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silver spoons, price £,\2, containe(] in a chest ; and 200 marks in 

 old nobles (;!^i33 6s. Sd.), and ;^ioo in royals, and ^200 in 

 angels, and ;^2oo in silver money contained in a coffer, and other 

 domestic utensils to the value of ;^io, then and there found, and 

 against the peace of our Lord the King ; and did other damage 

 to them, to the grievous loss of the said plaintiffs, whereby they 

 say that they are injured and have damage to the value of ^^ 1,000, 

 and, therefore, they bring suit. And the said Cecily conies in her 

 own person, and defends the force and injury, when, &c. ; and 

 she says that she is not guilty, and of this she puts herself upon 

 the country, &c." 



The sons of Sir Robert are here given in order of seniority. 

 The pedigree in the Visitations does not mention Thomas, the 

 third son, nor yet Joyce, who became the wife of Humfrey Salwey 

 of Kanke and Stanford, who was the King's Escheator for the 

 county of Worcester 22 Henry VI., and Knight Mareschal of 

 that Prince's court, as appears on his monument in Stan- 

 ford Church, of which he was lord and patron. — (Burke's 

 "Commoners," i. 152.) 



19. John Strelley, Esq., eldest son of Sir Robert and Elizabeth, 

 married Sanchia (' Sancia ' on tlie mont.), daughter of Sir Robert 

 Willoughby, Esq., and sister of Sir Henry Willoughby, Kt. His 

 beautiful tomb is one of the chiefest ornaments of Strelley Church. 

 It stands against the north wall of the chancel, partly under a 

 canopied recess near the sacrarium. On the mensa lie the effigies 

 of himself and his lady, and no one can gaze on the face of the 

 esquire, looking so anxious and careworn, without feeling that he 

 has before him an obviously faithful representation of the deceased. 

 At the time of his death the wealth and importance of the Strelleys 

 of Strelley was at its greatest height, and the loss of his two son<!, 

 John and George his only male representatives, whose tiny 

 memorial (an alabaster slab incised with the figures of two children 

 in gowns guarded with fur) lies close by the wall at the west end 

 of his own monument, must have weighed very heavily upon 

 him. .Ail his outlying estates were divided among his four 

 daughters, and passed into families of other names, whilst the old 



