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three children of the first marriage died unmarried, and in later 

 years Robert Strelley Parker and his sister, Mrs. Eckersley, who 

 had no issue, lived at the Old Hall. They made disentailing 

 deeds, and their share in the estate (inherited from their mother, 

 Grace) came by bequest to their cousin Mary, daughter of Lucy 

 Strelley. 



Lucy married Joseph Harris and had three sons and three 

 daughters. Of these the eldest child, Joseph Strelley, the third, 

 Elizabeth, and the youngest, Herbert Roby, died unmarried. 



Lucy, the second child, married Yule, and had a son, 



John Strelley Carslake, who married, but died without issue 

 June 8th, 1886. 



William Edward went to Australia, where he married, and has 

 issue, two children (infants). 



Mary married Henry Churchman Gregory, and it is to their 

 only daughter, Elizabeth Frances, that the Society is indebted 

 for much of the information in this article. 



In Miss Gregory's possession are a few interesting relics of 

 the families who have held Denby Old Hall. 



An oil painting of uncertain identity, but there is good reason 

 to believe the supposition correct that it is a portrait of Grace, 

 wife of William Strelley. 



A handsome carved oak chair, bearing the initials R. S., 

 which belonged to Robert Strelley, as also did a silver saucepan, 

 some four or five inches high. 



An interesting relic of Lucy, sister of Robert Strelley, is a 

 silver "patch box.'' It is a round box about three inches in 

 diameter and bears her name with the date 1769. 



The portraits at Oakerthorpe include one of Grace Gresley, 

 wife of Robert Robey, and others of Robert Strelley and his 

 wife, Elizabeth Clayton. 



