Sir Nicholas Strelley, only son of Sir Nicholas Strelley (d 1491) and Catherine, daughter of Lord Delaware. He married, first, Sarah, daughter of Simon Digby, Lieutenant of the Tower ; second, Ellen, daughter of Sir Thomas Gresley ; and, third, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John Spencer, Kt., by whom he had four sons and four daughters ...

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• 'Journal of the Derbyshire Archaeological and Natural History Society
• http://www.archive.org/details/journalofderbysh13derb
• http://www.archive.org/stream/journalofderbysh13derb#page/93/mode/1up
• 20. Sir Nicholas Strelley, second son of Sir Robert (18), married Catharine, daughter of Thomas West, 8th Lord Delaware. He died at Lenton, 30th April, 1491, and was buried at S. Andrew's, Baynards Castle, London. . . . .
• http://www.archive.org/stream/journalofderbysh13derb#page/95/mode/1up
  • ' 21. Sir Nicholas Strelley, only son of Sir Nicholas and Catherine, daughter of Lord Delaware. He married, first, Sarah, daughter of Simon Digby, Lieutenant of the Tower ; second, Ellen, daughter of Sir Thomas Gresley ; and, third, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John Spencer, Kt., by whom he had four sons and four daughters : —
    • Sir Anthony, of Strelley; Nicholas, of Beauchief; John; Henry, of Hempsell (from whom the present Mr. Strelley, of Oakerthorpe, is descended) ; and Isabel, Margaret, Jane, and Alice, the wife of Sir John Byron, Kt., who died in 1609, and was buried at Colwic. . . . .
    • 22. Sir Anthony Strelley, son of Sir Nicholas (21) by Elizabeth, his third wife, born 1528. Married Joan, eldest daughter of George Baynham, Esq., of Closewell, Gloucester, by whom he had issue eight children : —
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• 'Familiae minorum gentium, Volume 1 By Joseph Hunter
• Familiae minorum gentium, Volume 1 By Joseph Hunter
• Pg. 302
• ' Sir Nicholas Strelley, of Strelley in the county of Nottingham was thrice mar., 1st to Grace, dau. of Simon Digby; 2 Ellen, dau. of Sir Thomas Gresley; 3 Elizabeth, dau. of John Spencer, as it stands in Vincent, to which Thoroton adds that he was a Knight. It appears from Vincent's pedigree that all the children were by the last wife, & Thoroton make the eldest son and one of the younger children by his last wife, as also does Brailsford in his Derbyshire Pedigrees.
• ' The issue of Sir Nicholas, as stated in Vincent, was 4 sons & 4 dau's, the dau's were Alice, wife of Sir John Biron, Margaret, Jane, wife of Sir ___ Willoughby, & 2nd of Thomas Shelton or Skelton of the county of Suffolk, and Isabel.
• Pg. 303
• The sons were: --
  • I. Anthony, who was a Knight and owner of Strelley. He was aged 32 at his father's death in 3 Eliz., and was therefore born in or about 1528. He mar. Joan dau. of Sir George Bainham of the County of Gloucester, by whom he had a large family, but three of whom are mentioned by Thoroton or Brailsford. I shall give them as they stand in Vincent. . . . .
  • II. Nicholas, who was of Beauchief Abbey in the County of Derby. Of his descendants there is an account in 'Hallamshire,' p. 199. To which I now . . . .
  • III. John. He mar. Ann, another of the dau's of Sir George Bainham, by whom he had Nicholas, . . . .
  • Pg. 304
  • IV. Henry. I find him only in Vincent. He mar. Jane, dau. of George Charnley of Charnley, co Lanc., by who he had . . . . He was then mar. to Ann, dau. of Patrick Sacheveral, and had . . .
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• 'A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great ..., Volume 4 By John Burke
• A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great ..., Volume 4 By John Burke
• Pg. 461
• SIR SIMON DIGBY, knt. of Coleshill, in Warwickshire, a lordship which was among the extensive grants with which he was rewarded, after the accession of HENRY VII. for his services at Bosworth, married Alice, daughter and heir of John Walley, esq. of East Haddon, in the county of Devon, by whom he left, with three daughters, 'Sarah, m. to Nicholas Strelley'; Alice, m. to Robert Clifton, esq. of Clifton, Notts; and Agnes, m. to William Tracy, esq. two sons, namely, . . .
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• 'Sir Nicholas Strelley1
• M, #197195
• Last Edited=18 Jun 2006
• ' Sir Nicholas Strelley lived at Strelley, Nottinghamshire, England.1
• Child of Sir Nicholas Strelley
  • 1.Alice Strelley+2
• Citations
• 1.[S37] Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 1, page 630. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.
• 2.[S37] Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.
• http://thepeerage.com/p19720.htm#i197195
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