142William de Greystoke, who paying œ100 for his relief and doing his fealty, had livery of his lands of his inheritance. He had a military summons to attend the King at Chester, 42nd of Henry III, in order to restrain the hostilities of the Welsh. He married Mary, the eldest daughter and co-heir of Roger de Merlay, an eminent baron of the north, by whom he acquired the manor of Morpeth in Northumberland. This William de Greystoke was descended from Lyulph, and succeeded his brother in 1254. He and his wife, in 1281, devised to their burgesses of Morpeth all their ground on the north side of Marpeth, within the boundaries in their charter. (The fact that this William had the manor of Morpeth, which had belonged to Roger de Merlay, disproved any statement that this William had descended from Johanna Greystoke mentioned above. E. E. W.) William died May 9, 16th of Edward I, 1288/9, possessed of the manors of Crestwaite, in York; Duftin in Westmoreland; Greystoke and lands in Newbigging and Blencow in Cumberland; and of the manor of Morpeth, half of Stannington and Hepscott, the ville and church of Horseley and divers other lands. They had Thomas, 1st son, called 1st Lord Greystoke, who was summoned to Parliament 30 Sept., 11th of Edward II, and died sine prole, and was succeeded by his brother John, 2nd Lord Greystoke, who was in the wars of Edward II, died sine prole, and settled the estates on his brother Ralph. (Another proof that this line continues in this way is given in the statement that this John was defendant in a plea touching the inheritance of Roger de Merlay, his grandfather, in 1286.) John died in 1316 and was succeeded by his brother, Ralph, 3rd son of William & Mary.
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