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b. c.1418, s. and h. of Sir John Gresley* by his 1st w. Elizabeth Clarell. m. (1) c.1440, Anne (fl.1481), da. of Thomas Stanley I* by his 1st w. Maud Arderne; sis. of John Stanley II*, 1s. Thomas†, 3da.; poss. (2) aft. June 1481, Emma, da. of Sir Ralph Hastings† of Great Harrowden, Northants. Kntd. ?5 Jan. 1453.
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J.p. Derbys. 26 Nov. 1449 – Nov. 1458, 18 Mar. 1460 – Nov. 1470, Staffs. 12 Feb. 1464 – July 1471, Nov. 1475 – d.

Escheator, Staffs. 7 Dec. 1450 – 29 Nov. 1451.

Commr. to distribute allowance on tax, Staffs. June 1453; treat for loans, Staffs., Derbys. May 1455; PPC, vi. 242–3. assign archers, Derbys. Nov. 1457; of array Dec. 1459, Staffs. Mar. 1470, Dec. 1484; arrest, ?Staffs. Dec. 1460, Derbys. July 1461, Feb. 1462; to levy debts, Notts., Derbys. Feb. 1466 (due from shrievalty of John Wastnes*); E13/151, rot. 81. inquiry, Derbys. Oct. 1470; of gaol delivery, Stafford castle Oct. 1476, Oct. 1477, Sept. 1478, C66/539, m. 24d; 541, m. 24d; 543, m. 24d. Stafford May 1486; to assess subsidy on aliens, Staffs. Apr., Aug. 1483.

Sheriff, Notts. and Derbys. 5 Nov. 1453 – 4 Nov. 1454.

Farmer of duchy of Lancaster hundred of Gresley, Derbys. ?Mich. 1460–21 May 1464. DL37/54/53; DL29/371/6199.

Steward of John Hales, bp. of Coventry and Lichfield, at Sawley, Derbys. by Mich. 1463-aft. Mich. 1464. S.M. Wright, Derbys. Gentry (Derbys. Rec. Soc. viii), 168, n. 26.

Knight for the body to Ric. III by 26 Apr. 1484. DL42/20, f. 27.

Parlimentarian
GRESLEY, John (c.1418-87), of Drakelow, Derbys. and Colton, Staffs.
Main residences: Drakelow, Derbys.; Colton, Staffs.
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S.J.P.
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Commons 1422-1461
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