Roger Gregg of Myreside
? Son Roger Grigg
Grandfather of Joseph Gregg. Purchased Myreside from the Earl of Derby.
Married ?Katherine Studdart of Little Brathwaite on the 1st of December 1618 at Crossthwaite, Cumberland(see note 2)
Children
? Francis5
? (Father of Joseph)
Possibly daughter who married Matthew Cape4
Notes
1 Presumably born c.1590, giving 72 years for 3 generations (Son, unknown; Joseph; Roger - born 1672)
2 Mrs Dorothy Gregg, buried 1670, may have been this Roger's wife, or his son's wife
3 "The earl of Darby, being lord of High Bassenthwaite, hath now noe desmesne there, it being formerly sold to one Roger Gregg, whose grandson Joseph Gregg now enjoys it. It lyes on the southside of the parish, near the church there & under the very precipice of Skiddew, being worth per annum about 80li. It does adjoin to the mountain, where he hath aboundance of sheep; his lands fertill & well wooded, and the west parts of his grounds are washed with Bassenhwaite water, where he hath a good fishing; and yet for all these semblances of pleasure & profitt, it is but a very ordinary seat, being ill-built by the side of a myre, whence it is so called Myreside. The customary tenants here pay certain fines, & harriots, their rents being yearly 28li 10s. Here are many pleasant enclosures, the like is not to be seen in Cumberland; and an istmus or neck of land points into the middle of that broad water, called Scarness, or Sheirness, where there is a little village well built and wooded, which appears very pleasant, being seconded by those stately woods in Wythop opposite thereto." Thomas Denton A Perambulation of Cumberland 1687-1688 Edited by Angus J. L. Winchester and published by The Surtees Society and Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archeological Society 2003 ISBN 0854440623.
www.mirehouse.com states "The Earl of Derby built the present house in 1666. It has only been sold once, when he parted with it in 1688 to Roger Gregg. Since then it has passed by inheritance. It has been altered by succeeding generations for their own convenience. Until the middle of the last century it was lived in by one large household. Now the house and surrounding buildings have been adapted for several households so Mirehouse remains home to a substantial number of people. " Denton (above) would indicate the date was earlier.
4 Joseph Gregg in his will refers to his uncle Matthew Cape
5 Roger Griggs, son Francis, was the Agent for the 'wad' (ie graphite) mines in Borrowdale c 1660 (Ian Tyler "Seathwaite Wad" p84). It seems possible that this was Roger Gregg of Myreside, although a marriage in 1618 would would imply he was rather elderly by this time. Roger Gregg, b c1590 may well have had a son, also Roger.