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Birth:          ABT 1304 Ashford, Hertfordshire, England
Death:          23 Nov 1349 Bisham, Berkshire, England
Burial:         Bisham, Berkshire, England

Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Grandison,_Countess_of_Salisbury
Catherine Grandison, Countess of Salisbury (c. 1304 – 23 November 1349) was an 
English noblewoman, remembered for her relationship with King Edward III of England 
and possibly the woman in whose honour the Order of the Garter was originated.[1] 
She was the daughter of William de Grandison, 1st Baron Grandison, and Sibylla de 
Tregoz. Her mother was one of two daughters of John de Tregoz, Baron Tregoz 
(whose arms were blazoned Gules two bars gemels in chief a lion passant guardant 
or),[2] maternal granddaughter of Fulk IV, Baron FitzWarin).[3] Catherine married 
William Montacute, 1st Earl of Salisbury in about 1320.

Their children were:
Elizabeth Montacute (b. before 1325); married Hugh le Despencer, 2nd Baron le 
Despencer before 27 April 1341.
William Montacute, 2nd Earl of Salisbury (1329–1397)
John de Montacute, 1st Baron Montacute, (1330–1390); father of John Montacute, 3rd 
Earl of Salisbury.
Anne Montacute, (b. 1331); married John De Grey on 12 June 1335.
Philippa Montacute (1332–1381); married Roger Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March.
Sibyl Montacute (b. before 1339); married Edmund FitzAlan about 1356.

According to rumour, King Edward III was so enamoured of the countess that he 
forced his attentions on her in around 1341, after having relieved a Scottish siege on 
Wark Castle, where she lived, while her husband was out of the country. An 
Elizabethan play, Edward III, deals with this incident. In the play, the Earl of Warwick 
is the unnamed Countess's father, though he was not her father in real life.

In around 1348, the Order of the Garter was founded by Edward III and it is recorded 
[4] that he did so after an incident at a ball when the "Countess of Salisbury" dropped 
a garter and the king picked it up. It is assumed that Froissart is referring either to 
Catherine or to her daughter-in-law, Joan of Kent.

Parents
DE GRANDISON William (1255 - 27 Jun 1335)
TREGOZ Sybil (1271 - 12 Oct 1334)

Siblings
DE GRANDISON Mabel (Mabilia) (ABT 1294 - )
DE GRANDISON Katherine (ABT 1304 - 23 Nov 1349)

Marriage To DE MONTAGU (MONTACUTE) William (1301 - 30 Jan 1344)
    m. BEF 1328 

Notes

Parents
DE MONTAGU (MONTACUTE) William (ABT 1285 - 18 Oct 1319)
DE MONTFORT Elizabeth (1275 - Aug 1345)

Children by DE MONTAGU (MONTACUTE) William 1301 - 30 Jan 1344
DE MONTAGU (MONTACUTE) John (ABT 1330 - 25 Feb 1390)
DE MONTAGU Philippe (ABT 1332 - 5 Jan 1382)

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