lOO NOTES TO THE PEDIGREE OF THE STRELLEYS. 



By this will a rent charge on this estate was maiie payable to 

 the Goldsmith's Company for ever, and from their records the 

 following succession of heritors has been derived: — 



" In 1603, Philip Strelley, who purchased the estate of Oaker- 

 thorpe, died ; Ellen, the widow, enjoyed the premises according 

 to the will till 1620." 



"In 1621, Ralph Strelley, brother to Philip, the testator, 

 succeeded. " 



'In 1646, November 13, Henry Strelley, next heir male, 

 succeeded." 



"In 1687, May 6, Philip Strelley, second son of the last named 

 Henry Strelley, succeeded." 



"In 1 701, October 29, George Strelley, third son of Henry 

 Strelley, succeeded." 



"In 17 17, October 22, George Strelley, son of the last named 

 George (a minor), succeeded." 



"In 1727, October 5, William Strelley, son of William Strelley, 

 who was the fifth son of Henry Strelley, succeeded." 



"In 1756, William Strelley, son of William, succeeded." 



It must here be observed that these dates of succession from 

 the Goldsmith's books only represent the dates of the leases 

 formerly granted the Strelleys by the GoL smith's Company, and 

 not the legal date of the succession of each member — because 

 that would take place immediately on tiie death of the previous 

 owner — still they are valuable in their way, as giving the exact 

 sequence of owners. 



Philip Strelley, ' the Testator,' was buried in the church of St. 

 John Zacherie, at the North West corner of Maiden Lane {vide 

 "Stowe's Survey of London," edition 1633, p. 838). — "A faire 

 Monument in the South He with this inscription ": — 



" Here under lieth interred the body of Philip Strelley, late of 

 London, Goldsmith, who gave to the poore of this parish 4cs. a 

 yeere for ever out of the revenues of the Manor of Vlkerthorpe, 

 lying in the Parish of Southwinfield, in the County of Derby, to 

 be paid to them by the hands of the Warden and Rentors of the 

 Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths, whom he left in trust, to see 



