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Collapse D77 - Gresley family of Drakelow - [12th-20th cent]D77 - Gresley family of Drakelow - [12th-20th cent]
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Expand 1 - Breadsall Park1 - Breadsall Park
Expand 2 - Burton2 - Burton
Expand 3 - Caldwell3 - Caldwell
Expand 4 - Castle Gresley4 - Castle Gresley
Expand 5 - Catton5 - Catton
Expand 6 - Church Seal6 - Church Seal
Expand 6 - Church Seal6 - Church Seal
Expand 7 - Great Seal7 - Great Seal
Expand 8 - Cotes8 - Cotes
Expand 9 - Coton9 - Coton
Expand 10 - Doveridge10 - Doveridge
Expand 11 - Drakelow - 1525-182111 - Drakelow - 1525-1821
Expand 12 - Gresley12 - Gresley
Expand 13 - Kirk Langley13 - Kirk Langley
Expand 14 - Linton14 - Linton
Expand 15 - Lullington15 - Lullington
Expand 16 - Netherseal16 - Netherseal
Expand 17 - Normanton17 - Normanton
Expand 18 - Osmaston[-by-Ashbourne?]18 - Osmaston[-by-Ashbourne?]
Expand 19 - Overseal19 - Overseal
Expand 20 - Wapentake of Repton and Gresley20 - Wapentake of Repton and Gresley
Expand 21 - Rosliston21 - Rosliston
Expand 22 - Scropton22 - Scropton
Expand 23 - Seal23 - Seal
Expand 24 - Stapenhill24 - Stapenhill
Expand 25 - Thorpe25 - Thorpe
Expand 26 - Thursvaston26 - Thursvaston
Expand 27 - Walton on Trent27 - Walton on Trent
Expand 28 - Winshill28 - Winshill
Expand 29 - Yeldersley29 - Yeldersley
Expand 30 - Yeaveley30 - Yeaveley
Expand 31 - Apedale31 - Apedale
Expand 31 - Apedale31 - Apedale
Expand 32 - Audley32 - Audley
Expand 33 - Burton-on-Trent33 - Burton-on-Trent
Expand 34 - Clifton Campville 34 - Clifton Campville
Collapse 35 - Colton35 - Colton
1 - Gift by John son of Hugh of Colton to William Wisse of Rugeley of 4 strips of land with a certain headland, lying in territory of Colton [Staffs] at new land - [1272-1307]
2 - Lease by Lord William Wasteneys of Colton, knight to Robert of Heathcote, of all the tenement of Colton which he has leased from William of Steventon in Colton for the whole life of the same Robert, to have and to hold from the said lord William the said Robert for the whole of his life - [1287]
3 - Grant by Margaret Gresley to John Wymar of Morton, his servant, of all that land in Colton, at Le Newelond, which she acquired by grant from Nicholas of Cheveley - 12 Mar 1342
4 - Grant and sale by Humphrey Hastings, Archdeacon of Coventy, to William of Bromley, his clerk, of all his goods and chattels in all his tenements, which he acquired by grant and feoffment from Robert, son of John, son of Walter Cotton, in the fee of Colton, Morton, Haywood and Bishton [Staffs] - 2 Jun 1345
5 - Record of writ for recovering lands, concerning the mill of Colton, which John Gresley, knight, and Joan his wife, by their attorney Roger Gresley sought and recovered from Henry of Rugeley - 1352
6 - Covenant whereby John Luttrell of Boulton grants to Sir John Gresley, knight, and to Lady Joan his wife, all the lands, tenements, woods, pastures, rents, service, windmill etc, which the former has for his life in Colton (excepting the advowson of Colton Church)[Staffs] - 1 May 1363
7 - Lease, for lives, between Sir John Gresley, knight, and Lady Joan his wife, to Roger Grace of Newlond and Alice his wife, and on their death to John their son, of a piece of land in Colton - 24 Feb [1373]
8 - Grant by Sir John Gresley, knight, and Lady Joan his wife, to John, son of William le Clerk of Colton, of a piece of land and pasture in Colton called le Brechheye, in exchange for a piece of moor called Griffinesmor, in Colton [Staffs] - 6 May 1373
9 - Grant by John Stykebocke of Colton to Sir John of Gresley, knight, and Lady Joan his wife, of half an acre of meadow in Colton, lying in Oxemedewe - 21 Oct 1376
10 - Grant by William Prentiss of Colton to Sir John Greseey, knight, and Lady Joan his wife, of half and acre of meadow in Colton, lying in Oxmedewe - 2 Feb [1380]
11-12 - Grant by Thomas of Morley, knight, marshal of Ireland, to Sir John Gresley, knight, and to Lady Joan his wife, and to the heirs and assigns of the said Joan, of all the lands and tenements etc, which he holds in Colton {Staffs] - 1 Aug 1382
13 - Feoffment by Thomas Gresley, knight, to Philip of Repton, Bishop of Lincoln, Thomas Langley, Chancellor of England, Thomas Maureward, knight, John Foljambe and others, of all his lands and tenements, - 22 July 1405
14 - Re-feoffment by Philip of Repton, Bishop of Lincoln, Thomas Langley, Chancellor of England, Thomas Maureward, knight, Robert of Waterton, Peter of Melbourne, Nicholas of Bradshaw, Robert of Twyford, John Foljambe, Richard of Burton and Richard Hilton, to Thomas Gresley, knight, of all the lands and tenements in Colton, co. Stafford, and elsewhere which the said Thomas had conveyed to them as his feoffees, with special instructions in the case the said Thomas die before he re-feoff the said lands to the above-named trustees, or in case his son shall not be of full age,at the said Thomas's death, or in case the latter's wife Margaret, being a widow, shall marry again - [c1405-1419]
15 - Grant by Thomas of Langley, Bishop of Durham, Philip of Repton, Bishop of Lincoln, Thomas Maureward, knight, Robert Waterton, Piers de Melbourne, Nicholas Bradshaw, Robert Twyford, Richard of Burton and Richard of Hilton, to John Gresley, son and heir of Thomas of Gresley, knight, and Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Clarell, of an annual rent of twenty marks arising from Colton Manor, for their lives - 1409-1410
16 - Grant by Richard of Hampton, alias Richard Wymer of Drakelow, son and heir of Margery, daughter of William Wymer of Blithbury, to Thomas Gresley, knight, of all his lands, tenements, etc, in Colton, Bagot Bromley, Abbots Bromley, Mavesyn Ridware, and elsewhere in co. Stafford, which fell to him on the death of the said Margery - 23 Apr 1410
17 - Quitclaim by John de Colton otherwise John de Hull now of Drakelow to Thomas Gresley knight, lord of Drakelow, of lands in Colton - 13 Mar 1422
18 - Manor of Colton: Covenant for a lease by Humphrey Blount and James of Hopwood, feoffees of Margaret, widow of John Gresley, knight, to John Gresley, Eeq., her son, of the manors of Colton and Kingston, co Staff, for a term of 30 years. The said feoffees to give acquittance for each half-yearly payment of rent in the form specified in the present deed - 1 Mar [1450]
19 - Lease, in perpetuity, by William Gresley, rector of Stoke, and Richard Gresley, to John Gresley, knight, and Anne his wife of the manor of Colton, co Staffs, lately acquired by feoffment from the said John and Anne - 31 May 1481
20 - Grant by John Gresley, knight, Lord of Colton, to Richard Wygan of Colton, of a plot of land at Colton, sometime in the tenure of John Parker - 4 May 1458
21 - Grant by Lewis Bagot, esq., to Thomas Gresley, knight, of four acres of arable land lying within the fee of Colton in an enclosure called Hasilhurste - 15 Feb 1492
22 - Grant by William Gresley esq., son and heir of George Gresley knight to Walter Aston, son and heir of Edward Aston knight, Edward Littleton jun, and Thomas Rowley gent. of the manor of Colton and Kingston (Co Stafford) to hold to the use of William and Katherine his wife, and the heirs of their bodies - 1548-1549
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Expand 37 - Elford37 - Elford
Expand 38 - Freyford38 - Freyford
Expand 39 - Hixon39 - Hixon
Expand 40 - Knypersley40 - Knypersley
Expand 41 - Morton41 - Morton
Expand 42 - Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire42 - Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire
Expand 43 - Podmore43 - Podmore
Expand 44 - Drayton Bassett44 - Drayton Bassett
45 - Number not used
Expand 46 - Uttoxeter46 - Uttoxeter
Expand 47 - Wigginton47 - Wigginton
Expand 48 - Tamworth48 - Tamworth
Expand 49 - Ruscomb and Sunning, Berkshire49 - Ruscomb and Sunning, Berkshire
Expand 50 - Butterworth, Lancashire50 - Butterworth, Lancashire
Expand 51 - Spotland, Rochdale, Lancashire51 - Spotland, Rochdale, Lancashire
Expand 52 - Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire52 - Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire
Expand 53 - Brestopp Park, Leicestershire53 - Brestopp Park, Leicestershire
Expand 54 - Donisthorpe, Leicestershire54 - Donisthorpe, Leicestershire
55 - Number not used
Expand 56 - Loughborough, Leicestershire56 - Loughborough, Leicestershire
Expand 57 - Measham, Leicestershire57 - Measham, Leicestershire
Expand 58 - Oakthorpe, Leicestershire58 - Oakthorpe, Leicestershire
Expand 59 - Osgathorpe, Leicestershire59 - Osgathorpe, Leicestershire
Expand 60 - Skeffington, Leicestershire60 - Skeffington, Leicestershire
Expand 61 - Snarestone, Leicestershire61 - Snarestone, Leicestershire
Expand 62 - Braceborough, Lincolnshire62 - Braceborough, Lincolnshire
Expand 63 - St Martin in the Fields, Middlesex63 - St Martin in the Fields, Middlesex
Expand 64 - Northampton64 - Northampton
Expand 65 - Surrey65 - Surrey
Expand 66 - Warwick and Warwickshire66 - Warwick and Warwickshire
Expand 67 - Arden Forest, Warwickshire67 - Arden Forest, Warwickshire
Expand 68 - Austry, Warwickshire68 - Austry, Warwickshire
Expand 69 - Baxterley, Warwickshire69 - Baxterley, Warwickshire
Expand 70 - Bolehill, Warwickshire70 - Bolehill, Warwickshire
Expand 71 - Coventry, Warwickshire71 - Coventry, Warwickshire
Expand 72 - Kingsbury, Warwickshire72 - Kingsbury, Warwickshire
Expand 73 - Newton, Warwickshire73 - Newton, Warwickshire
Expand 74 - Norton Heath, [Leicestershire] - [1272-1367]74 - Norton Heath, [Leicestershire] - [1272-1367]
Expand 75 - Norton-juxta-Twycross or Norton by Twycross, Leicestershire75 - Norton-juxta-Twycross or Norton by Twycross, Leicestershire
Expand 76 - Polesworth, Warwickshire76 - Polesworth, Warwickshire
Expand 77 - Stoneydelph, Warwickshire77 - Stoneydelph, Warwickshire
Expand 78 - West Cottingworth, Yorkshire78 - West Cottingworth, Yorkshire
Expand 79 - Deeds and other papers of Elizabeth Beardsley79 - Deeds and other papers of Elizabeth Beardsley
Expand 80 - Unknown and Unidentified items80 - Unknown and Unidentified items
Expand 81 - Wills and Probate, Gresley81 - Wills and Probate, Gresley
Expand 82 - Wills and Probate, Lee82 - Wills and Probate, Lee
Expand 83 - Wills and Probate, Bott83 - Wills and Probate, Bott
Expand 84 - Wills and Probate, Webb84 - Wills and Probate, Webb
Expand 85 - Wills and Probate, Wright85 - Wills and Probate, Wright
Expand 86 - Other86 - Other
Expand 2 - Manorial Records - [14th-19th cent]2 - Manorial Records - [14th-19th cent]
Expand 3 - Estate Papers3 - Estate Papers
Expand 4 - Family and Personal Papers4 - Family and Personal Papers
Expand 5 - Official Papers5 - Official Papers
Expand 6 - Parish and Ecclesiastical Papers - [16th cent]-19146 - Parish and Ecclesiastical Papers - [16th cent]-1914
Expand 7 - Legal/Case Papers 7 - Legal/Case Papers
Expand 8 - Maps and Plans - [18th-19th cent]8 - Maps and Plans - [18th-19th cent]
Expand 9 - Photographs9 - Photographs
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