Sir Geoffrey de Gresley (d. 1305-6)

✓ Sir Geoffrey de Gresley, Kt. (Madan gen. vi), b. about 1245, d. 1305-6, only son of William and Elizabeth; had the right of gallows (habuit furcam) at Croxall, Kingston, Drakelowe and Lullington - 'few other families in England... whose ancestors in the male line had this right of hanging thieves caught in flagrante delicto'. m. Agnes (with whom in 1291-2 he provided a canon of Gresley to pray for her soul). His younger son Robert was outlawed for the killing of John de Wasteneys c.1292. Source: Falconer Madan, The Gresleys of Drakelowe (Oxford, 1899; archive.org The_Gresleys_of_Drakelowe), chs. II-III and pedigrees, from the Gresley Chartulary, Gresley Charters, Liber Niger and Salt Society records; read 2 Nov 2026. [DIRECT ANCESTOR OF THE COMPILER: flag added 2 Nov 2026 by walking the tree from Aynsley, so that this marker is reliable and can be searched.]