Sir William Greystoke Knight
- Born: 6 Jan 1321, Grimsthorpe, Lincolnshire, England
- Marriage: Joan Fitz Henry in Oct 1351 141
- Died: 10 Jul 1359, Brancepth Castle, Durham, England at age 38
- Buried: 1359, Greystoke Church, Durham, England
• Background Information. 141
William de Greystoke, Lord Greystoke and Lord Fitz William, son and heir, born and baptized at Grimthorpe, 6 Jan 1320/1. On 1 May 1342 the King took his homage and he had livery of his father's lands. He was about to go to Brittany with William de Bohun, Earl of Northampton, in 1342. In 1344/5 he entailed all, or nearly all, his manors. In 1345 he was about to go to Gascony with Ralph, Baron Stafford. On 24 Jan 1346/7 the King, took his fealty and he had livery of the lands which Elizabeth late the wife of Robert fitz Ralph, his grandfather, had held in dower of his inheritance, his homage being respited; the King took his homage, 20 August 1347.
William de Greystoke was at the siege of Calais in 1347. He was summoned to a great Council, 15 Jul 1353, and to Parliament from 20 Nov 1348 to 15 Decr 1357, by writs directed Willelmo de Creystok' or (on and after 25 Nov 1350, Willelmo Baroni de Greystok'. In October 1351 he was going beyond seas in the company of Henry, Duke of Lancaster.
On 5 Oct 1353 William de Greystoke had licence to crenellate his dwelling-house of Greystoke. He was appointed a commissioner to treat concerning the release of the King of Scots, 15 Oct 1353, and again 18 June 1354. On 28 Sepr 1354 he was appointed Captain of Berwick-on-Tweed, as from Michaelmas following, till Michaelmas 1355. On 16 Feb 1357/8 he was pardoned for having, when Captain, withdrawn fmm the town, without the King's orders, in consequence of which the town was captured by the Scots: because he had left the town only in order to accompany the King in his expedition to France and had served throughout that expedition.
William de Greystoke married, 1stly, Lucy, daughter of Sir Anthony de Lucy, of Cockermouth, Cumberland [Lord Lucy]. She died s.p.m., and was buried in Neasham Priory.
William de Greystoke married, 2ndly, about October 1351, Joan, daughter of Sir Henry Fitz Henry "of Ravensworth," by Joan, sister and coheir of William de Fourneux, of Carlton in Lindrick, Kingston, and Botharnsall, Notts, and Beighton, co. Derby, and younger daughter of Sir Richard de Fourneux, of the same. William de Greystoke died 10 Jul 1359, at Brancepeth, aged 38 years, and was buried in Greystoke Church. His widow's dower was ordered to be assigned, 8 Oct 1359, and on 13 Nov 1363 she had livery of the knights' fees and advowsons of her dower, which were assigned to her by the King. She married, 2ndly (pardon for marrying without royal licence, 29 Apr 1366), Sir Anthony de Lucy knight, of Cockermouth, Cumberland [Lord Lucy], who died 19 Aug or 16 Sep 1368, in the Holy Land. She married, 3rdly, before 6 May 1378, Sir Matthew Redman knight, of Levens, Westmorland, who died about 1390. She died at Clerkenwell, 1 Sep 1403, and was buried there.
~Cokayne's Complete Peerage, 2nd Edition, Vol. VI, pp. 192-194
William married Joan Fitz Henry, daughter of Henry Fitz Henry and Joan de Fourneux, in Oct 1351.121 (Joan Fitz Henry was born about 1335 in Ravensworth, Yorkshire, England, died on 1 Sep 1403 in Clerkenwell, Middlesex, England 121 and was buried in 1403 in Clerkenwell, Middlesex, England 141.)
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