Audeley) they being within the third and fourth
degrees of Consanguinity. And in 13 Edw. 2.
was, with Hugh de Audley the younger, in
that Expedition then made into Scotland.
This Ralph, assumed the sirname of Greystoke
and in 14 Edw. 2. making proof of his Age,
had livery of all the Knights Fees belonging
to him by inheritance, which the King had re∣served
in his hands, after the death of Ralph
the Son of William, his Grandfather, till that
time. And in 14, 15 and 16 Edw. 2. was sum∣moned
to the Parliaments then held. But all
that I have else seen of him, is, that he besieged
Gilbert de Middleton, and divers other with
him, in the Castle of Mitford, for certain
traytorous actions, done by them in Northum∣berland;
and, that, not long after, being in
Gatesheved, at Breakfast, he was, through the
contrivance of the same Gilbert and his party,
there poysoned 3 Id. Iulii, An. 1323. (17 E. 2.)
and buried in the Abby of Newminster,
near the High Altar••; leaving issue, by Alice his
Wife, Daughter to Ralph Lord Nevill, William
his Son and Heir three years of age. Which
Alice surviving, had an Assignation of the Man∣nor
of Grymethorpe, in Com. Ebor. as also of
divers lands in other Counties for her Dowry.
Whereupon the Wardship of William his Son,
thus in minority, together with his Lands, was
shortly after, scil. in 2 Edw. 3. in consideration
of five hundred Marks, committed to Hugh de
Audley. But in 16 E. 3. this William making proof
of his age, and doing his Homage, had livery
of them all: and the same year, was in that
expedition then made into Brittany, being of
the retinue of William de Bohun Earl of Nor∣thampton.
And in 19 Edw. 3. in the Wars
of France; but then of the retinue with Ralph
Earl of Stafford.
Moreover, the next year following, upon
the death of Elizabeth his Grandmother, he
had also Livery of those Lands which she held
in Dower; his Homage being respited. And the same year, went again into France, the
Black Prince being also in that Expedition. So
likewise in 23 Edw. 3. And in 27 E. 3. was
joyned in Commission with Tho. Bishop of Dur∣ham,
and others, to treat and agree with David
de Bruys, together with the Prelats, Earls, and
other Nobles of Scotland, at Newcastle
upon Tine, touching the enlargement of him
the said David; who had been taken Prisoner,
in the Battle of Durham, in 20 Edw. 3. as our
Historians do shew.
In this 27 of Edward the third, he obtained
License from the King to make a Castle of his
Mannor-House at Greystoke. And in 28 E. 3.
was constituted one of the Commissioners, to
see the performance of what had been treated
on, in order to the discharge of David de Bruis,
from his imprisonment.
Furthermore, in 29 Edw. 3. he was consti∣tuted
Governor of Barwick upon Twede;
during the time of which trust, being command∣ed
by the King to attend him personally into
France, in the interim that Town was taken
by the Scots; whereupon the King was much
offended: But it being clearly proved, that
his absence was not upon any other occasion;
at the request of Queen Philippa, he obtained
his Pardon. And in 32 Edw. 3. for the health
of his Soul, &c. gave to the Colleg••at Church
of Graystoke, one Me••••••age and seven Acres
of Land in New-Bigging, as also the Ad∣vowson
of the Parish Church of Graystoke.
This William had Summons to Parliament
from 22 to 31 Edw. 3. inclusive: And, having
built the Castle of Graystoke, and Tower at
Morpeth, departed this life, upon the Feast
day of St. Margaret (20 Iulii) 32 Edw. 3. and
was buried at Graystoke; being then seized
of the Mannor of Wyboldeston, in Comitat.
Redford. Brunne, with its members; scil.
Belby, Seton, Littlethorpe, Spal∣dington,
Ulram, Eston, Dri••ghou, Mi∣lington,
and Welberie; Butterwyk, with
its members, Sherburne, Boythorpe, Flix∣ton
Falketon, Flitmanby; the Mannors of
Hynderskelf, Gainethorpe, Thorpe-Basset,
Skakelthorp, le Holme in Osmundery,
Moreton upon Swale, Thirnetofte,
Crossethwayt, Thornton upon the Moor,
and Nidde, in Comitat. Ebor. The Castle and
Mannor of Morpeth, with its members; viz.
Heppescotes, Tranewell, Stanyngton,
Horsley, Bentone, Kyllingworth, Anger∣ton,
and Hedone, in Comitat. Northumb. the
Mannors of Duston, Aykescoghe, Flasecogh,
Bramton-Mill, Halestede, and Hindring, in
Comit. Westmorl. two parts of the Mannor of
Graystoke; the Mannors of Dacre, Mouse∣dale••
Bo••stale Thakethwayte, Soulby,
New-biggen, Blinton, Threlkeld, Hay∣tone-Iohan,
Iconby, Craystoke, Mutherby,
Berier, Dalman, Anleby, Staneton-parva,
Hoton-Roff, and Ayragh, in Com. Cumberl.
He had two wives first Lucie Daughter to
... Lord Lucie, whom he deservedly repudi∣ated
; and dying before him, buried her at
Nesham. And afterwards, by the advice of
Alice de Nevill, his Mother, married Ioane
the Daughter of Henry Fitz-Hugh, Lord of Ra∣venswath,
by whom he had issue three Sons;
viz. Ralph, William, and Robert; and Alice a
Daughter, Wife of Sir Robert de Harington,
Knight.
Which Ralph, being then but six years of
age, was committed to the tuition of Roger
de Mortimer Earl of March, Ioane his Mother
being then alive; who had, for her Dowrie, an
Assignation of the Castle and Mannor of Mor∣peth,
and divers Tenements in Tranewell,
Horsley, Denton, and Kyllingworth, in
Com. Northumb. Webery, with its members,
in Shirburne, Boythorpe, Flixton, and
Floteby, in Com. Ebor. and Crossthwa••t, in
in Com. Cumbr.
Which Ioane afterwards married to Anthony
de Lucy; and when he died, to Sir Matthew
R••dman Knight.
It is said by the Inquisition taken after the
death of this last mentioned William, that he
dyed beyond-Sea; and that Ralph his Son and
Heir was twenty one years of age in 48 Ed. 3.
which is most like to be true; for in that year,
upon the death of his Mother, making proof of
his age, and doing his Homage, he had livery of
those Lands, which she held in Dower.
In 50 Edw. 3. this Ralph was constituted
Governor of L••••ghmaban Castle in Scot∣land;
and one of the Commissioners for guard∣ing
the West-Ma••ches. Moreover, in 1 Ric. 2.
he was joyned in Commission with Henry Earl
of Northumberland, and others, for guarding