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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
Collapse 6 - Church Seal6 - Church Seal
1 - Gift by Ralph Wyschard of Seale to Robert Paus and wife Isabelle of one acre and a half of land in part in Chirchescheule, half acre lies at le Brendewode between the land of the Abbey of Merevale and 'my land', half acre lies at Hulmeshul between my land on one side and land which belongs to the son of Ralph and his wife on the other side, half acre lies at Hongindehaseles between 'my land' and that of the Abbey - [1216-1272]
1 - Lease, bond and mortgage on lands and property, including the Manor of Church Gresley, Backwell Close in Stapenhill amd lands in Caldwell including The Croft, Hillocks Nook, Morris Croft, Top and Bottom Wetton's Croft, Baxter's Meadow, Hanging Hill, Moore Furlong Close, Greater and Lesser Middleways, Collyer's Back Lane Close, from Sir Roger Greisley [Gresley] of Drakelow Bart to Samuel Maltby of Nottingham, gent - 31 Mar/1 Apr 1834
2 - Gift by Ralph Wyschard of Seale to Robert Paus of Sandon and Isabelle his wife of half acre of meadow in field of Schirchesheyle [Church Seal] lying at le Brendewode between the land of Ralph son of Simon le Seller of Seale on the one side and the land of Robert Paus of Sandon on the other - [1216-1272]
3 - Grant, for life, by William of Chirchesheylle [Church Seal] son of William Wychard, and Geoffrey, Ralph and Peregrine, his brothers, to their father, William Wychard, of the capital messuage which they acquired by grant from their father, with arable land in the fields of the same town - 8 Sep 1316
4 - Grant by Andrew son of Ralph Wyschard, to Osbert son of Walter ,Lord of Stretton of two cottage, with land, in Church Seal - 25 Mar 1317
5 - Grant by Ralph, son of Ralph of Seal, to Robert Paus of Seal, of a rood of land in Church Seal - 24 Jun 1317
6 - Grant by Robert, son of Robert le Fyz of Chirchesheyle [Church Seal] to Sir Richard of Twyford, chaplain, of two pieces of land in Church Seal, lying on Stonyfurlong, Aymeshul, Fernyfurlong, Caldwellwhul, and elsewhere - 22 Jun 1320
7 - Grant by William, son of Henry le Fyz of Seal, to William son of Robert le Fyz of Seal, of land in the fields of Church Seal, lying on Wytehull, Lyllemeshull, and Cliftondyke - 21 Sep 1320
8 - Lease, for lives, by Thomas of Hamstall Ridware [Staffs], knight, to Gilbert Henry of Yoxall [Staffs] and to his sons William, Richard, and John, in succession, of one virgate of land in Church Seal which Henry Oky sometime held - 1321
9 - Lease by Richard Touchet of Snarestone [Leics] to Osbert of Stretton, Lord of Stretton, of an acre of arable land in Church Seal - 5 Feb [1322]
10 - Lease, with counterpart, by John, son and heir of Walter de Stretton of Church Seal, to clerk William de Polesworth and Margery his wife, of a messuage in Church Seal, lying within the messuage of Thomas of Ridware, knight, which Margery of Blackfordby holds for life from the said Thomas - 6 Jan [1326]
11 - Grant by William Bate of Donisthorpe to John son of Walter de Stretton and Isabel his wife, daughter of the grantor, of his capital messuage in Church Seal, and all his meadows, tenements, rents, services, and reversions in Church Seal, Over Seal, Donisthorpe, and Oakthorpe, Co. Leicester - 2 Jun 1325
12 - Grant by Hugh le Clerc of Seal to Sir Thomas of Ridware, knight, Lord of Seal and Lady Isabel his wife, of a headland[?] of land in Church Seal, lying in Le Haselefeld - 31 Jul 1325
13 - Warrrant to the Sheriff of the County of Leicester to deliver seisin of the third part of a messuage, with meadow, in Church Seal, which William Wichard of Seal, senior has recovered in the King's Court against John Dixon ofTamworth and Alice his wife by assize of new disseisin - 21 Sep [1327]
14 - Grant by Hugh, clerk of Church Seal to Hemeric, son of William of Brewood, of arable land in the field of Church Seal - 22 Jan [1329]
15 - Grant by William, clerk son of Ralph Attewode of Church Seal, to Sir Ralph Waleys of Shepshed[Leics], chaplain, of a selion of land in the field of Church Seal on Wodehilles - 24 Feb [1330]
16 - Quitclaim by John, son of Walter of Stretton, to Ralph, son of William Wychard of Sheyl, of twelve pence annual rent issuing from his tenement in Church Seal, and of an acre of arable land in Gretenefurlong in the same place, being in the hands of Richard Tuchet of Snarkestone [Leics] - 20 Jul 1329
17 - Grant by William, son of William Wychard of Church Seal, to Sir Peregrine his brother, chaplain, with Ralph their brother, of arable land in Church Seal, lying in Dademore, Wodefeld on Oxedich, Estfild at Chirchebrigg, and on Wowelondes - 11 Jun 1330
18 - Grant by William, son of William Wychard of Church Seal to Sir Peregrine his brother, chaplain, of arable land in the fields on Church Seal, lying on Dademore, Wowelondes (near the land of Lady Isabel of Ridware), Wodefeld and at Chirchebrigg in Estfeld - 24 Jun 1330
19 - Confirmation by William, son of Ralph Wychard, of his son William's grant of three acres and a half of land in Seal, to Sir Peregrine, chaplain,his son - 15 Aug 1331
20 - Grant by John Oky of Seal, sen., to Sir Ralph Waleys, chaplain, of Shepshed [Leics] of arable land in Church Seal lying at Wylkesforde - 21 Oct 1330
21 - Grant by William, son of Robert le Fiz of Church Seal, to Sir Ralph Waleys, chaplain of Shepshed [Leics], of three selions of arable land lying together in Hengindehaseles in Church Seal - 2 Mar [1333]
22 - Letters patent of Peregrine Wyschard, chaplain, whereby he appoints his brother Ralph Wyschard his perpetual assign to hold during his life that messuage with houses standing thereon, orchards etc, in Church Seal, which Robert, son of Henry le Fiz, Rachel his wife, and Robert their son, at present hold for their lives - 25 Jan [1345]
23 - Lease by Ralph, son of William Wyschard of Seal to William Wyschard his brother, of all that land and messuage, with houses and dovecotes built upon it, and orchard, pool, etc, in Church Seal, which William his father gave to him, the said Ralph, and to Sir Peregrine, chaplain, jointly and other land and meadow in the same place, which William his brother and John Oky gave to the said Sir Peregrine - 5 Apr 1344
24-25 - Grant, and counterpart, by William, son of William, son of Ralph Wychard, to Ralph Wychard, his brother, of the messuage with houses and dovecotes standing upon it, orchard, pool etc, in Church Seal, with two acres of arable land there, lying on Oxdygch and on Cademour near Le Priorrusakur [Prior's Acre] of the Abbey of Merevale - 2 Feb [1346]
26 - Grant by John Nel to Sir William of Pollesworthe, clerk, and Margery his wife, of an acre of land in Church Seal, lying on Churchehul, and at Holsiche - 11 Jun 1345
27 - Grant by John Oky, to William of Pollesworthe, clerk, and Margery his wife, of a rood and a half of arable land in Church Seal - 31 May 1346
28 - Grant by Elias Cok of Overseal to JohnWilkin of Church Seal of a rood of arable land in Church Seal, lying at Kynewallebotte - 6 May 1349
29 - Grant by John, son of Roger of Measham to Robert le Clere, jun., of a messuage in Church Seal, late held by John Cooper - 8 Dec 1362
30 - Power of attorney from Hugh de Hopwas, canon of Lichfield, to Thomas, chaplain, in Seal, to deliver seisin to Ralph Seal, clerk, of a messuage in Church Seal - 6 Jan [1368]
31 - Grant by Margery, former wife of clerk William of Polesworth, widow, to Sir Geoffrey Fitz of Seal, vicar of Fillongley [Warwickshire] , of a messuage in Church Seal, lying between the tenement of the late Sir Thomas of Ridware, knight, and the tenement which Richard of Stafford, knight, holds - 29 Jan [1367]
32 - Grant by Walter, son of William of Seal, to Henry and Walter, son of Juliane, daughter of Richard le Nethe (in exchange for a burgage in Abbots Bromley, Staffordshire) of his whole toft and croft which Martin sometime held in Church Seal, lying between the toft and croft of Ralph Morkoc - nd [c1377]
33 - Quitclaim by Robert Walker of Atherstone and Agnes his wife to Ralph Lorret, of a messuage in Church Seal, near the road leading to the water-mill - 4 Apr 1378
34 - Warrant by Richard II to William Thirnyng and Robert Tyrwhyt, justices and their fellows, to take an assize of novel disseisin which Richard Wychard of Seal has arrayed by King's writ against Alice, wife of Thomas of Stafford and others in respect of a tenement in Church Seal - 1 May 1398
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
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
UL - Gresley Family of Drakelow: unlisted records
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