• Albert de Gresle (fl. 1086 - 1094) was a non-resident lord of the manor of Manchester. Various antiquarians believed that the Gresle family originated...
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    Robert de Gresle (1174–1230) was a Lord of the manor of Manchester, the first of his family to take up residence in Manchester. Initially the Gresle family...
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    was given to Roger de Poitou; Roger divided the hundred into fiefdoms and made the Gresle family barons of Manchester. Albert de Gresle was the first baron...
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    was part of a large area given to Roger de Poitou and he had demised it to Roger de Busli and Albert de Gresle. Domesday also mentions a sizable area of...
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    involvement. Greslé died in Seychelles in July 1993 and is survived by his wife Sylvia, son Neville and daughters Natasha and Yvette Greslé. A number of...
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    except that he paid me 2 marks. Odo de Cranesbi holds 1 knight's fee. Thomas, son of William, holds 1 knight's fee. Roger de Millers holds 2 knight's fees....
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    Norman Conquest held by Albert de Gresle between 1086 and 1100. In 1277 Robert Gresle, Baron of Manchester prosecuted Martin de Rumworth for carrying off...
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    Roger the Poitevin before being granted to Albert de Gresle. 1100s – Hulme Hall is in the ownership of John de Hulme. 1227 – 19 August: Charter granted...
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    Gredley, Greidley and Gredleye, decedents of Albertus Greslet or Albert 'd'Avranches' de Greslé (c.1050 – c.1100), avowed Viscount of Avranches, and the 1st...
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    Clitheroe Castle (category De Lacy family)
    of a fief given to Roger de Poitou, and the Domesday Book of 1086 shows he had given it to Roger de Busli and Albert de Gresle. Clitheroe is not mentioned...
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