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John de Gresley 1328–1395 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1328

Birth Location: Morton, Derbyshire, England

Death Date: 1395

Death Location: Gresley, Drakelow, Derbyshire, England

Father: Geoffrey Gresley

Mother: Margaret Gernon

Spouse(s): Alice Swynnerton

Children(s): Nicholas Gresley

John de Gresley was born in 1328 in Morton, Derbyshire, England, the child of Geoffrey De Gresley And Margaret Gernon. John de Gresley married Alice De Swynnerton, and had children including Nicholas De Gresley. John de Gresley passed away in 1395 in Gresley, Drakelow, Derbyshire, England.

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Biography

  • John de Gresley was born in 1328 in Morton, Derbyshire, England, the child of Geoffrey De Gresley And Margaret Gernon.
  • John de Gresley married Alice De Swynnerton, and had children including Nicholas De Gresley.
  • John de Gresley passed away in 1395 in Gresley, Drakelow, Derbyshire, England.

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

John Gresley's Ancestors

Self
John Gresley
1328–1395
Birth Place: Morton, Derbyshire, England
Parents
Geoffrey De Gresley
1298–1331
Morton, Derbyshire, England
Margaret Gernon
1304–1352
Launton, Oxfordshire, England
Grandparents
Peter (De) Gresley
1273–1310
Morton, Derbyshire, England
Johanna (de) Stafford
1278–1342
Burton upon Trent, Derbyshire, England
John Gernon
1285–1335
Lees Hall, Essex, England
Alice Colville
1286–1334
Stanford, Kent, England
Great-Grandparents
Robert Stafford
1251–1303
Gundreda Stafford
1250–1308
William Gernon
1250–1327
Hawise Tregoz
1250–1297
Roger Colvill
1251–1288
Margaret Braose
1255–1335
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Robert Stafford
1213–1282
Alice Corbet
1220–1253
William Stafford
1193–1251
Ermentrude Fitzwalkelin
1227–1253
Ralph Gernon
1229–1274
Eleanor Vere
1235–1274
Robert Tregoz
1190–1265
Juliana Cantilupe
1192–1285
Walter Colville
1225–1277
Isabel Aubigny
1225–1301
Richard Braose
1232–1292
Alice Ros
1245–1300

John Gresley's Descendants

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John (de) Gresley (1328–1395) m. Alice (de) Swynnerton (1325–1350)
  1. 1. Nicholas (de) Gresley 1345–1380 m. Thomasine (de) Wasteneys 1345–1405
    1. 1. Thomas Gresley 1367–1456 m. Margaret Walsh 1369–1421
      1. 1. Margaret Gresley 1393–1456 m. Thomas Blount 1378–1456
        1. 1. Walter (Mountjoy) Blount 1420–1474 m. Anne (de) Neville 1411–1480 m. Ellen Byron 1416–1467
        2. 2. Thomas Blount 1422–1468 m. Catherine Clifton 1425–1469 m. Agnes Hawley 1432–1462
        3. 3. Eliza Blount 1424–1466 m. Ralph (II) Shirley 1413–1466
        4. 4. Elizabeth Blount 1400–
        5. 5. Sancha Blount 1416–1450 m. Edward Langford 1420–1474
        6. 6. Agnes Blount 1418–
        7. 7. Humphrey Blount 1421–1468
      2. 2. Geoffrey Gresley 1395–1437
      3. 3. Innocentia Gresley 1405–1422
      4. 4. John Gresley 1386–1449 m. Elizabeth Clarell 1391–1435
        1. 1. Thomasine Gresley 1410–1480 m. Hugh Wrottesley 1400–1464
        2. 2. John Gresley 1418–1486 m. Anne Stanley 1420–1487
      5. 5. Joan (de) Gresley 1388–1452 m. Thomas Astley 1371–1438
        1. 1. Thomas Astley 1430–1484 m. Edith Constable 1455–1545
        2. 2. Hugh Astley 1404–
    2. 2. Thomasina (de) Gresley 1364–
    3. 3. Roger Gresley 1367–1405
    4. 4. Cotton Gresley 1376–

John Gresley's Timeline

2 Records

1328
1328
Birth of John de Gresley in Morton, Derbyshire, England
Morton, Derbyshire, England
1395
1395
Age 67
Death of John de Gresley in Gresley, Drakelow, Derbyshire, England
Gresley, Drakelow, Derbyshire, England

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1328
    Event Place: Morton, Derbyshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1395
    Event Place: Gresley, Drakelow, Derbyshire, England

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