Elizabeth (Ferrers) Greystoke
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Elizabeth (Ferrers) Greystoke (abt. 1393 - 1434)

Elizabeth Greystoke formerly Ferrers
Born about in Wem, Shropshire, Englandmap
Ancestors ancestors
Wife of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Died at about age 41 in York, Yorkshire, Englandmap
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Biography

Father Sir Robert de Ferrers, 2nd Lord Ferrers of Wem[1] b. c 1372, d. b 29 Nov 1396

Mother Joan Beaufort[2] b. c 1379, d. 13 Nov 1440

Elizabeth Ferrers was born circa 1393 at of Wem, Shropshire, England; Age 18 in 1411.[3]

A contract for the marriage of Elizabeth Ferrers and Sir John Greystoke, 4th Baron Greystoke, Governor of Roxburgh Castle was signed on 28 October 1407; They had 6 sons (Sir Ralph, 5th Lord Greystoke; Thomas; Richard; John; Henry; & William) and 6 daughters (Joan, wife of John Darcy, & of Sir William Stoke; Anne, wife of Sir Ralph Bigod; Eleanor, wife of Sir Ralph Eure; Katherine, a nun at Barking; Maud, wife of John le Scrope, Esq; & Elizabeth, wife of Roger Thornton).[4]

Elizabeth Ferrers died in 1434; Buried in Church of the Black Friars, York, Yorkshire.[5]

Family

  • Sir John Greystoke, 4th Baron Greystoke, Governor of Roxburgh Castle b. c 1390, d. 8 Aug 1436

Children

  • Sir Ralph
  • Thomas
  • Richard
  • John
  • Henry
  • William
  • Elizabeth, wife of Roger Thornton
  • Eleanor, wife of Sir Ralph Eure
  • Maud, wife of John le Scrope, Esq
  • Anne, wife of Sir Ralph Bigod
  • Joan, wife of John Darcy, & of Sir William Stoke
  • Katherine, a nun at Barking

Sources

  1. Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 363.
  2. Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, p. 878.
  3. Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 283.
  4. Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. IV, p. 314.
  5. Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 138
  • Royal Ancestry by Douglas Richardson Vol. V. page 341
See also:
  • Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 16 October 2019), memorial page for Lady Elizabeth Ferrers Greystoke (1393–1434), Find A Grave: Memorial #102049982, citing Blackfriars Abbey Church (Defunct), York, York Unitary Authority, North Yorkshire, England ; Maintained by Todd Whitesides (contributor 47553735) .




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