Nicholas de Draycote

  Information about this person:

• Background Information. ⁸⁰⁶
After the Conquest, Hugh, the son of Nicholas Dracote, was the lord Draycote. "Nicholas was the son of Philip, brother of William, the first baron of Wich Malbanc : for William, son of Hugh, son of the said first baron of Wich Malbanc, confirmes Dracote, Lees, Newton and Crewwall to Hugh, the son of Nicholas de Draycote, to hold of him by two parts of a knight's fee; and if he have contention for certain lands dying in Newton, the he is to hold it by half a knight's fee : this Hugh Dracote had issue sir Philip, who lived 5 Ric. I and had issue sir Richard, justice of Chester 23 Hen. III"

~ A Survey of Staffordshire, p.190

• Background Information. ¹¹³²
After the Conquest, the manor of Draycot was held by Nicholas de Draycote, who was the son of Philip, brother of William, first Baron of Malbank.

~ The History of Cheadle, in Staffordshire & Neighboring Places, p. 180

• Web Reference: History of the Draycott Family . ^806,1132
The author of this website cites W. Fowler Carter's "History of the Draycott Family" from the 1925 edition of Collections for a History of Staffordshire, edited by the William Salt Archaeological Society as his source. According to the website, the earliest pedigree of the Draycote family is:

William Malbanc, 1086
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William Malbanc
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Nicholas
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Hugh Draycote

I have placed Philip Malbanc as the brother of the first William, as identified in A Survey of Stafordshire and History of Cheadle, Stafford, since it seems that the second William had only daughters and I can't find a son named Philip for this William. Philip is a reoccuring name in the successors in the Draycote family, whereas William isn't.