Trusley is a
parish and small village in
South Derbyshire. As the civil parish population is only minimal details are included in the civil parish of
Dalbury Lees
Dalbury Lees is a parish in south Derbyshire. The population of the civil parish as taken at the 2011 Census (including Trusley) was 306. It is about six miles (10 km) from both Burton-on-Trent and Derby and just under four miles (6 km) ...
.
The manor was given to
Henry de Ferrers together with many villages in Derbyshire for his contribution to the
Norman Conquest.
Oliver De Odingsells purchased the Manor of Trusley from Ralph de Beufey in the reign of King Henry III
216-72
In 1418 a De Odingsells co-heiresses married Thomas Coke and from this time the Coke family came to live at Trusley.
Notable members of that family include
George Coke
George Coke or Cooke (3 October 1570 – 10 December 1646) was successively the Bishop of Bristol and Hereford. After the battle of Naseby in 1645, Hereford was taken and Coke was arrested and taken to London. He avoided charges of High Treas ...
,
D'Ewes Coke
D'Ewes Coke (1747 – 12 April 1811) was rector of Pinxton and South Normanton in Derbyshire, a colliery owner and philanthropist.
He married Hannah, heiress of George Heywood of Brimington.
Background
Coke was born at Mansfield Woodhouse in 1 ...
, Sir
John Coke
Sir John Coke (5 March 1563 – 8 September 1644) was an English civil servant and naval administrator, described by one commentator as "the Samuel Pepys of his day". He was MP for various constituencies in the House of Commons between 1621 an ...
(d.1644), Statesman,
Daniel Parker Coke, MP
Many of the buildings in Trusley village date from the 18th century including All Saints Church built for William Coke in 1712.
The original homes of the Cokes' have long since vanished, however in 1904
Major General John Talbot Coke built a new Trusley Manor. In 1948, at the end of the second world war, Trusley Manor was reduced in size.
See also
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Listed buildings in Trusley
Trusley is a civil parish in the South Derbyshire district of Derbyshire, England. The parish contains eight listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, one is listed at Grade II*, the middle of the t ...
References
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Villages in Derbyshire
Civil parishes in Derbyshire
South Derbyshire District