NOTES TO THE PEDIGREE OF THE STRELLEYS. 9 1 



the left hand reposing on the knee. There are angel supporters 

 on each side the pillow at the head. 



The inscription, beautifully engraven on the verge on the mensa, 

 is as follows : — ■ 



" (©titxiiS ^iyi)i& StrdUg ^nuitj. bicf sistmo ScHo 

 j0te 3*iww«i*" ^nno lint ^nxo (t(S:€€€'''° i° ct ofjttuiS 

 ^anctf UAfon'jS ei' ot>itt apuli {sic) ano lini ifH.10." 



The two sons of John and Sancia Strelley, viz. : John and 

 George, having died young and without issue, the vast estates of 

 the Strelleys devolved upon the four remaining daughters. 



(a) Isabella, the eldest, was first married to Clement Lowe, 

 of Denby, and afterwards to Richard Paynell. By her first 

 husband she left issue, Mary Lowe, heiress of Bilborough, 

 Hempsell, Cossall, and Kimberley. She became the wife of 

 William Sacheverell, second son of Sir Henry Sacheverell, of 

 Motley. Their only son. Sir Patrick Sacheverell of Hemp- 

 sell, by his wife Anne, daughter of Sir Hugh Oversale, Kt., 

 of Hull, left issue Anne Sacheverel, who became the wife of 

 John Strelley of Hempsell, the great grandson of Sir Nicholas 

 (No. 20). The arms of this John Strelley and Anne Sache- 

 verell, his wife, in a sadly mutilated condition, appear (1890) 

 over the porch of the old ruinous school house at Bulwell, 

 of which, apparently, they were either the founders, or at 

 least benefactors. As might be supposed, the division of the 

 family estates between the four sisters would give rise to some 

 heart-burnings and strife. 



The following, taken from an old document which came 

 into the writer's possession some time ago, manifests a rather 

 unpleasant state of things between some of the parties con- 

 cerned. 



In the year 1600, a suit was entered by Humfrey 

 Ayscough, complainant, against Patrick Saclierevell, John 

 Strelley, and Atma, his wife, Launcelot Rowleston, Edward 

 Ballard, and Valentine, his wife, John Grundy, Michael 

 Grundy, and Charles Hansworth, defendants, on the plea of 



