Greystoke, Ralph de (1414 - 1487)

Biographical Overview

Parents

Titles - 2
Properties - 8
Total events naming patron - 5
Troupes - 3
Venues - 1
Bibliographic Sources - 7
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Born / Died

Birth Date: ca. 1414
Death Date: 1487-06-01

Siblings

Male

Greystoke, Thomas de ( - )
Greystoke, Richard de ( - )
Greystoke, William de ( - )

Female

Greystoke, Joan ( - )

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. , (n.d.)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1436-7-1
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: Marriage date of papal dispensation. Unclear if any children resulted from this marriage. Some confusion resides in her first name because it is unclear whether or not Ralph de Greystoke married another woman named Elizabeth or Isabel in between his two known marriages. [CP, VI, p 198, n. C]
  2. , (n.d.)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: after 1483-9-20
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: Second (or possibly third) marriage for Ralph de Greystoke. It is unclear whether or not Ralph de Greystoke married another woman named Elizabeth or Isabel before this marriage [CP, VI, p 198, n. C]

Offspring

Mother unknown

  1. Male offspring: Greystoke, Robert (d. 1483)

Primary Title

5th Baron Greystoke

Titles

  • Baron FitzWilliam
    Assumed 1436-08-06 (possibly succeeded to title 8 Aug. 1436)
    Vacated 1487-06-01
  • 5th Baron Greystoke
    Assumed 1436-08-06 (possibly succeeded to title 8 Aug. 1436)
    Vacated 1487-06-01

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, n.d. n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1437 1441
JP, Northumberland 1437 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1437 n.d.
JP, Northumberland 1438/9 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1440 1443
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Yorkshire 1441 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Essex 1441 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Middlesex 1441 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Surrey 1441 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Kent 1441 n.d.
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, York 1441/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, York 1445 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Yorkshire: West Riding 1448 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1448 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1449 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1451 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1451 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1452 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1453 1459
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Newcastle upon Tyne 1454 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Northumberland 1454 n.d.
JP, Northumberland 1455 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1455 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1456/7 1461
Commissioner of Array, Yorkshire 1457 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Yorkshire: East Riding 1459 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Yorkshire: North Riding 1459 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Yorkshire: West Riding 1459 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Leicestershire 1460 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Cumberland 1460 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Nottinghamshire 1460 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Warwickshire 1460 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Lincolnshire 1460 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Yorkshire 1460 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Westmorland 1460 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, York 1460 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Newcastle upon Tyne 1460 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Yorkshire: East Riding 1460 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Northamptonshire 1460 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Derbyshire 1460 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Lincolnshire 1460 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Northumberland 1460 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Nottinghamshire 1460 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Cumberland 1461 n.d.
JP, Northumberland 1461 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1461 1462
JP, Westmorland 1461 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Gloucestershire 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Nottinghamshire 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Berkshire 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Bristol 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Derbyshire 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Northumberland 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Staffordshire 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Norfolk 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Yorkshire: East Riding 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Herefordshire 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Buckinghamshire 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Northamptonshire 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Coventry 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Essex 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Cumberland 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Suffolk 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Nottinghamshire 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Oxfordshire 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Lincolnshire 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Hertfordshire 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Yorkshire 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Warwickshire 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Cambridgeshire 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Norwich 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Westmorland 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Bedfordshire 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Leicestershire 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, York 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Worcestershire 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Newcastle upon Tyne 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Shropshire 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Lincolnshire 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Huntingdonshire 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Westmorland 1463 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Yorkshire: East Riding 1463 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1464 1468
JP, Northumberland 1464 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1464/5 1467
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Yorkshire 1466/7 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Warwickshire 1466/7 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Westmorland 1466/7 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Leicestershire 1466/7 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, York 1466/7 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Lincolnshire 1466/7 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Nottinghamshire 1466/7 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Derbyshire 1466/7 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Lincolnshire 1466/7 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Yorkshire: East Riding 1466/7 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Northamptonshire 1466/7 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Cumberland 1466/7 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Nottinghamshire 1466/7 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1467 1468
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Cumberland 1469 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Yorkshire 1469 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Westmorland 1469 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, York 1469 1470
Commissioner of Array, Yorkshire: North Riding 1469/70 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Yorkshire 1469/70 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1470 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1470 n.d.
JP, Northumberland 1471 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Yorkshire: East Riding 1471/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Yorkshire: West Riding 1471/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Northumberland 1471/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Yorkshire: North Riding 1471/2 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1471/2 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1471/2 1473
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1472 1473
JP, Northumberland 1475 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1475 1477
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1475 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1475 1479
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1476/7 1479
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1477/8 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Yorkshire 1478 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Yorkshire: North Riding 1480 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Yorkshire: West Riding 1480 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Northumberland 1480 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1480 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1481 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1481 1486
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Yorkshire 1481/2 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1483 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1483 1486
JP, Northumberland 1483 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Yorkshire: North Riding 1484 1485
Commissioner of Array, Yorkshire: East Riding 1484 1485
Commissioner of Array, Yorkshire: West Riding 1485 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1485 1486
JP, Northumberland 1485 n.d.
Master Forester, Yorkshire: North Riding 1486-11-14 1487-06-1 For life
Steward, Yorkshire: East Riding 1486-11-14 1487-06-1 For life

General Lands Note

Livery of father's lands 6 Nov. 1436

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Grimesthorpe, Yorkshire: North Riding
    Patrimony
    Acquired: 1436-03-06
    Divested: 1487-06-01
  • Hinderskelfe Manor House, Yorkshire: North Riding
    Patrimony; now buried under Castle Howard Park
    Acquired: 1436-03-06
    Divested: 1487-06-01
  • Greystoke Castle, Cumberland
    (Performance Venue)
    Patrimony
    Acquired: 1436-03-06
    Divested: 1487-06-01

Lands

  • Cumberland: Greystoke Manor
    Acquired: 1436-03-06
    Divested: 1487-06-01
    Patrimony
  • Durham
  • Northumberland
  • Westmorland: Tract between Saddleback & Ullswater Lake
  • Yorkshire: North Riding

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1449-1449 Common Hall, York , York (city-county) in Yorkshire Lord Greystoke's Lutenist
Performance 1446-1446 Common Hall, York , York (city-county) in Yorkshire Lord Greystoke's Minstrel
Performance 1446-1446 Common Hall, York , York (city-county) in Yorkshire Lord Greystoke's Minstrel
Performance 1448-1448 Common Hall, York , York (city-county) in Yorkshire Lord Greystoke's Minstrel
Performance 1447-1447 Common Hall, York , York (city-county) in Yorkshire Lord Greystoke's Minstrels

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lord Greystoke's Lutenist Greystoke, Ralph de (1414 - 1487) Musicians 1
Lord Greystoke's Minstrel Greystoke, Ralph de (1414 - 1487) Entertainers/Minstrels 3
Lord Greystoke's Minstrels Greystoke, Ralph de (1414 - 1487) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Venue Type
Greystoke Castle Cumberland Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

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Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edward IV – Henry VI [1467–77]. London: HMSO, 1900.
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edward IV [1461–7]. London: HMSO, 1897.
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Henry VI [1422–61]. 6 vols. London: HMSO, 1901–11.
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Henry VII [1485–1509]. 2 vols. London: HMSO, 1914–16.
Clay, John William. The Extinct and Dormant Peerages of the Northern Counties of England. London: James Nisbet & Co., 1913.
The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. 1887–98 (8 vols); 1910–59 (13 vols). 6 vols. Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1982.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 01/05/2005 (http://www.oxforddnb.com)