant by William Talbot of Rosliston, senior, to William his son, of a moiety of a virgate of land in Rosliston which sometime belonged to William Talbot, father of the grantor, lying on Apultrefurlong, Bruggefurlong, Le Mere, Grettenfurlong, Wethslade, Blakelondes etc. - 25 Mar 1361

22 - Grant by William le Glover of Catton to John, son of Stephen of Coton, chaplain, of arable land in Rosliston, lying on Brokforlong, Bruggeforlong, etc. - 25 Nov 1365

23 - Quitclaim by Ralph of Paris and John of Coton, chaplain, to Henry, son of Robert Marsh, clerk, of all their lands and tenements in Rosliston and Walton on Trent, which they had by grant from Alice, widow of William Talbot, senior, of Rosliston - 25 Jan 1368

24 - Grant by John Kane of Rosliston to Richard of Blagreave, living in Rosliston, of a messuage in Rosliston - 29 Sep 1368

25-26 - Grant by Robert Marsh to Henry Marsh, clerk, of a messuage with garden near the messuage of William Humberstone, rector of Walton, with all his goods in the town and fields of Rosliston - 30 Nov 1368

27-29 - Deeds of grant and quitclaim by Robert, son and heir, of Richard Isbel, to John of Coton, chaplain, and others, of tenements and lands in Rosliston - Apr 1369

30 - Grant by Richard Blagreave, living in Caldwell, to Walter, son of Richard Marsh, of a messuage in Rosliston - 6 May 1374

31-32 - Quitclaim by John Thomson of Harlaston and John Freberne, clerk ,of Fulbourn, to Richard Heyne, tenant Lord of Seagrave, of all those lands and tenements which they hold by grant from Sarah, daughter and heir - 1 Jan [1379]

33 - Quitclaim by Matilda, former wife of Thomas Baron of Rosliston to Richard Heyne of Melbourne, of all the lands and tenements in Rosliston and Coton, which sometime belonged to Thomas her husband - 1 Jan [1379]

34 - Quitclaim by Henry Marsh, chaplain of Rosliston, to Walter Marsh, of a messuage and garden in Rosliston, lying between the messuage of Richard Marsh and the messuage of the late William Humberstone, rector of Walton-on-Trent - 22 May 1380

35-36 - Grant by Nicholas Isabel alias Nicholas Grene of Alrewas to Walter Marsh of Rosliston of all his lands and tenements in Rosliston, Whitsun 1386 - 1386-c1388

37-38 - Lease by Walter Marsh of Rosliston to William Marsh of a messuage with garden, land, and meadow in Rosliston, for term of his life - 21 Dec 1403

39 - Quitclaim by Henry Marsh of Rosliston, chaplain, to Walter Marsh, of all the lands and tenements which the former acquired in Rosliston from Ralph of Paris and John of Coton - 21 Dec 1403

40 - Grant by William Marsh of Rostliston to William le Waleys of Walton and Agnes his wife, of five acres in Rosliston field, lying at Drakelowemere, Grettenfurlong, Le Toftes, Hungerhill, Le Peteputtes, and Axfurlong (outside the priest's garden) - 2 Jun 1408

41 - Grant by Walter Marsh of Rosliston to John Marsh his son, of all his possessions in Rosliston and Linton and elsewhere in co. Derby - 13 Jan 1413

42 - General release by John, son of John Sheperd of Rostlaston to John Mareys, son of Walter Mareys of Rostlaston - 11 Nov 1416

43 - Quitclaim by Henry Marsh, chaplain, to John Marsh of Rosliston of all right etc in all those lands etc. which were Robert Isabells lying in Rosliston - 1421

44-47 - Bundle of deeds re a messuage and virgate of land in Rosliston, also a croft and cottage - 1440-1444

48-52 - Bundle of deeds re a messuage and virgate of land in Rosliston - 1445-[1450]

53 - Quitclaim by William Wade of Coton and Alice his wife, John their son, and Agnes le Granger, wife of Richard Granger, to Roger Gylderson, of lands, tenements in Rosliston - 29 Sep 1450

54-55 - Grant and quitclaim by Roger Gylderson of Brinsley, co Nottingham, Katherine his wife, and John his son, to John Paunton of Burton on Trent, of all his lands in Rosliston, Caldwell and Linton, co Derby - 16 Apr 1452

56 - Grant by Thomas Smith of Thorp and Joan his wife, to William Smith their son and John his wife, of a cottage and croft in Rosliston, the croft being that sometime belonging to John Marsh - 31 Mar 1458

57 - Grant by John Pawnton of Burton on Trent, painter, to Master Thomas Pawnton, chaplain, his son and others, of all his possessions in Rosliston - 23 Apr [1465]

58-59 - Grant and quitclaim re lands and tenements in Rosliston, Caldwell and Linton - May 1486

60 - Grant by John Broune of Rosliston to John Gresley, knight, and John Dawson, of all his lands and hereitaments in Rosliston, Coton and Repton - 30 Nov 1471

61-62 - Grant and quitclaim by Elena, widow of John Broune, late of Rosliston, deceased, of a messuage in Rosliston, a wood and land at Coton, with other lands in Rosliston, Coton and Repton, which she acquired by grant from her late husband with attorney to Thomas Cowper and Geoffrey Cowper to deliver seisin - 1504-1505

63 - Bond in £20 of William Browne of Uttoxeter ,yeoman to Richard Wakelin, yeoman to ensure to the latter, and to Margery his wife, peaceable possession of two messuages in Rosliston - 6 Mar [1512]

64-65 - Receipt in £6 by William Browne of Uttoxeter (Co Stafford) yeoman to Richard Wakelin of Rosliston yeoman for rent for two messuages in Rosliston and land in Coton - 1517-1519

66-69 - Grant and quitclaim by William Brown son of Ralph Brown and brother and heir of Richard Brown of Uttoxeter to William Wakelin of Rosliston of all lands etc in Rosliston - 20 May 1521

70 - Quitclaim by Ann Brown widow of William, to William Wakelin of Rosliston of her lands in Rosliston - 1 Feb [1537]

71 - Lease for possession by George Gresley of Lullington, gent, to Charles Hutchinson of Nottingham re a messuage and farm in Rosliston with various cottages and Coton Park (200 acres), closes called Woodhurst and Olivants Close with the barn thereon and a parcel of meadow called Ranstock Meadow - 9 Mar [1672]

72 - Mortgage in fee by [lease and] release by Thomas Gresley of Netherseal Esq. to Robert Burdett of Foremark Esq. and Rowland Cotton of Etwall Esq. re messuage and farm, including outbuildings, a cottage, and a close called Olivants Close, all in Rosliston - [1]/2 May 1707

73 - Fine made between Edward Palmer, Thomas Mallober, Thomas Goodman, George Gilbert, Hugh Mallober, George Farmer, George Greasley, gent, Peter Nicklinson, and Nicholas Dawkins and Ann his wife, plaintiffs, and Charles Hutchenson, esq, and Isabel his wife, and Katherine Hutchenson, widow, deforciants re the manor of Rosliston, seven messuages, twelve cottages, twenty tofts, twenty gardens, twenty orchards, 500 acres land, 120 acres meadow, 1060 acres pasture. 100 acres furze and heath, 27s 2d rent, and common of pasture, free warren and view of frankpledge in Rosliston, Coton, and Linton. - [1672]

74-83 - Copy and draft title deeds relating to the Manor of Rosliston - 1629-1672

84 - Declaration by Dame Katherine Hutchinson of Nottingham widow, Charles Hutchinson of Nottingham Esq., and Sir Francis Boteler of Harfield Woodhall (Co Hertford), reciting conveyance to uses made 20 Sept 1664 made between 1) Dame Katherine Charles Hutchinson and Isabella his wife, 2) Sir Francis Boteler and Fulke Tudor of Tewinge (Co Hertford) D D., 3) John Jeffs of the parish of St Martin-in-the-Fields (Co Middx) gent and William Stanhope of Linby (Co Nottingham) Esq., concerning the manor of Rosliston, whereby the uses of the recited indenture are declared void and Dame Katherine is now declared to be life-tenant of the manor of Rosliston with remainder in fee to Charles - 16 Dec 1771

85-86 - Bargain and sale and release of property land in the Manor of Rosliston including Calvescroft Farmhouse, Barn Close, Bushy Piece, Pickering's Close and Nether and Upper Meadow, from Edward Farmer and his son John, both of Caldwell, gents, to Robert Baxter of Furnivall's Inn, London, gent - 5/6 Feb 1801

87 - Copy exemplification of recovery by Thomas Wilson against Robert Baxter gent. Vouchee John Farmer. Property comprises Manor of Rosliston, 2 messuages, 3 gardens, 60 acres land, 35 acres meadow, 40 acres pasture, tithes etc. - 1801

34 - Clifton Campville

42 - Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire

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

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Bryan Donkin Company Ltd of Chesterfield, engineering firm

Sir John Franklin (1786-1847), naval officer and arctic explorer

Harpur Crewe family of Calke

Horace John Rylands (1886-1961) of Bakewell, First World War soldier

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