Ralph de Grendon, 1st Baron Grendon
Ralph de Grendon, 1st Baron Grendon (died 1331), Lord of Grendon, was an English nobleman. He served in the wars in Scotland and was a signatory of the Barons' Letter of 1301 to Pope Boniface VIII in 1301.
Biography
[edit]Ralph was the younger son of Robert de Grendon and Emma Bassatt.[1] He served in the wars in Scotland and was a signatory of the Barons' Letter to Pope Boniface VIII in 1301.
He died in 1331 and was succeeded by his son, Robert.[2]
Marriage and issue
[edit]Ralph first married Joan Burnell, daughter of Hugh Burnell. They had the following issue:
- Robert de Grendon, who died without issue.
He married, secondly, Joan, daughter of John de Clinton. They had the following issue:
- Joan de Grendon, who married Roger de Chetwynd.
- Alice de Grendon, who married Philip de Chetwynd.
- Margaret de Grendon, who married John de Freford.
Citations
[edit]References
[edit]- Burke, Bernard (1866). A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire. United Kingdom: Harrison.
- Cokayne, George Edward. The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, Vol. IV (1892).