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Sir Ralph FitzWilliam

Male Abt 1245 - 1317  (~ 72 years)


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  • Name Sir Ralph FitzWilliam  [1, 2, 3
    Born Abt 1245  Grimthorpe, Pocklington, East Riding Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation 1282 
    Paid a fine to the king of 100 marks for license to marry Margery, widow of Nicholas Corbet (daughter of Hugh de Bolebec) 
    Occupation 23 Jun 1295 
    Summoned to parliament as a baron whereby he is held to have become Lord FitzWilliam 
    Occupation 6 Aug 1296 
    As brother and heir of Geffrey Fitz-William of Yorkshire, had livery of the said Geffrey's lands upon doing his homage 
    Property 1305 
    Received the barony of Greystoke from his cousin John (son of William de Greystoke by Mary de Merlay) 
    Occupation 1314 
    Governor of Berwick and joined in commission with John, Lord Mowbray, in the wardenship of the Scottish marches 
    Occupation 1315 
    Governor of Carlisle and founded a chantry at Tinemouth 
    Died 11 Feb 1317  Durham, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I13322  Godbout
    Last Modified 18 Apr 2017 

    Father Sir William FitzRalph,   b. Abt 1225, Grimthorpe, Pocklington, East Riding Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1269, Greystoke, Cumberland, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 45 years) 
    Mother Joan FitzThomas,   b. Abt 1225, Greystoke, Cumberland, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1269, Greystoke, Cumberland, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 45 years) 
    Married Abt 1240  England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F6882  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Unknown 1st wife 
    Married Abt 1270 
    Children 
     1. Robert FitzRalph,   b. Abt 1270, Grimthorpe, Pocklington, East Riding Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 15 Apr 1317, Hinderskelf, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 47 years)
    Last Modified 18 Apr 2017 
    Family ID F6881  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Margery de Bolbec,   b. Abt 1245, Styford, Hexham, Cumbria, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 1 Nov 1281  England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage License 1 Nov 1281  Royal License Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Margaret de Greystoke,   b. Abt 1290, Grimthorpe, Pocklington, East Riding Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 18 Apr 2017 
    Family ID F6896  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S7] The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, George Edward Cokayne; Vicary Gibbs, H. A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand & Howard de Walden, editors, (Reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), Volume V, pp. 513-516 & Vol. VI, p. 190.

    2. [S728] A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerages of England, Ireland and Scotland, John Burke, Esq., (Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street, London, 1831), 244.

    3. [S748] A History of the Church and Priory of Swine in Holderness, Thomas Thompson, (Thomas Topping, Lowgate, Hull, 1824), 96.