Emma Grelley

  Noted events in her life were:

• Background Information. ⁸²⁴
More weighty evidence of the descent of the Lathoms from that Orm Fitz Ailward who married Emma, daughter of Albert Grelley, is obtained from the Testa de Neville. In folio 822 of that document it is stated "Albertus de Gredle senex dedit feodum unius militis Orm fil' Ailward in martitag. cum filia sua, scil' in Dalton et Parbold et Writington, Heredes predicti Ormi tenent predictam terram." And in folio 791, "Robertus de Lathom tenet unum feodum militis in Childewal, et quartam partem militis in Parbold et tres partes militis in Wrothinton de feodo Thome de Gretley."

Robert de Lathom founded Burscogh priory between 1173 and 1199. He probably married the daughter of Orme Fitz Ailward and the were the parents of Richard de Lathom.

~The Courcher Book, Or Chartulary, of Whalley Abbey, Vol. II, p. 551

• Background Information. ⁸³⁵
From Lancashire Gleanings, pg. 188:
"The family of Assheton took their name from that of the town, which is apparently of Saxon origin. It formed part of the great territory which William the Conqueror bestowed upon Roger of Poictou, and afterwards became a member of the barony of Manchester, whose baron, Albert de Gresley, gave some land in Ashton to his daughter Emma on her marriage with Orm Fitz-Ailward. The Manor itself appears to have passed to the sone of this marriage, Roger Firz-Orm de Ashton, who was a benefactor of the Abbey of Cocersand."

• Background Information. ⁸³⁶
The Inquest of 1212 of Lancashire records the fees of ancient feoffment of Albert Grelley, the Domesday tenant. The record state that "Albert Gredle, senex, gave the fee of one knight to Orm, son of Ailward, in marriage with Emma, his duahter, to wit in Dolton, Parbold and Wrictinton" which the heris of Orm held in 1212. Also stated "Albert Gredle, senex, gave to Orm, son of Eward (Ailward, with his daughter in marriage, one ploughland in Eston (Ashton-uner-Lyne) by 10s. per annum." Orm and Emma had a son named Roger, and he was given by Albert Grelley II, the grandson of the grantor, confirmed "Haistuen" (Ashton-uner-Lyne) to be held by him, Roger. This Roger, son of Orm, was living during the reign of Stephen, and had a son named William, who lived during the reign of Henry II. William was the father to another Roger who was living at the end of King John's reign. John had a son who was the fourth son, and he took the name Alexander de Kirkby Ireleth. Alexander was one of the hostages found by Gilbert fitz Reinfred in 1216,

William Farrer reasons that since Alexander was fourth in the descent from Orm, it is impossible that Orm and Emma could have been married so late as the time of the third Albert Gresley. The third Albert flourished between 1150 and 1169. He reckons that the Albert mentioned in the inquest must have been the first baron, Albert Gresley.

~The Barony of Grelley, by William Farrer, pages 28-30

Emma married Orm Fitz Ailward, son of Ailward and Unknown. ^824,835,836 (Orm Fitz Ailward was born about 1090 in Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, England.)