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Paternal Family Tree: Greystoke
Maternal Family Tree: Clemence Roches Countess Blois
On 6th January 1321 William Greystoke 2nd Baron Greystoke was born to Ralph Greystoke 1st Baron Greystoke (age 21) and Alice Audley Baroness Greystoke and Neville (age 17) at Grimthorpe.
Before 14th July 1323 [his father] Ralph Greystoke 1st Baron Greystoke (age 23) and [his mother] Alice Audley Baroness Greystoke and Neville (age 19) were married. She by marriage Baroness Greystoke.
On 14th July 1323 [his father] Ralph Greystoke 1st Baron Greystoke (age 23) died at Gateshead, County Durham. Possibly poisoned by a rebel knight. He was buried at Newminster Abbey, Northumberland [Map]. His son William (age 2) succeeded 2nd Baron Greystoke.
After 14th July 1323 William Greystoke 2nd Baron Greystoke (age 2) and Lucy de Lucy Baroness Greystoke were married. She by marriage Baroness Greystoke.
After 14th July 1323 William Greystoke 2nd Baron Greystoke (age 2) became a ward of [his step-father] Ralph Neville 2nd Baron Neville of Raby (age 32).
On 14th January 1326 [his step-father] Ralph Neville 2nd Baron Neville of Raby (age 35) and [his mother] Alice Audley Baroness Greystoke and Neville (age 22) were married. She by marriage Baroness Neville Raby. They were sixth cousins. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.
Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke [-1360]. In the same year, the Earl of Lancaster,1 the Barons of Stafford (age 48) and Greystoke (age 28), along with the heirs of the Lords Percy (age 28) and [his half-brother] Neville (age 12), as well as Lord Furnival and Bartholomew de Burghersh (age 62), together with many others, crossed over to Gascony around the Feast of All Saints [1st November 1349], to oppose the ravaging campaigns of John of Valois, son of the tyrant of the French, who was heavily harassing that duchy.
Eodem anno comes Lancastrie et barones Staffordie et de Greistoke, item heredes dominorum de Percy et de Neville atque dominus de Fornival et Bartholomeus de Burghasshe, cum multis aliis, circa festum Omnium Sanctorum transfretaverant in Vasconiam, posituri resistenciam debacacioni Iohannis de Valesio, filii tiranni Francorum, qui ducatum illum nimis infestavit.
Note 1. The earl of Lancaster was appointed lieutenant of Poitou on the 18th October 1349. Rymer's Fœdera 3.190. Knighton. William, lord Greystock, succeeded in 1323 and died in 1358. The heirs of Percy and Nevill were Henry, afterwards 3rd lord Percy, 1352-1368, who had fought at Crécy, and was brother-in-law of Lancaster; and John Nevill, who had been present with his father at Nevile's Cross, married Percy's sister, and became 3rd lord Nevill, 1367-1388. Thomas, lord Furnival, had also fought at Crécy, and died about 1364. Both Bartholomew, lord Burghersh, and his son (age 21), of the same name, served in this campaign.
Before 18th October 1353 William Greystoke 2nd Baron Greystoke (age 32) and Joan Fitzhenry Baroness Greystoke (age 20) were married. She by marriage Baroness Greystoke.
On 18th October 1353 [his son] Ralph Greystoke 3rd Baron Greystoke was born to William Greystoke 2nd Baron Greystoke (age 32) and [his wife] Joan Fitzhenry Baroness Greystoke (age 20) at Ravensworth Castle, North Yorkshire [Map].
On 10th July 1359 William Greystoke 2nd Baron Greystoke (age 38) died at Brancepeth Castle, County Durham [Map]. His son [his son] Ralph (age 5) succeeded 3rd Baron Greystoke.
After 10th July 1359 William Greystoke 2nd Baron Greystoke (deceased) was buried at St Andrew's Church, Greystoke [Map] during the Funeral of William Greystoke conducted by Bishop Gilbert Welton and attended by Roger Clifford 5th Baron Clifford (age 26), Henry Scrope 1st Baron Scrope of Masham (age 46) and Thomas Musgrave 1st Baron Musgrave (age 57).
After 10th July 1359 Matthew Redman (age 31) and [his former wife] Joan Fitzhenry Baroness Greystoke (age 26) were married.
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The Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough, a canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: "In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
After 10th July 1359. Monument to William Greystoke 2nd Baron Greystoke (deceased) in St Andrew's Church, Greystoke [Map]. Camail and Jupon Period. On his head he wears the bascinet with a camail. The jupon under which his coat of chain mail may be seen. His sword belt is low on his jupon, horizontal.
On 1st September 1403 [his former wife] Joan Fitzhenry Baroness Greystoke (age 70) died.
[his son] William Greystoke was born to William Greystoke 2nd Baron Greystoke and Joan Fitzhenry Baroness Greystoke.
[his daughter] Alice Greystoke Baroness Harington was born to William Greystoke 2nd Baron Greystoke and Joan Fitzhenry Baroness Greystoke.
[his son] Robert Greystoke was born to William Greystoke 2nd Baron Greystoke and Joan Fitzhenry Baroness Greystoke.
Kings Wessex: Great x 9 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 6 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 12 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 7 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 4 Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 8 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 15 Grand Son of Louis "Pious" King Aquitaine I King Franks
Kings France: Great x 9 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 14 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
GrandFather: Robert Fitzralph
Father: Ralph Greystoke 1st Baron Greystoke
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Neville
Great x 3 Grandfather: Philip Neville of Scotton
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice D'Aubigny
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Neville
Great x 1 Grandfather: Ralph Neville
GrandMother: Elizabeth Neville
William Greystoke 2nd Baron Greystoke 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Liulf Audley
Great x 3 Grandfather: Adam Audley
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mabella Stanley
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Audley
Great x 3 Grandmother: Emma Fitzorm
Great x 1 Grandfather: James Audley
Great x 3 Grandfather: Ralph Mainwaring
Great x 2 Grandmother: Bertrade Mainwaring
GrandFather: Hugh Audley 1st Baron Audley of Stratton Audley 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William "Longsword" Longespee Earl Salisbury Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Ida Tosny Countess Norfolk
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Longespée Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William of Salisbury 2nd Earl Salisbury
Great x 3 Grandmother: Ela of Salisbury 3rd Countess of Salisbury
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Vitre Countess of Salisbury
Great x 1 Grandmother: Ela Longespée Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Gerard Canville
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Camville
Great x 4 Grandmother: Nichola de la Haie
Great x 2 Grandmother: Idoine Camville
Great x 4 Grandfather: Gilbert Basset
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eustachia Basset
Great x 4 Grandmother: Egelina Courtenay
Mother: Alice Audley Baroness Greystoke and Neville 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Mortimer
Great x 3 Grandfather: Ralph Mortimer
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Ferrers
Great x 2 Grandfather: Roger Mortimer 1st Baron Mortimer of Wigmore Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Llewellyn "The Great" Aberffraw
Great x 3 Grandmother: Gwladus verch Llewelyn "Dark Eyed" Aberffraw Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Plantagenet Daughter of King John of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Edmund Mortimer 2nd Baron Mortimer of Wigmore 2 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Reginald de Braose 8th Baron Abergavenny 6th Baron Bramber
Great x 3 Grandfather: William de Braose 9th Baron Abergavenny 7th Baron Bramber
Great x 4 Grandmother: Graecia Briwere
Great x 2 Grandmother: Maud de Braose
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Marshal 1st Earl Pembroke
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eva Marshal
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Clare Countess Pembroke
GrandMother: Iseult Mortimer 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Fiennes
Great x 3 Grandfather: Enguerrand Ingleram Fiennes
Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Dammartin
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Fiennes
Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabel Provence
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Fiennes 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John de Brienne I King Jerusalem
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Beaumont 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Beregaria Ivrea Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Blanche Beaumont 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Geoffrey Chateaudun VI Viscount Châteaudun
Great x 3 Grandmother: Jeanne Chateaudun
Great x 4 Grandmother: Clemence Roches Countess Blois