Francis Ottley [SEP] educated at
His son William was High Sheriff of Shropshire in 1500, marking the definitive acceptance of the Ottleys into the landed gentry, the dominant class in Shropshire, a county which had no resident aristocracy in the 16th century.
Roger Gifford was a noted doctor, who was appointed Elizabeth I's physician ordinary in 1587. He became wealthy and served as MP for Old Sarum. He was reported to be a Catholic but this is uncertain.
Francis Ottley was educated at Shrewsbury School from the age of ten. He entered Lincoln
Bromley, Wolryche had been MP for Much Wenlock. He became an ardent royalist in the English Civil War and was military governor of Bridgnorth, before being sequestered and forced to compound for £730.
- Ursula Ottley, daughter of Thomas Ottley of Pitchford, Shropshire. She was a sister of Francis Ottley, a key leader in the royalist seizure of power in Shropshire and military governor of Shrewsbury
John Wolryche was educated initially at the grammar school in Stone, Staffordshire. He was admitted as a pensioner, i.e. a