Person Sheet


Name *Ralph GREYSTOKE, 19G Grandfather
Father *William GREYSTOKE
Mother 2nd *Johanna FITZHUGH
Spouses:
1 *Katherine CLIFFORD, 19G Grandmother
Father Baron *Roger CLIFFORD
Mother *Maud DE BEAUCHAMP
Children: *John (-1486)
Notes for *Ralph GREYSTOKE
1425th Baron, summoned to Parliament from 28 Nov., 1375, to 5 Oct., 1417, as Radulfo, Baron de Greystoke. This nobleman was constituted in 1376 governor of Loughmaban Castle, in Scotland, and one of the commissioners for guarding the West Marches. Moreover, in 1st of Richard II, 1377/8, he was joined with other barons for guarding both East and West Marches. The next year he assisted the Earl in taking the castle of Warwick, of which the Scots had possessed themselves by surprise. In 4th of Richard II his lordship had the direction of the military expedition against the Scots, but was made prisoner by George, Earl of Dunbar. His ransom cost 3000 marks. He married Katherine, daughter of Roger, Lord Clifford, by Maud, daughter of Thomas de Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick. She died 6 April, 1418, aged 64. They had a daughter Maud, who married Eudo, son of John, 4th Lord Welles, and a son, John.
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