Born: 1393 Rock, Worcester
Married: Sir Thomas Blount Died: |
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and had issue:
Bl16-1 Sancha Blount Bl16-2 Agnes Blount Bl16 Walter Blount, Baron Bl16-4 ?dau Blount Bl16-5 Sir Thomas Blount Bl16-6 Eliza 'Elizabeth' Blount |
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CHURCH-GRESLEY - Extract from National Gazetteer, 1868
[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer (1868)]
"CHURCH-GRESLEY, a parish in the hundred of Repton and Gresley, in
the county of Derby, 4 miles S.E. of Burton-on-Trent, 4 from Ashby-de-la-Zouch,
and 6 from Derby. It is a station on the Midland railway. This parish,
which is rapidly increasing, includes the townships of Drakelowe, Church-Gresley,
Castle-Gresley, and Linton. The living is a perpetual curacy* in the diocese
of Lichfield, value £190, in the patronage of the Rev. George Lloyd.
There is also a district church at Swadlincote, the living of which is
a perpetual curacy, value* £80, in the patronage of the Incumbent
of Gresley. The church at Gresley is dedicated to SS. Mary and George,
and contains monuments of the Gresley and Alien families. It was erected
by Nigel de Gresley in the reign of Henry I., who founded likewise
a priory of Austin monks, all traces of which have disappeared. The Primitive
and Wesleyan Methodists have each a place of worship, and there are National
schools for both sexes. The collieries and potteries employ a great part
of the inhabitants. Sir Thomas Gresley, Bart., is lord of the manor."
"CASTLE GRESLEY, a hamlet parish in the parish of Church Gresley, hundred
of Repton and Gresley, in the county of Derby, 4 miles to the S.E. of Burton-on-Trent.
Gresley is a station on the Burton, Ashby, and Leicester branch of the
Midland railway."
[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland
(1868)