Ralph Greystoke (1353 - 1418)

Born 18 Oct 1353 in Kirby,Yorkshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Katherine (Clifford) Greystoke — married before 1378 in Brough Castle, Westmorland, England

Descendants

Died 6 Apr 1418 at age 64 in Ravensworth, Yorkshire, England

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Baron Ralph Greystoke (18 Oct 1353 – 06 Apr 1418)[2]

Biography

Per ODNB: Much of his early adult life in the 1370s and 1380s was spent serving the king in the far north of England, as warden of the west or east marches (or both), at a time when Anglo-Scottish relations were frequently in turmoil. On one occasion, he was captured near the border fortress of Roxburgh and taken in triumph to Dunbar. By the later 1390s, however, he had become disillusioned with the government of Richard II. When the exiled Henry Bolingbroke, earl of Derby, returned to England in 1399, Greystoke joined him at Doncaster and, shortly afterwards, backed his seizure of the throne as Henry IV. Thereafter he remained active in border politics and warfare, most notably in September 1402 when he joined Henry Percy, earl of Northumberland, his son Henry (Hotspur), and Henry, Lord Fitzhugh, in defeating a Scottish army at Homildon Hill in Northumberland.

Christening: 18 OCT 1353 Kirkby Ravenswor, Yorkshire^[1]

Burial: Ravensworth, Richmond, North Riding Yorkshire^[2]

Parents

Father: William de Greystoke, 2nd Baron Greystoke[3]

Mother: Alice Audley[4]

Marriage

• m. Katherine Clifford [5]^[3]

Issue:

They had four sons, John, William, Knt., Thomas, Knt., and Ralph, Knt., and two daughters, Maud and Joan.

Sources

1. ↑ McKinnon-Suggs, Eileen (suggs1@msn.com). [1]. updated Oct 10, 2004
2. ↑ McKinnon-Suggs, Eileen (suggs1@msn.com). Our Kingdom Come. Last updated October 10, 2004. Web. Accessed 02 Dec 2005.
3. ↑ 1377 Brough Castle, Westmoreland.

• "Royal Ancestry" 2013 Douglas Richardson Vol. I. page 493
• "Royal Ancestry" 2013 Douglas Richardson Vol. III. page 138
• Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
• Wikipedia: Ralph de Greystoke, 3rd Baron Greystoke
• Magna Carta Ancestry by Douglas Richardson
• Pedigree Resource File CD 49 Publication: (Salt Lake City, UT: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., 2002)
• Ancestral File (TM) Author: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SAINTS Publication: June 1998 (c), Repository: R1.
• ••Mary Hillard Hinton, Genealogist, Raleigh, NC •Extinct and Dormant Peerages, 1831 •Magna Carta Barons and their Descendants, pgs. 159, 241, 269, 270, 292 •Virginia Heraldica, pgs. 66, 69, 87, 88 •Ancestral Papers #119, of the National Society of Runnymeade •Wurt's Magna Carta •The Carter Family