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William de Greystoke

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Grimthorpe, Lincolnshire, England
Death: July 10, 1359 (38)
Brancepeth Castle, Brancepeth, County Durham, England
Place of Burial: Greystoke, Cumbria, England, UK
Immediate Family:

Son of Ralph de Greystoke, 1st Baron Greystoke and Alice de Audley, Baroness Neville
Husband of Lucy de Lucy and Joane FitzHenry, Baroness Greystroke
Father of Ralph de Greystoke, 3rd Baron Greystoke; Alice (de Haverington)/Harrington; William de Greystoke; Robert de Greystoke and John Greystoke
Brother of Ralph FitzRalph de Greystoke
Half brother of Isabel de Neville; John de Neville, 3rd Baron Neville de Raby; Euphemia de Neville; Catherine Dacre (Neville); Alexander de Neville, Archbishop of York and 8 others

Occupation: Baron de Greystoke, 4th Baron of Greystock, 4th Baron Greystoke
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About William de Greystoke, 2nd Baron Greystoke

Sir William de GREYSTOKE Lord Greystoke [Parents] 1, 2, 3, 4 was born 6 Jan 1321 in Grimsthorpe, Lincolnshire, England. He died 10 Jul 1359 in Brancepeth, Durham, England. William married Joan FITZ HENRY on Oct 1351 in Kirkby Ravensworth, North Riding, Yorkshire, England.

   Other marriages:

LUCY, Lucy de
Joan FITZ HENRY [Parents] 1, 2, 3 was born 1333 in Ravensworth, North Riding, Yorkshire, England. She died 1 Sep 1403 in Clerkenwell, Middlesex, England. Joan married Sir William de GREYSTOKE Lord Greystoke on Oct 1351 in Kirkby Ravensworth, North Riding, Yorkshire, England.

   Other marriages:

LUCY, Anthony de Lord Lucy
REDMAN, Matthew Knight
They had the following children:

     		M 	i 	Sir Ralph de GREYSTOKE Lord Greystoke was born 18 Oct 1353 and died 6 Apr 1418.

M ii William de GREYSTOKE 1 was born 1355 in Greystoke, Cumberland, England.
F iii Alice de GREYSTOKE was born 1357 and died 1380.
M iv Robert de GREYSTOKE 1 was born 1359 in Greystoke, Cumberland, England.
11. BARON WILLIAM11 DE GREYSTOKE (Ralph10, Robert FITZ RALPH9, Ralph FITZ WILLIAM8, William FITZ RALPH7, Ralph FITZ WILLIAM6, William FITZ RALPH5, Ralph4, Ralph FITZ WILLIAM3, William FITZ ULF2, Ulf1), son of (10) Baron Ralph10 and (CC-6) Alice (de AUDLEY), was born on 6 Jan. 1320/1 in Grimthorpe[12], died on 20 July 1359 in Brancepeth, Durham, England[12] and was buried in Aug. 1359 in Greystoke[12]. He married circa 9 Oct. 1351, (OE-4) JOAN FITZ HENRY[12], daughter of (OE-3) Sir Henry and Joan (de FOURNEUX), who died on 1 Sept. 1403 in Clerkenwell, Middlesex, England[12]. [15, 33]

Child: + 12 i. RALPH12, 3RD LORD GREYSTOKE, bp. on 18 Oct. 1353 in Kirkby, Ravensworth, Yorkshire, d. on 6 April 1418; m. (P-85) KATHERINE DE CLIFFORD.

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Generation Twelve

12. RALPH12 DE GREYSTOKE, 3RD LORD GREYSTOKE (William11, Ralph10, Robert FITZ RALPH9, Ralph FITZ WILLIAM8, William FITZ RALPH7, Ralph FITZ WILLIAM6, William FITZ RALPH5, Ralph4, Ralph FITZ WILLIAM3, William FITZ ULF2, Ulf1), son of (11) Baron William11 and (OE-4) Joan (FITZ HENRY), was christened on 18 Oct. 1353 in Kirkby[12], and died on 6 April 1418[12]. He married of Brough Castle, Westmorland, England, (P-85) KATHERINE DE CLIFFORD of Ravensworth, daughter of (P-80) Roger of Westmorland, 5th Lord Clifford and (DO-18) Maud (de BEAUCHAMP), who was born circa 1369, and died on 23 April 1413[5]. [13, 34, 8, 7]

Children: + 13 i. MAUD13, b. circa 1340; m. (AC-11) EUDO DE WELLES.

+ 14 ii. BARON JOHN, b. before 1390, d. on 8 Aug. 1436; m. (NV-32) ELIZABETH DE FERRERS.


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Sir William FitzRalph DE GREYSTOKE 2nd Baron de Greystoke

Born: 6 Jan 1320-1321, Grimthorpe, Lincolnshire, England Christened: 6 Jan 1320-1321, Grimthorpe, Lincolnshire, England Married: Abt Oct 1351, Bracepeth, Northumberland, England Died: 10 Jul 1359, Brancepeth Castle, Durham, England Buried: Aug 1359, Greystoke Church, Durham, England

Ancestral File Number: 9HS4-VT.

General Notes: BARONY OF GREYSTOKE (II) 1323 WILLIAM (DE GREYSTOKE), LORD GREYSTOKE, and LORD FITZWILLIAM, son and heir, born and baptized at Grimthorpe, 6 January 1320/1. On 1 May 1342 the King took his homage and he had livery of his father's lands. He was about to go to Brittany with William de Bohun, Earl of Northampton, in 1342. In 1344/5 he entailed all, or nearly all, his manors. In 1345 he was about to go to Gascony with Ralph, Baron Stafford. On 24 Jan. 1346/7 the King, took his fealty and he had livery of the lands which Elizabeth late the wife of Robert fitz Ralph, his grandfather, had held in dower of his inheritance, his homage being respited; the King took his homage, 20 August 1347. He was at the siege of Calais in 1347. He was summoned to a great Council, 15 July 1353, and to Parliament from 20 November 1348 to 15 December 1357, by writs directed Willelmo de Creystok' or (on and after 25 November 1350, Willelmo Baroni de Greystok'. In October 1351 he was going beyond seas in the company of Henry, Duke of Lancaster. On 5 October 1353 he had licence to crenellate his dwelling-house of Greystoke. He was appointed a commissioner to treat concerning the release of the King of Scots, 15 October 1353, and again 18 June 1354. On 28 September 1354 he was appointed Captain of Berwick-on-Tweed, as from Michaelmas following, till Michaelmas 1355. On 16 February 1357/8 he was pardoned for having, when Captain, withdrawn from the town, without the King's orders, in consequence of which the town was captured by the Scots: because he had left the town only in order to accompany the King in his expedition to France and had served throughout that expedition. He married, 1stly, Lucy, daughter of Sir Anthony de Lucy, of Cockermouth, Cumberland [LORD Lucy]. She died s.p.m., and was buried in Neasham Priory. He married, 2ndly, about October 1351, Joan, daughter of Sir Henry FITZ HENRY "of Ravensworth," by Joan, sister and coheir of William DE FOURNEUX, of Carlton in Lindrick, Kingston, and Botharnsall, Notts, and Beighton, co. Derby, and younger daughter of Sir Richard DE FOURNEUX, of the same. He died 10 July 1359, at Brancepeth, aged 38 years, and was buried in Greystoke Church. M.I. His widow's dower was ordered to be assigned, 8 Octtober 1359, and on 13 November 1363 she had livery of the knights' fees and advowsons of her dower, which were assigned to her by the King. She married, 2ndly (pardon for marrying without royal licence, 29 April 1366), Sir Anthony de Lucy knight, of Cockermouth, Cumberland [LORD Lucy], who died 19 August or 16 September 1368, in the Holy Land. She married, 3rdly, before 6 May 1378, Sir Matthew REDMAN knight, of Levens, Westmorland, who died about 1390. She died at Clerkenwell, 1 September 1403, and was buried there. [Complete Peerage VI:192-4, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)] Note: My count of the Baronage 4th vs. 2nd is different than CP. William de Greystock, 4th baron, b. 1321, summoned to parliament from 20 November, 1348, to 15 December, 1357. This nobleman served in France under the Black Prince. He obtained permission to make a castle of his manor house at Greystock, and was constituted governor of Berwick; but during his governorship, being commanded to attend, personally, King Edward into France, Berwick fell into the possession of the Scots, whereupon the king was much offended; it being clearly proved, however, that Lord Greystock was absent on no other occasion, he obtained his pardon at the request of Queen Philippa. His lordship m. 1st, Lucy de Lucie, dau. of Lord Lucie, from whom he was divorced, without issue. He m. 2ndly, Joane, dau. of Lord Fitz-Hugh, by whom (who m. after his decease, Anthony de Lucie, and Sir Matthew Redman, Knt.), he had issue, Ralph, his successor, William and Robert, and a dau. Alice, m. Sir Robert de Harrington, and d. s. p. He d. 10 July, 1359, and was s. by his eldest son, Ralph de Greystock, 5th baron. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd, London, 1883, p. 254, Greystock, Barons Greystock]

Marriage Information: William married Joan FITZ HENRY, daughter of Henry FITZ HENRY of Ravensworth, Sir and Joan DE FOURNEUX, about Oct 1351 in , Bracepeth, Northumberland, England (Joan FITZ HENRY was born about 1335 in Ravensworth, Yorkshire, England and died on 1 Sep 1403 in Clerkenwell, London, Middlesex, England.) http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=REG&db=tmebl&id=...

William FitzRalph Greystoke
BIRTH 6 Jan 1321
Grimesthorpe, Metropolitan Borough of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England
DEATH 20 Jul 1359 (aged 38)
County Durham, England
BURIAL
St. Andrew Churchyard
Greystoke, Eden District, Cumbria, England
MEMORIAL ID 51931340

Family Members
Parents
Ralph de Greystoke
1299–1323
Alice De Audley Neville
unknown–1374

Spouses
Joan Fitz Henry Redman
1331–1403 (m. 1351)
Lucy De Lucy Greystoke
1322 – unknown

Half Siblings
Alexander de Neville
1332–1392
Ralph de Neville
1332–1361
John de Neville
1337–1388
Eleanor Neville Scrope
1340–1398
Margaret de Neville Percy
1341–1372

Children
Ralph Greystoke, 3rd Baron Greystoke
1353–1418
William De Greystoke
1357–1381
Robert De Greystoke
1359 – unknown

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William de Greystoke, 2nd Baron Greystoke's Timeline

1321
January 6, 1321
Grimthorpe, Lincolnshire, England
January 6, 1321
Grimthorpe, Lincolnshire, England
January 6, 1321
Grimthorpe, Lincolnshire, England
1353
October 18, 1353
Kirkby, Ravensworth, Yorkshire, England (United Kingdom)
1355
1355
Greystoke, Northumberland, England
1357
1357
Of, Greystoke, Northumberland, England
1359
July 10, 1359
Age 38
Brancepeth Castle, Brancepeth, County Durham, England
August 1359
Age 38
St Andrew Churchyard, Greystoke, Cumbria, England, UK
1359
Greystoke, England