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The Shipley Estate - Studies in History

Chapter ? - THE STRELLEY FAMILY - 1300 AD to 1600 AD

Brian Taylor

The Strelley family of Strelley, Nottinghamshire

The lineage of the Strelley family of Strelley, Nottinghamshire, is dealt with in another chapter and it suffices to summarize what is relevant here as follows (the Roman numerals are for clarity):
Walter I de Strelley, married Isilia, he was father of;
Sampson I de Strelley, inherited by 1176, d. 1199, a supporter of Prince John, and father of;
Sampson II de Strelley, d. l207-8, had to pay a fine to King Richard I to regain his father's lands, father of;
Walter II de Strelley, d. 1219, married Cecilia, (brothers Philip and Hugh, of Mapperley, see next Chapter), father of;
Sir Robert I de Strelley, a minor when he inherited (born 1208?), still alive 10 April 1272 (Dale charter) but seems to have died shortly after, (brother of Geoffrey), father of;
Walter III de Strelley, who paid a new oblation in 1271-2 but died without heirs in 1276, when his brother;
Robert II de Strelley inherited, the Pipe Roll record lists a new oblation in 1278 so it seems he may have died then, if so he was father of;
Robert III de Strelley, who in 1284 held Shipley (Oulegreve) with Hebicabell, and father of;
Robert IV de Strelley, who married Elizabeth le Vavasour (a Fine in 1280 mentions Robert son of Robert de Strelley and his wife Elizabeth) and united the manors of Shipley, held by his descendants for the next three centuries. Died 1302, father of;
Robert V de Strelley.


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