- Felley
Felley
civil parish is in theAshfield district ofNottinghamshire ,England , betweenHucknall andSutton-in-Ashfield . According to the 2001census , the parish had a population of four. Since 1974 it has formed part of the local government district ofAshfield . Before 1974 it was part ofBasford Rural District Council.The parish is grouped with the neighbouring parish of
Annesley (pop 1096) to elect a jointparish council .Felley Priory
Throughout its history the hamlet of Felley has been overshadowed by the
Augustinian priory , Felley Priory. Therefore, few records of thesecular settlement exist.In 1539, following the
Dissolution of the Monasteries by King Henry VIII, the priory’s land was granted to William Bolles, but he did not hold them for long. As Mary I sold the land to Sir Anthony Strelley, whose family held Strelley, nearNottingham Again the old priory's Felley property reverted to the Crown, James I letting it to Anthony Millington and his heirs. The Millingtons made it their family seat. It became the home of
Gilbert Millington , Anthony's son. A member of theLong Parliament andDeputy Lieutenant of the county in 1642 when the civil war broke out between Charles I and Parliament, he was marked out for punishment by the Royalists who seized and sacked his home at Felley.Millington was one of those who signed the king'sdeath warrant , for which at the Restoration he was condemned to death along with other regicides. However, he was spared thegallows and spent the rest of his life in captivity onJersey until he died in 1676.References
* [http://www.nottshistory.org.uk/home.htm Nottinghamshire History]
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