Généalogie and Heritage

Source: Southwell & Nottingham Church History Project

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Titre	Southwell & Nottingham Church History Project

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ISABELLA Muschamp

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The Domesday survey mentions a church and a priest at Greasley in the time of Edward the Confessor, so there is a long history of a church in this parish. The parish was in the honour of Peverell and Aylric held of Peverell. The first person to carry the de Greasley title was William who is mentioned in 1139. Ralph de Greasley married Isabella de Muskham in 1212 and their daughter Agnes married Hugh fitz Ralph, son of the Lord of Selston, who became the first Patron of Greasley church. Eustache, daughter of Agnes and Hugh married Nicholas de Cantelupe and later Sir William de Roos and it is these two who are recorded in Archbishop Greenfield’s register for February 26, 1294 as presenting Hugh de Cressy as Rector of Greasley church. The first rector was also named Hugh de Cressy, the second another de Cressy whose first name is not recorded. Hugh was described as incorrigible in 1312 when the church was sequestrated for the second time due to his absence from the parish. The Barony of Canteloupe was created in 1299 and this family held the advowson of the church until Nicholas de Canteloupe founded Beauvale Priory in 1343 and gave the advowson to it at that time. The Priory was situated on land less than a mile to the north of the church. The Priory ruins are on private property but can be seen from a public road running from the side of the Horse and Groom Inn, Moorgreen. The church contains some floor tiles and two roundels of glass, in a window called the ‘Beauvale Window’, which are from the Priory. The Canteloupe Barony expired c1375 on the death of William, both of whose sons pre deceased him. The Watnall part of the parish was held partly by the Canteloupes and partly by the Chaworth family and this is still reflected in the parts of that village called Watnall Canteloupe and Watnall Chaworth. Following the dissolution of Beavale Priory in 1540 the advowson passed through marriages and land purchases to the Rutland, Melbourne, Palmerston, Sutton and Cowper familiesuntil in 1917 Lord Desborough and Lady Lucas requested the Diocese of Southwell take it over. There is no early description of the church and so its appearance cannot be described, but it seems possible that there were at least two altars in the church, since the will of John de Wollaton, proved in 1382, states his request to be buried before the altar of St James in the church at Greasley. The dedication of the church to St Mary seems likely to have been unchanged, as the dedication festival has always been September 8th, the day of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and the local ‘wakes’ were always held at the beginning of September, a continuation of the ancient feasting connected with dedication festivals. In 1240 the Archbishop of York confirmed a grant made by the patron Hugh Fitzralph and the Rector, Hugh de Cressy, to Sir Robert de Vavasour regarding a chantry in the chapel at Hempshill. In 1303 Archbishop Thomas of Corbridge gave leave to Roger de Brunnesley (Brinsley) to build a chapel in his manor there and to have a chaplain serving it, though it was suspended on 1315 by Archbishop Greenfield.

The Domesday survey mentions a church and a priest at Greasley in the time of Edward the Confessor, so there is a long history of a church in this parish. The parish was in the honour of Peverell and Aylric held of Peverell. The first person to carry the de Greasley title was William who is mentioned in 1139. Ralph de Greasley married Isabella de Muskham in 1212 and their daughter Agnes married Hugh fitz Ralph, son of the Lord of Selston, who became the first Patron of Greasley church. Eustache, daughter of Agnes and Hugh married Nicholas de Cantelupe and later Sir William de Roos and it is these two who are recorded in Archbishop Greenfield’s register for February 26, 1294 as presenting Hugh de Cressy as Rector of Greasley church. The first rector was also named Hugh de Cressy, the second another de Cressy whose first name is not recorded. Hugh was described as incorrigible in 1312 when the church was sequestrated for the second time due to his absence from the parish.

The Barony of Canteloupe was created in 1299 and this family held the advowson of the church until Nicholas de Canteloupe founded Beauvale Priory in 1343 and gave the advowson to it at that time. The Priory was situated on land less than a mile to the north of the church. The Priory ruins are on private property but can be seen from a public road running from the side of the Horse and Groom Inn, Moorgreen. The church contains some floor tiles and two roundels of glass, in a window called the ‘Beauvale Window’, which are from the Priory. The Canteloupe Barony expired c1375 on the death of William, both of whose sons pre deceased him. The Watnall part of the parish was held partly by the Canteloupes and partly by the Chaworth family and this is still reflected in the parts of that village called Watnall Canteloupe and Watnall Chaworth. Following the dissolution of Beavale Priory in 1540 the advowson passed through marriages and land purchases to the Rutland, Melbourne, Palmerston, Sutton and Cowper familiesuntil in 1917 Lord Desborough and Lady Lucas requested the Diocese of Southwell take it over.

There is no early description of the church and so its appearance cannot be described, but it seems possible that there were at least two altars in the church, since the will of John de Wollaton, proved in 1382, states his request to be buried before the altar of St James in the church at Greasley. The dedication of the church to St Mary seems likely to have been unchanged, as the dedication festival has always been September 8th, the day of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and the local ‘wakes’ were always held at the beginning of September, a continuation of the ancient feasting connected with dedication festivals.

In 1240 the Archbishop of York confirmed a grant made by the patron Hugh Fitzralph and the Rector, Hugh de Cressy, to Sir Robert de Vavasour regarding a chantry in the chapel at Hempshill. In 1303 Archbishop Thomas of Corbridge gave leave to Roger de Brunnesley (Brinsley) to build a chapel in his manor there and to have a chaplain serving it, though it was suspended on 1315 by Archbishop Greenfield.