Sir Peter de Gresley

✓ Sir Peter de Gresley, Kt. (Madan gen. vii), eldest son of Sir Geoffrey and Agnes; obtained free warren in 1309 in his manors in Leics., Derbys., Staffs. and Norfolk; a coloured full-length portrait of 'Sir Peres de Greyle' in armour, probably drawn for Henry VI, survives in a British Museum manuscript. Madan calls his family 'so exceedingly militant as to deserve a less honourable appellation'. d. about 1309. m. Johanna de Stafford, co-heiress of Sir Robert de Stafford. 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.]