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Excerpt from Descriptive Catalogue of the Charters Muniments of the Gresley Family, in the Possession of Sir Robert Gresley, Bart., At Drakelowe
IT is, perhaps, not too much to say that the family of Gresley of Drakelowe is one of the few families which remain that can boast of being settled at the same place and of possessing the same lands which were assigned to their ancestor in the Domesday Record. Its founder was Nigel de Toeni, called in Domesday de Stafford, and subsequently from the place which he made his principal residence, de Gresley who, with his brothers Robert and Ralph, was among the followers of William the Conqueror into England. Their father, Roger de Toeni, Standard Bearer of Normandy, was descended from an uncle of Rollo, Duke of Normandy, and thus being of kin with their victorious leader, when the spoils were divided the three brothers received shares not inappropriate to their rank and position. Robert settling in Stafford, and called on that account de Stafford, was the ancestor of that family of Stafford of which Humphrey was created Duke of Buckingham by Henry VI Ralph was the ancestor of the Cliffords, and Nigel, to whom were allotted Drakelowe and eleven lordships in Derbyshire, with Morton and Kingsley in Staffordshire, taking up his abode at Gresley, in which township Drakelowe was, became the ancestor of the family of de Gresley, of which Sir Robert Gresley, 11th Baronet, is the present representative.
At Gresley, thenceforth to be called Castle Gresley, William, N igel's son, in the time of Henry I, built a castle, and near the castle founded a small priory of Black Canons of the order of St. Augustine. Other hamlets, in addition to Drakelowe, in the township of Gresley were Swadling cote and Linton.
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Excerpt from Descriptive Catalogue of the Charters Muniments of the Gresley Family, in the Possession of Sir Robert Gresley, Bart., At Drakelowe
IT is, perhaps, not too much to say that the family of Gresley of Drakelowe is one of the few families which remain that can boast of being settled at the same place and of possessing the same lands which were assigned to their ancestor in the Domesday Record. Its founder was Nigel de Toeni, called in Domesday de Stafford, and subsequently from the place which he made his principal residence, de Gresley who, with his brothers Robert and Ralph, was among the followers of William the Conqueror into England. Their father, Roger de Toeni, Standard Bearer of Normandy, was descended from an uncle of Rollo, Duke of Normandy, and thus being of kin with their victorious leader, when the spoils were divided the three brothers received shares not inappropriate to their rank and position. Robert settling in Stafford, and called on that account de Stafford, was the ancestor of that family of Stafford of which Humphrey was created Duke of Buckingham by Henry VI Ralph was the ancestor of the Cliffords, and Nigel, to whom were allotted Drakelowe and eleven lordships in Derbyshire, with Morton and Kingsley in Staffordshire, taking up his abode at Gresley, in which township Drakelowe was, became the ancestor of the family of de Gresley, of which Sir Robert Gresley, 11th Baronet, is the present representative.
At Gresley, thenceforth to be called Castle Gresley, William, N igel's son, in the time of Henry I, built a castle, and near the castle founded a small priory of Black Canons of the order of St. Augustine. Other hamlets, in addition to Drakelowe, in the township of Gresley were Swadling cote and Linton.
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Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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