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Personal data William 2nd Baron de Greystoke , Sir 

• He was born on January 6, 1320/1321 in Grimthorpe, Yorkshire, England.Source 1
• He died on July 10, 1359 in Brancepeth Castle, Durham, England, he was 39 years old.Source 1
• He is buried in Greystoke Church, Durham, England.
• A child of Ralph 1st Baron de Greystoke and Alice de Audley
• This information was last updated on April 5, 2023.

Household of William 2nd Baron de Greystoke , Sir

(1) He is married to Lucy de Lucy.

They got married at 1st wife.Source 3

(2) He is married to Joan FitzHenry.

They got married October 1351 at 2nd wife, he was 31 years old.Source 4

Child(ren):

1. Ralph 3rd Baron de Greystoke  1353-1418 
2. Alice de Greystoke  ± 1355-± 1377

Notes about William 2nd Baron de Greystoke , Sir

BARONY OF GREYSTOKE (II) 1323

WILLIAM (DE GREYSTOKE), LORD GREYSTOKE, and LORD FITZWILLIAM, son andheir, born and baptized at Grimthorpe, 6 January 1320/1. On 1 May 1342the King took his homage and he had livery of his father's lands. He wasabout to go to Brittany with William de Bohun, Earl of Northampton, in1342. In 1344/5 he entailed all, or nearly all, his manors. In 1345 hewas about to go to Gascony with Ralph, Baron Stafford. On 24 Jan. 1346/7the King, took his fealty and he had livery of the lands which Elizabethlate the wife of Robert fitz Ralph, his grandfather, had held in dower ofhis inheritance, his homage being respited; the King took his homage, 20August 1347. He was at the siege of Calais in 1347. He was summoned to agreat Council, 15 July 1353, and to Parliament from 20 November 1348 to15 December 1357, by writs directed Willelmo de Creystok' or (on andafter 25 November 1350, Willelmo Baroni de Greystok'. In October 1351 hewas going beyond seas in the company of Henry, Duke of Lancaster. On 5October 1353 he had licence to crenellate his dwelling-house ofGreystoke. He was appointed a commissioner to treat concerning therelease of the King of Scots, 15 October 1353, and again 18 June 1354. On28 September 1354 he was appointed Captain of Berwick-on-Tweed, as fromMichaelmas following, till Michaelmas 1355. On 16 February 1357/8 he waspardoned for having, when Captain, withdrawn fmm the town, without theKing's orders, in consequence of which the town was captured by theScots: because he had left the town only in order to accompany the Kingin his expedition to France and had served throughout that expedition.

He married, 1stly, Lucy, daughter of Sir Anthony de Lucy, of Cockermouth,Cumberland [LORD Lucy]. She died s.p.m., and was buried in NeashamPriory. He married, 2ndly, about October 1351, Joan, daughter of SirHenry FITZ HENRY "of Ravensworth," by Joan, sister and coheir of WilliamDE FOURNEUX, of Carlton in Lindrick, Kingston, and Botharnsall, Notts,and Beighton, co. Derby, and younger daughter of Sir Richard DE FOURNEUX,of the same. He died 10 July 1359, at Brancepeth, aged 38 years, and wasburied in Greystoke Church. M.I. His widow's dower was ordered to beassigned, 8 Octtober 1359, and on 13 November 1363 she had livery of theknights' fees and advowsons of her dower, which were assigned to her bythe King. She married, 2ndly (pardon for marrying without royal licence,29 April 1366), Sir Anthony de Lucy knight, of Cockermouth, Cumberland[LORD Lucy], who died 19 August or 16 September 1368, in the Holy Land.She married, 3rdly, before 6 May 1378, Sir Matthew REDMAN knight, ofLevens, Westmorland, who died about 1390. She died at Clerkenwell, 1September 1403, and was buried there. [Complete Peerage VI:192-4,(transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

Note: My count of the Baronage 4th vs. 2nd is different than CP.

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William de Greystock, 4th baron, b. 1321, summoned to parliament from 20November, 1348, to 15 December, 1357. This nobleman served in Franceunder the Black Prince. He obtained permission to make a castle of hismanor house at Greystock, and was constituted governor of Berwick; butduring his governorship, being commanded to attend, personally, KingEdward into France, Berwick fell into the possession of the Scots,whereupon the king was much offended; it being clearly proved, however,that Lord Greystock was absent on no other occasion, he obtained hispardon at the request of Queen Philippa. His lordship m. 1st, Lucy deLucie, dau. of Lord Lucie, from whom he was divorced, without issue. Hem. 2ndly, Joane, dau. of Lord Fitz-Hugh, by whom (who m. after hisdecease, Anthony de Lucie, and Sir Matthew Redman, Knt.), he had issue,Ralph, his successor, William and Robert, and a dau. Alice, m. Sir Robertde Harrington, and d. s. p. He d. 10 July, 1359, and was s. by his eldestson, Ralph de Greystock, 5th baron. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant andExtinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd, London, 1883, p. 254, Greystock,Barons Greystock]

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