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Birth:          18 Oct 1353 Ravensworth Castle, Yorkshire, England
Christening:    18 Oct 1353 Kirkby, Ravensworth, Yorkshire, England
Death:          6 Apr 1418 
Burial:         Ravensworth, Yorkshire, England

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_de_Greystoke,_3rd_Baron_Greystoke
Ralph de Greystoke, 3rd Baron Greystoke, (18 October 1353 – 6 April 1418) was an 
English peer and landowner.[1]

Life[edit]

Greystoke was the son of William de Greystoke, 2nd Baron Greystoke, and Joane, 
daughter of Lord Fitzhugh, his second wife.[3][1] He was born on 18 October 1353 at 
Ravensworth Castle, North Yorkshire, the home of his maternal uncle Henry.[1] As he 
was still a child when his father died, his estates were placed under the guardianship 
of Roger de Clifford, 5th Baron de Clifford.[4]

He was summoned to Parliament between 28 November 1375 and 5 October 1417,[5] 
and, in the 1370s and 1380s, served as a warden of the Scottish Marches.[1]

In 1384, he led an English force that was defeated by the Scots, under the command 
of George I, Earl of March, while they were travelling to Roxburgh.[2] Greystoke was 
captured and taken to Dunbar Castle, where he was provided with a meal in the great 
hall, served upon his own dining-ware, which had been seized from his baggage train 
along with hangings that now decorated the walls of the great hall.[2] Greystoke's 
ransom was 3,000 marks,[5] and his younger brother William was his hostage in the 
exchange.[6] While at Dunbar, William took ill with fever and died.[6] William was 
buried at the castle, but two years later his remains were moved to Newminster Abbey 
in Northumberland, where his grandfather Ralph de Greystoke, 1st Baron Greystoke, 
was buried.[6] Greystoke returned to fight the Scots in 1402 at the Battle of 
Humbleton Hill in Northumberland.[7]

In the 1390s, "disillusioned" with the reign of Richard II, Greystoke backed the return 
of the exiled Henry of Bolingbroke, son of John of Gaunt and grandson of Edward III.
[1] Greystoke brought his own men to join those of the exile at Doncaster in 1399 and, 
after Richard II was deposed, with other northern English lords he remained loyal to 
Bolingbroke, who succeeded to the crown as Henry IV.[8]

Personal[edit]

Greystoke married Katherine, the daughter of his former guardian Roger de Clifford, 
5th Baron de Clifford.[4] They had two children: John, his heir,[1] and Maude, who 
married Eudo de Welles, son of John de Welles, 5th Baron Welles.[6]

Greystoke died on 6 April 1418.[1] At inquisitions following his death, his estate was 
assessed to include messuages, or "dwelling-houses", and land holdings in 
Westmorland, Northumberland, and Yorkshire, as well as the manors and castles of 
Greystoke and Morpeth.[9]

Parents
DE GREYSTOKE William Fitz Ralph (6 Jan 1321 - 20 Jul 1359)
FITZ HUGH OR FITZ HENRY Joan (ABT 1331 - 1 Sep 1403)

Siblings
DE GREYSTOKE Ralph (18 Oct 1353 - 6 Apr 1418)

Marriage To DE CLIFFORD Katherine (ABT 1358 - 23 Apr 1413)
    m.  

Notes

Parents
DE CLIFFORD Roger (10 Jul 1333 - 13 Jul 1390)
DE BEAUCHAMP Maud (ABT 1335 - ABT Feb 1403)

Children by DE CLIFFORD Katherine ABT 1358 - 23 Apr 1413
DE GREYSTOKE Maude (ABT 1375 - )
DE GREYSTOKE John (1389 - 8 Aug 1436)
DE GREYSTOKE Joan (ABT 1395 - ABT 1415)

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