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- Baron of Manchester Albert "Senex" (the Elder) de Grelley (de Gresley), Baron of Manchester
https://www.geni.com/people/Albert-de-Gresle-or-Greslet-Baron-of-Manchester/4332496424020013562?through=6000000003827232251
Gender:Male
Birth:1085 Manchester, Lancashire, England
Death:1174 (89) Dalton, Wigan, Lancashire, England
Immediate Family:
Son of Lord of Manchester Robert de de Greslet and Beatrix de Greslet
Husband of Matilda "Maud" FitzWilliam, of Halton
Father of Emma de Ashton and Albert "Juvenis" de Grelle, Baron of Manchester
Added by:Patricia Ann Topping on September 2, 2007
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Curated by:Erin Spiceland
About
The family of Greslet, as they are styled in the Doomsday Survey, or Gresley or Gressy as designated in the Battle Roll Catalogue of Hastings Abbey, also came to England with the Conqueror. At times this family were also known by the name Grelle or Gresle.
By an alliance of marriage between Albert de Gresley and Maud, daughter of William Fitz-Nigel (Nigellus?), Baron of Halton and Widnes, the Manor of Mamecestre came into the family of the Gresleys.
In 1086, Albert de Gresley obtained a grant of the Manor of Mamecestre, which became part of the Barony of Gresley. Albert was, therefore, the first Baron of Mamecestre. Albert, his son succeeded him,and Robert de Gresley eventually succeeded him.
In 1215 Robert, a knight of the King, had a warrant for 6 harts (stags) to be taken in the Royal forest of Clive for restocking his park at Blackley and/or at Horwich Chase. The Lord's Deer Park was located at Blackley.
Robert was described as a patriotic Baron whose name ranks high in the annals of the country. In 1215 he was one of a number of Northern Barons who went to London to demand from [King] John the laws of Edward the Confessor and the rights and privileges of Henry I.
http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/Manchester/Blackley/history.html
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