William de Grandison, 1st Baron Grandison
William de Grandison (died 1335), was an English noble, and Deputy Justiciar of North Wales.
William was a younger son of Pierre de Grandison and Agnes Neufchâtel. He was the younger brother of key ally and envoy, for King Edward I of England, Otto de Grandson, Grandison being an anglicisation of Grandson.
He served in the household of Edmund, Earl of Lancaster and was active in the wars in Gascony and Scotland.[1] During 1292, he was granted a license to crenellate his manor of Ashperton, Herefordshire.
Marriage and issue[]
William married Sybil, daughter of John de Tregoz and Mabel FitzWarin, they are known to have had the following known issue:[1]
- Edmund de Grandison
- Piers de Grandison, married Blanche Mortimer.
- John de Grandison, Bishop of Exeter.
- Thomas de Grandison, cleric.
- William de Grandison, Archdeacon of Exeter.
- Otho de Grandison, married Beatrice Malmayns, had issue.
- Mabel de Grandison, married John de Pateshull, had issue.
- Katherine de Grandison, married William Montagu, 1st Earl of Salisbury, had issue.
- Agnes de Grandison, married John Northwode, had issue.
- Maud de Grandison,[2] nun at Aconbury Priory.
Citations[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Burke 1866, p. 242.
- ^ Banks 1844, p. 226.
References[]
- Banks, Thomas Christopher (1843). Baronia Anglica concentrata; or, a Concentrated Account of all the Baronies commonly called Baronies in Fee. Author.
- Burke, Bernard. A Genealogical History of the Dormant: Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire. Harrison, 1866.
Categories:
- 1335 deaths
- People from Savoie
- Savoyards in Thirteenth Century England