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b. c. 1580, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Sir Thomas Gresley† of Drakelow and his 2nd w. Katherine, da. of Sir Thomas Walsingham† of Scadbury, Chislehurst, Kent.F. Madan, ‘Gresleys of Drakelow’, Staffs. Hist. Colls. (Wm. Salt Arch. Soc. n.s. i), 71-2. educ. Balliol, Oxf. Nov. 1594, aged 14; Clement’s Inn; I. Temple 1598. Al. Ox.; I. Temple database of admiss. m. settlement 17 Dec. 1600, (with £2,000) Susan (bur. 21 Aug. 1624), da. of Sir Humphrey Ferrers of Tamworth, Warws. and Walton-on-Trent, Derbys., 1s. d.v.p. 3da. (1 d.v.p.) 1 other ch. d.v.p. suc. fa. 1610; Derbys. RO, D77/15/7/6; Madan, 80-4, 90; Reg. of St. Martin-in-the-Fields London 1619-36 ed. J.V. Kitto, 188. cr. bt. 29 June 1611; 47th DKR, 125. Kntd. ?Sept. 1612. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 152. bur. 5 Feb. 1651 5 Feb. 1651. Reg. Burials at Temple Church 1628-1853 ed. H.G. Woods, 9. sig. Geo[rge] Gresley.
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J.p. Staffs. 1607–25, C66/1748; T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 15. Derbys.1612-at least 1648; C66/1898; J.C. Cox, Three Centuries of Derbys Annals, ii. 217. commr. musters, Derbys. 1618–19; Derbys RO, D803MZ9, pp. 7–8. Forced Loan 1627, C193/12/2, f. 9. swans, Midland counties 1627, Staffs and Warws. 1638; C181/3, f. 226v; C181/5, f. 90v. freeman, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffs. 1628; T. Pape, Newcastle-under-Lyme, 276 commr. subsidy, Derbys. 1641–2, SR, v. 61, 82, 149. militia, Derbys. 1642, 1648; LJ, v. 260; A. and O. i. 1235. dep. lt., Derbys. 1642-at least 1645; LJ, v. 428; Derbys. RO, D1232/010. commr. East Midlands Assoc. 1642, assessment, Derbys. 1643–48; A. and O. i. 50, 228, 540, 621, 637, 686, 963. sheriff, Derbys. 1644–45; LJ, vi. 688. commr. gaol delivery, Derby 1645; C181/5, f. 248. sequestration 1648. LJ, ix, 623.

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GRESLEY, Sir George, 1st Bt. (c.1580-1651), of Drakelow, Derbys.
Main residence: Drakelow, Derbys.
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Commons 1604-1629
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GRESLEY, Sir George, 1st Bt. (c.1580-1651)

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