Sir Robert Strelley, Knight

Sir Robert Strelley1,2,3

• M, #26497, b. circa 1397, d. 26 November 1438
• Father Sir Nicholas Strelley2,3 b. c 1370, d. 1431
• Mother Elizabeth Pierrepont2,3 b. c 1374

Robert: his tomb is probably the incised alabaster slab at the north-west corner of the altar tomb; he died 1438. The slab has had the figures of a knight in armour and a lady with long flowing robe, with children kneeling at her feet. The inscription is now illegible; some years ago could be read:

?MCCCCXXXVIII. quor aibu p?piciet? deus Amen.?

He married twice: 1st Jane Harcourt, 2nd Agnes Stanhope. He was among the lancers at Agincourt in the retinue of Lord Grey of Codnor.

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Knighted after the battle of Agincourt.
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• Sir Robert STRELLEY (d.1438)
• Son of Sir Nicholas Strelley(q.v.) and Elizabeth Pierpoint. (Paylings p.241)
• 1407 M.P.Derbyshire. (H.O.C. IV pp.507-8)
• 1422 He attended the Nottinghamshire elections. (ibid.)
• 26 Nov.1438 Died. (ibid.)

Married 1 = 2 Agnes, daughter of Sir Richard Stanhope(q.v.) and widow of Henry Trafford(d.1408). (ibid.) [Agnes or Joanna?]

Children:

• Sir Robert(q.v.),
• John. (ibid.)

Married 2 = 2 Joan, daughter of Sir Robert Francis of Foremark(q.v.) and widow of Sir Thomas Harcourt of Ellenhall(d.1420)(q.v.). (ibid.)

http://www.nottshistory.org.uk/articles/tts/tts1906/summer/strelley...

Sir Nicholas Strelley, son of Sir Sampson, married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir E. Pierpont, lint. He died in 1430, and his will is preserved at York. His tomb cannot be identified. During alterations to the floor inside the sanctuary two graves were found, one on each side of the altar; it is possible that these are those of this Sir Nicholas and his wife. In his will he directed his body to be buried in the church at Strelley, and left money for various offices for the repose of his soul, with very minute directions.
He was succeeded by his son Robert: his tomb is probably the incised alabaster slab at the north-west corner of the altar tomb; he died 1438. The slab has had the figures of a knight in armour and a lady with long flowing robe, with children kneeling at her feet. The inscription is now illegible; some years ago could be read:
“MCCCCXXXVIII. quor aibu p’piciet’ deus Amen.”
He married twice: 1st Jane Harcourt, 2nd Agnes Stanhope. He was among the lancers at Agincourt in the retinue of Lord Grey of Codnor.

(Although this passage refers Lord Grey of Codnor as if he were still alive, he died 11 Feb, 1389/90)

1. [S8260] Unknown author, Stemmata Robertson, p. 179.
2. [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 346.
3. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 209.
4. [S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 376.