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Message: Emoticon Listing HTML Help	[quote]<center>[b]THE STRELLEY FAMILY - c.1250 - 1610[/b]</center> <center>[b][/i]Bizarre Financial Dealings - Attempted Fraud[/i][/b]</center> Sir Philip Strelley, although holder of the ancient title - Strelley of Strelley, had inherited relatively little of the originally large Strelley land-holdings, but, seemingly, had inherited the family debts. A century earlier, his Great-Grandfather's elder brother, John Strelley, had mortgaged the family lands and then compounded the problem by dying without any male heirs. The title passed to his nephew, Nicholas (Sir Philip's Grandfather), but family squabbles, leading to law suits between relatives, added to the financial problems. By 1660, Sir Philip had already tried to raise money by mortgaging (or perhaps, by raising a second mortgage) Shipley to his uncle, Sir John Byron, of Newstead Abbey, for £4500. Although this plan seems to have failed, Byron and his son did lease some of the Shipley estate, mining coal in the area. An alternative course then arose following the aristocratic tradition of negotiating advantageous marriages. The plan was for Nicholas Strelley, son of Sir Philip, to marry Bridget, daughter of Sir Percival Willougby of Wollaton Hall. The latter, already the owner of coal mines in the Heanor district, was a wealthy man and the marriage settlement included £1600, which was to be used to pay Sir Philip's debts, but the money not to be placed in his hands under any circumstances, implying he would spend it elsewhere! This marriage duly took place in 1605. A complication was that Sir Percival was to have the coal deposits at Newmanleys. However, as Sir Philip must have known, these were already leased to the Byron's and Willougby was not prepared to pay them compensatiion. Further litigation ensued and from 1607 to 1610, the Strelley, Willougby and Byron families fought each other in court. Sir Philip, the originator of this legal wrangle, died on the 29th of September 1607. Nicholas died not long after, with no children from his marriage to Bridget and it was left to his uncle, George Strelley, of Strelley, to attempt to solve the situation by selling Shipley and associated land holdings in Ilkeston, Heanor, Mapperley and Kirk Hallam to Sir George Peckham, of Stanley Grange. This took place in 1610. Azzabuv.[/quote]
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This message was updated on 9/10/2005 7:19:31 PM by Azzabuv

Shipley History
replied on: 1/6/2005 6:49:32 PM

THE STRELLEY FAMILY - c.1250 - 1610
Bizarre Financial Dealings - Attempted Fraud
Sir Philip Strelley, although holder of the ancient title - Strelley of Strelley, had inherited relatively little of the originally large Strelley land-holdings, but, seemingly, had inherited the family debts.

A century earlier, his Great-Grandfather's elder brother, John Strelley, had mortgaged the family lands and then compounded the problem by dying without any male heirs.
The title passed to his nephew, Nicholas (Sir Philip's Grandfather), but family squabbles, leading to law suits between relatives, added to the financial problems.

By 1660, Sir Philip had already tried to raise money by mortgaging (or perhaps, by raising a second mortgage) Shipley to his uncle, Sir John Byron, of Newstead Abbey, for £4500.
Although this plan seems to have failed, Byron and his son did lease some of the Shipley estate, mining coal in the area.

An alternative course then arose following the aristocratic tradition of negotiating advantageous marriages.
The plan was for Nicholas Strelley, son of Sir Philip, to marry Bridget, daughter of Sir Percival Willougby of Wollaton Hall.
The latter, already the owner of coal mines in the Heanor district, was a wealthy man and the marriage settlement included £1600, which was to be used to pay Sir Philip's debts, but the money not to be placed in his hands under any circumstances, implying he would spend it elsewhere!

This marriage duly took place in 1605.
A complication was that Sir Percival was to have the coal deposits at Newmanleys.
However, as Sir Philip must have known, these were already leased to the Byron's and Willougby was not prepared to pay them compensatiion.
Further litigation ensued and from 1607 to 1610, the Strelley, Willougby and Byron families fought each other in court.

Sir Philip, the originator of this legal wrangle, died on the 29th of September 1607.
Nicholas died not long after, with no children from his marriage to Bridget and it was left to his uncle, George Strelley, of Strelley, to attempt to solve the situation by selling Shipley and associated land holdings in Ilkeston, Heanor, Mapperley and Kirk Hallam to Sir George Peckham, of Stanley Grange.
This took place in 1610.
Azzabuv.

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