Baron Greystoke

John son of William de Greystok was summoned to Parliament by Edward I of England.

[2] In August 1297 John obtained licence to enfeoff Ralph Fitzwilliam with the manor and whole Barony of Greystok,[3][4] and with other manors and advowsons including his part of Morpeth,[5] in fee simple, upon condition that Ralph should found a college in the church at Greystoke.

[8] Following the death of John de Greystok in 1306,[9] the Barony of Greystok reverted to Ralph FitzWilliam in fulfilment of the arrangements made eight years previously,[10] and Ralph, who was summoned to Parliament from 1295 to 1315,[11] made homage and received royal assent to enter upon the barony in October 1306.

[13] Ralph Fitzwilliam (who married Marjory de Bolebec) died in 1316, and their son Robert FitzRalph (who married Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Nevill of Scotton, Lincolnshire) died in the following year, leaving as his heir his son Ralph FitzRobert.

The arms of Greystock as Barruly argent and azure, three chaplets of roses gules were originally those of Grymthorp, and as such were borne by Ralph Fitzwilliam at the Siege of Caerlaverock,[15] and serve to identify his tomb effigy rescued from Neasham Priory,[16] but were retained and quartered with the former Greystock arms by his successors.