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Collapse D77 - Gresley family of Drakelow - [12th-20th cent]D77 - Gresley family of Drakelow - [12th-20th cent]
Collapse 1 - Title Deeds1 - Title Deeds
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
Expand 35 - Colton35 - Colton
Expand 36 - Draycott36 - Draycott
Expand 37 - Elford37 - Elford
Expand 38 - Freyford38 - Freyford
Collapse 39 - Hixon39 - Hixon
1 - Gift by Geoffrey of Gresley to Roger son of Odo de la Lake and heirs, for homage and service; of a messuage in Hixon [co. Staffs] which extends in length from the barn of Geoffrey Payn as far as the high road leading to Sumerwelle, and in width from the high road as far as the croft of Thomas Bunel. Moreover, 6 acres of land on Hungerh[ill], Stichelesl, Stubfurlong etc - [1189-1199]
2 - Gift by Geoffrey Gresley, knight, lord of Morton to John of Hixon, chaplain and Robert his foster child for the term of their life of a messuage in the village/township of Hixon with houses standing on it, with a garden and courtyard, two butts of land lying in messuages. croft between the lands of John of Fradswell and John Cox - [c1265]
3 - Gift by Geoffrey Gresley to Robert of Bilney of half virgate of land with messuage and meadow in the village of Hixon which Walter de la Hul formerly held for 20 years by lease until the feast of St Michael [29 Sep] 1270 - [c1270]
4 - Quitclaim between Roger de la Lake of Hixon and his wife Gillian and Geoffrey Gresley of six acres of land with messuage in Hixon and courtyard - [1272]
5 - Lease, for lives, by Geoffrey Gresley, knight, to William son of Henry of the Hetah, and Alice his wife, of all that land, tenement, and meadow together with houses, gardens, crofts, which the said Henry the father of the said William formerly held from the said Geoffrey in the township of Hixon - [1272-1307]
6 - Gift by Geoffrey of Gresley to William son of Henry of […] and Alice his wife for their whole lives of all the tenement and appurtenances with his crofts in Hixon - [1277]
7 - Lease between Geoffrey Gresley on the one part and William son of Hugh Wasteneys in Hixon on the other. Lease by Geoffrey to William of one bovate of land in Hixon, which Henry Bonel held in the same place and 2 strips in a croft of the said Henry, lying near the croft of Robert of the Hul with a meadow at the head of them adjacent and one grange near the road with 6 feet to the end of the said grange towards the house of Robert de le Huland with a courtyard and a garden between the house of Henry Bonel and the lane beginning from the road leading near the gate of Robert White and extending towards the croft of Robert de le Hul, and with the croft of the said Henry and with all its appurtenances for such relevant land, lease for the term of 30 years - [1279]
8 - Lease, for lives, by Geoffrey, son and heir of Sir Peter Gresley, knight, to Agnes, widow of William de Cheshire of Hixon, and Michael her son, of a moiety of one virgate of land and meadow in Hixon, which the said William held during his life from the said Geoffrey - 22 Feb 1317
9 - Grant by Geoffrey, son of Peter of Gresley, to Hugh Gernon, parson of the Church of ?Ilkley, of all his manor of Morton, with villeins, their chattels, etc, and all his lands, and tenements which the said Geoffrey holds in Morton and Hixon - 25 Mar 1318
10 - Grant, with counterpart, by Geoffrey, son and heir of Peter Gresley, knight, to Alice, daughter of Reginald le Blake of Longdon and to Adam her son, of a messuage and moiety of a virgate of land in Hixon, late held by Oding in-le-Hurne - 25 Apr 1327
11 - Lease, for lives, by Geoffrey, son and heir of Peter Gresley, knight, to Richard son Thomas Barrington and Avice his wife, of a messuage in Hixon - [1327-1328]
12 - Lease, for lives, by Geoffrey Gresley to William de la Heth and Alice his wife, of land in Hixon - 1330
13 - Grant by Margaret Gresley to Roger of Aston, knight, of all her tenements, etc, in Le Hurne de Hixon - 1352
14-15 - Grant and quitclaim by William Smyth of Lullington son and heir of Ralph Smith to William Gresley esq. of all his lands and tenements in Hixonand Morton (Co Stafford). With clause of warranty and power of attorney to deliver seisin to Anthony Colwich and Lewis Ball - May 1511
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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
UL - Gresley Family of Drakelow: unlisted records
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