Robert de Gresle

Robert de Gresle (1174–1230) was a Lord of the manor of Manchester, the first of his family to take up residence in Manchester. Initially the Gresle family,were absentee landlords, living elsewhere, with Stewards to represent them locally.[1]

Whilst Robert de Gresle took up residence his leadership led to an influx of skilled workers. In the early 13th century. Gresle was one of the landowners who made King John sign Magna Carta. Gresle was excommunicated for his role in the rebellion, and when King John later ignored the terms of Magna Carta, Gresle forfeited his lands. King John died in 1216 and the land was returned to Robert Gresle on behalf of King Henry III.

In this period medieval Manchester was centered on the manor house and the church of St Mary mentioned in the Domesday Book. The castle in Manchester overlooked the rivers Irk and Irwell where the Chethams School of Music stands today. The Gresle family directly leased land to tenants and created burgage tenements for indirect rent.

Bibliography
gollark: The *maths* is easy.
gollark: The limits on this are drone sensors, not maths.
gollark: It could try going up if it hits an obstruction, or you could just make it stay a large amount above the waypoints and factor this in when creating the path tables.
gollark: When you want to go from A to B, you whatever first search waypoint paths from A to B, then at each waypoint check the position of the next one and fly to it.
gollark: Manually when configuring the waypoints, or with survey drones which check available waypoints when at each waypoint.

References
  1. British History Online, Gresle
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.