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Birth:          6 Jan 1321 Grimthorpe, Lincolnshire, England
Christening:    6 Jan 1321 Grimthorpe, Lincolnshire, England
Death:          20 Jul 1359 Castle, Bracepeth, Northumberland, England
Burial:         Aug 1359 Parish Church, Greystoke, Cumberland, England

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_de_Greystoke,_2nd_Baron_Greystoke
William de Greystoke, 2nd Baron Greystoke, (6 January 1321 – 10 July 1359) of 
Greystoke in Cumbria, was an English peer and landowner.[1]
Origins[edit]

Greystoke was the son of Ralph de Greystoke, 1st Baron Greystoke, and his wife 
Alice, daughter of Hugh, Lord Audley.[1]

Career[edit]

He was born at the family home in Grimthorpe, on 6 January 1321.[1] Greystoke's 
father died while he was still a child and he became a ward of his mother's second 
husband, Ralph Neville, 2nd Baron Neville de Raby,[2] until he reached his majority in 
1342.[1] During the next ten years he was involved, on the English side, in the 
Hundred Years' War between the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of France and 
was present at the Siege of Calais in 1346.[1] He served under Edward, the Black 
Prince, in France.[3] He participated in the Northern Crusades of Henry of Grosmont, 
1st Duke of Lancaster to Prussia in 1351–2.[1] In the early 1350s he was involved in 
the negotiations to secure the release of King David II of Scotland, who had been 
taken prisoner at the Battle of Neville's Cross on 17 October 1346.[1] Greystoke was 
made a captain of Berwick-upon-Tweed, but due to his service in France, he was not 
present when the town fell to the Scots in August 1355.[1] In October 1353 Greystoke 
received a royal licence to crenellate "his dwelling place", later known as Greystoke 
Castle.[4] He was also responsible for renovations on Morpeth Castle which he also 
owned.[4]

Marriages and children[edit]

He married twice and had children by his second wife only:
Firstly to Lucy de Lucie,[3] daughter of Thomas de Lucy, 2nd Baron Lucy (died 1365),
[5] but the marriage was childless,[2] and they divorced.[3] During this time, his 
stepfather, Ralph Neville, unsuccessfully proposed that Greystoke should name his 
half-brothers, Ralph, Robert, and William Neville, as his heirs.[2]
Secondly he married Joane FitzHugh, daughter of Baron Fitzhugh, by whom he had 
four children: Ralph de Greystoke, 3rd Baron Greystoke, eldest son and heir.
Robert de Greystoke;
William de Greystoke;
Alice de Greystoke,[3] the first wife of Robert Harington, 3rd Baron Harington (1356–
1406)[6] of Gleaston Castle in the manor of Aldingham in Furness, Lancashire.


Death and burial[edit]

Greystoke died on 10 July 1359, at Brancepeth Castle, the seat of his step-father 
Ralph Neville, 2nd Baron Neville de Raby,[5] and was buried in the parish church of 
St. Andrew's in Greystoke, Cumbria,[1] with a mass conducted by Gilbert de Welton, 
Bishop of Carlisle.[5] His funeral took place with "great pomp and solemnity", and was 
attended by great personages including: Roger de Clifford, 5th Baron de Clifford,[7] 
Henry Scrope, 1st Baron Scrope of Masham, Thomas, Baron Musgrave, the Abbot of 
Holmcultram Abbey and the Abbot of Shap Abbey.[5]

Parents
FITZ ROBERT [CHG TO DE GREYSTOKE] Ralph (15 Aug 1299 - 14 Jul 1323)
AUDLEY Alice (1300 - 1358)

Siblings
DE GREYSTOKE William Fitz Ralph (6 Jan 1321 - 20 Jul 1359)

Marriage To FITZ HUGH OR FITZ HENRY Joan (ABT 1331 - 1 Sep 1403)
    m.  

Notes

Parents
FITZ HUGH OR FITZ HENRY Henry (ABT 1296 - 24 Sep 1352)
SCROPE OR DE FOURNEUX Joan (ABT 1301 - 15 Sep 1349)

Children by FITZ HUGH OR FITZ HENRY Joan ABT 1331 - 1 Sep 1403
DE GREYSTOKE Ralph (18 Oct 1353 - 6 Apr 1418)

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