84 NOTES 10 THE PEDIGREE OF THE STKELLEYS. 



kneeling at her feet. There is a long marginal inscription, quite 

 illegible with the exception of the following towards the end . . . 



' M. CCCC. XXXVIII qua:V ai^s p'piciet' deus. Amen.' 



From the date, it seems probable that this slab commemorates 

 Sir Robert de Strelley, the son and heir of Sir Nicholas, though 

 the date of his decease is given by some authorities as 1437." 



16. John (le Strelley, Esq., brother of Sir Robert (15). 

 There is a fine incised alabaster slab in Strelley Church to the 



memory of John Strelley. In the centre is depicted a single 

 figure in full armour wearing a bascinet. There are roundels 

 decorated with radiations — perhaps intended for stars — to pro;ect 

 the arm pits and elbow joints. The taces forming the skirt of the 

 cuirass are six in number ; a dagger, in a pot sheath, is suspended 

 on the right, having a hemispherical knob at the top of the hilt. 

 On each side of the head, which reposes on two cushions placed 

 diagonally, are two shields of the Strelley arms, without quarter- 

 ings, viz., paly of 6, argent and azure. Surrounding the whole is 

 a marginal inscription, of which but little save the words, 

 "Johannes de Strelley, armiger," can be deciphered. Every 

 characteristic on the slab points to the year 141 8, to a year or 

 two, as the date of this memorial. 



This John married Joan, daughter and heiress of John Hunt, 

 of Linby, Notts., and left issue. 



17. John Strelley, of Linby, who by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. 

 of William Meering, left five children. 



t. Sir Nicholas Strelley, Kt., who died childless. 



2. Isabel, wife of George Staveley, of Bignall, Oxfordshire. 



3. Anne, wife of Richard Bingham, of Watnali. 



4. Sir Henry Strelley, Kt. (ob. s.p.), and 



5. Jane Strelley. 



Thomas Mering, of Newark, Esq. (Will August 13th, 1500), 

 bequeathed to Arnold De, and to Elizabeth, wife of John 

 Strelley, of Linby, his sister, " if it so be y' yei be mared to 

 gedder after y* forme (of) lawe, the tenament liyng betwix my 

 brade yates (i)road gates) and the house of John Fulwodd for y^ 



