1. | 3d Baron Of Greystoke Ralph FitzRobert de Greystoke was born on 15 Aug 1299 in Greystoke, Cumberland, England; died on 14 Jul 1332 in Gateshead, Durham, England. Notes:
Ralph de Greystock, b. 1298, which surname he assumed, was summoned to parliament by that designation from 15 May, 1321, to 17 September, 1322. His lordship, by virtue of a special dispensation from the Pope, m. Alice*, dau. of Hugh, Lord Audley, they being within the 3rd and 4th degrees of consanguinity; and had an only son, William. Lord Greystock having been a principal in seizing Sir Gilbert de Middleton in the castle of Mitford for treason, was soon afterward poisoned, which at breakfast, through a contrivance of that person. He was s. by his son, William de Greystock, 4th baron.
* Dugdale, in one place, calls this lady, "Alice de Audeley," dau. of Hugh, Lord Audeley, and in another, "Alice," dau. of Ralph, Lord Nevill. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd, London, 1883, p. 254, Greystock, Barons Greystock]
Ralph married Alice d'Audley on 25 Nov 1317. Alice (daughter of Lord Audley Hugh (Alditheley) d'Audley and Isolda de Mortimer) was born in 1300 in Hadley, Staffordshire, England; died on 11 Jan 1374 in Greystoke, Northumberland, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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