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 a 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. He 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[edit]
William first married Jeanette de Gruyère, daughter of Pierre de Gruyère and Ambrosie, surname unknown.[2] They had the following issue:
- Two sons de Grandison, names unknown, died young.[2]
- Gerard de Grandison.[2]
- John de Grandison.[2]
- Agnes de Grandison, married Hugh Bardolf, 1st Baron Bardolf, son of William Bardolf and Juliane de Gournay.[2]
William secondly married Sybil, daughter of John de Tregoz and Mabel FitzWarin.[3] They had the following issue:
- Edmund de Grandison.[3]
- Piers de Grandison, married Blanche Mortimer.[3]
- John de Grandison, Bishop of Exeter.[3]
- Thomas de Grandison, cleric.[3]
- William de Grandison, Archdeacon of Exeter.[3]
- Otho de Grandison, married Beatrice Malmayns, had issue.[3]
- Mabel de Grandison, married John de Pateshull, had issue.[3]
- Katherine de Grandison, married William Montagu, 1st Earl of Salisbury, had issue.[3]
- Agnes de Grandison, married John Northwode, had issue.[3]
- Maud de Grandison, nun at Aconbury Priory.[3]
Citations[edit]
References[edit]
- Burke, John Bernard (1866). A Genealogical History of the Dormant: Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire. London: Harrison. OCLC 457204792.