Thomasine (Gresley) Wrottesley (abt. 1410 - 1480)

Born about 1410 in England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 25 Dec 1480 at about age 70 in England [uncertain]

Biography

Birth

Thomasine was a possible daughter of John Gresley, Knt., of Drakelow, Derbyshire, and Knight of the Shire for Derbyshire and Elizabeth Clarell, daughter of Sir Thomas Clarell, Esq., of Aldwark, Yorkshire, and Matilda Montgomery (see research note).^[1][2][3][4] In addition to Thomasine, John and Elizabeth's marriage produced the following issue:^[1][5]

• John, Knt.;^[1][4]
• Nicholas;^[1][4] and
• Katherine, married first Thomas Stafford, Esq., of Baginton, Warwickshire, and secondly, William Peyto, Knt., of Chesterton, Warwickshire;^[1][4]

Thomasine's birthdate is estimated as having occurred around 1410, based upon the 1409 marriage of her parents.^[1][2]

Marriage

Thomasine married Hugh Wrottesley , Esq., of Wrottesley, Staffordshire, son of John de Wrottesley and Elizabeth Standish.^[6] Their marriage produced the following issue:

• Isabel;^[7]
• Elizabeth;^[7]
• Walter;^[7]
• Henry;^[7] and
• Joan.^[7]

Death

The date and locations of Thomasine's death and burial are unknown.

Research Notes

According to Douglas Richardson, it is not certain that Thomasine was the daughter of the parents currently shown. See the entries for Elizabeth Clarell in Magna Carta Ancestry Vol. II p. 26 and Royal Ancestry Vol. III p. 114.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5} Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham, 2nd edition (Salt Lake City: The author, 2011), Vol. II, p. 262, GRESLEY 8, (WebLink Google Books).
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: The author, 2013), Vol III, pp. 114, 115, GRESLEY 12, 13.
3. ↑ Vernon James Watney. The Wallop Family and Their Ancestry, 4 Vols. (Oxford: John Johnson, 1928), Vol. II, p. 381,(WebLink FamilySearch)
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3} Falconer Madan. The Gresleys of Drakelow: An Account of the Family, and Notes of its Connexions by Marriage and Descent from the Norman conquest to the Present Day (Oxford: Horace Hart, printer to the university, 1899), pp. 55, 56,(WebLink Internet Archive).
5. ↑ Isaac Herbert Jeayes. Descriptive Catalogue of the Charters & Muniments of the Gresley Family (London: Charles J. Clark, 1895), p. 86, n. 387, (WebLink Internet Archive).
6. ↑ Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: The author, 2013), Vol I, p. 370, BISHOP'S FROME 15.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4} The William Salt Archaeological Society. Collectons for a History of Staffordshire (London: Harrison and Sons, 1898), Vol. I, p. 299, (WebLink Google Books)

See also:

• Collections for a History of Staffordshire, Volume 1