Sir William de Grandison, 1st Baron Grandison

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William de Grandison
French: Guillaume de Grandison
Also Known As: "William", "The Burgundian Knight", "1st Baron Grandison (02/06/1299)"
Birthdate: circa 1262
Birthplace: Cassington, Oxfordshire, England
Death: June 27, 1335 (69-77)
Lambourn, Hungerford, Berkshire, England
Place of Burial: Sussex, England
Immediate Family:
Son of Amadeus de Grandison and Banoile Grandison
Husband of Blanche 'Sibilla' de Tregoz, of Switzerland
Father of Agnes de Grandison; John de Grandison; Mabilia de Paleshull (de Grandison); Catherine de Montagu, Countess of Salisbury; Otho de Grandison and 1 other
Occupation: Knight, 1st Baron Grandson Switzerland, First Lord Grandison, Engaged in battles in Gascony and Scotland.

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Last Updated: May 9, 2018

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Immediate Family

Blanche 'Sibilla' de Tregoz, of ...
wife

Agnes de Grandison
daughter

John de Grandison
son

Mabilia de Paleshull (de Grandison)
daughter

Catherine de Montagu, Countess o...
daughter

Otho de Grandison
son

Baron Piers Grandison
son

Amadeus de Grandison
father

Banoile Grandison
mother
About William de Grandison
William de Grandison, 1st Lord Grandison, was born circa 1263 at Harpenden, Hertfordshire, England. He died 27 June 1335, and was presumably buried at Dore Abbey. He was known as The Burgundian Knight.

Parents: Amadeus de Grandison (1229-1300) and Benoite de la Tour (1233-1278) [fn1][fn2]

Married:

Blanche de Savoie (1267-1323)
in or before 1285, Sibyl de Tregoz (1271-1334). She was the younger daughter and coheir of Sir John Tregoz, by his first wife, Mabel, daughter of Sir Fulk Fitzwarin.
Children of William de Grandison and Sibyl Tregoz:

Peter
John
Otho
Mabella
Katherine de Grandison (1302-1349) m Earl Guillaume de Montagu (1302-1344)
Agnes
Notes
1st Lord Grandison

William de Grandison (younger brother of Sir Otho de Grandison, secretary to King Edward I, and afterwards Lord Grandison), being originally a menial servant to Edmund, Earl of Lancaster, obtained from that prince,in consideration of his own faithful services and the services of his ancestors, a grant of the manors of Radley and Menstreworth, co.Gloucester. In the 20th Edward I [1292], he procured license to make a castle of his house at Asperton, co. Hereford, and in two years afterwards he was in the expedition made into Gascony, where he continued for some time and, while so engaged, was summoned to parliament as a baron. He was afterwards engaged in the Scottish wars.

His lordship m. Sibilla, youngest dau. and fo-heiress of Sir John deTregoz, and upon partition of the lands of that inheritance, acquired the manors of Burnham, co. Somerset, and Eton, in Herefordshire. He had issue by this lady, viz., Peter, John, Otho, Mabella, Katherine, and Agnes. Hislordship d. before 1335 and was s. by his eldest son, Peter de Grandison,2nd baron. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 242, Grandison, Barons Grandison]

Links

http://washington.ancestryregister.com/GRANDSON00006.htm#i3041
http://www.guernsey-society.org.uk/donkipedia/index.php5?title=Sir_William_Grandison_and_Henri_de_Bouvillars
Sources
Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 242, Grandison, Barons Grandison
Footnotes
William was the younger brother of Otto de Grandison. from: Otto de Grandison: [Otto was] ... a Savoyard knight whose father was Peter, Lord of Grandison, near Lausanne in Switzerland. The young Otto travelled to England, probably in the company of Peter I of Savoy in 1252, certainly not later than 1265. There he entered the service of Henry III and by 1267 was placed in the household of the prince Edward. In 1268 both prince and servant were knighted and in 1271 the latter accompanied his lord on the Ninth Crusade, where he served at Acre that year. According to one source, it was Otto, not Eleanor of Castile, who sucked the poison from the wounded Edward after an attempted assassination.
from: From William the Conqueror to Lord of the Isles Otto de Grandison. Note: there is a dispute among Medieval genealogists over whether Otto and William de Grandison were the sons of Amadeus de Grandison or his brothers. Chronologically it seems very unlikely that the latter was true, but as always, dates of birth and death in the 13th century can be very inaccurate.
HISTORICAL HOME, SWITZERLAND: The Grandson family is first mentioned in the second half of the 11th Century as Grancione. The town was first mentioned around 1100 as de castro Grancione. Around 1126 it was mentioned as castri Grandissoni and in 1154 it was called apud Grantionem.[3] (wikipedia) www.findagrave.com

Birth: 1262 Vaud, Switzerland Death: Jun. 27, 1335 Herefordshire, England

William was the son and heir of Pierre de Granson, Seigneur de Granson on the Lake of Neufchãatel, by Agnes, daughter of Ulric, comtâe de Neufchãatel, and grandson of Ebal IV, Seigneur de Granson. He was the younger brother of Otes de Grandison. William was in the service of Edmund, Earl of Lancaster, who, on his behalf sent a letter to the King (when William's lands were seized, he being an alien), pointing out the undesireability of such seizures. On November 4, 1288, he had letters of protection when remaining in Wales in order to fortify the castle of Carnarvon. He was excepted from military service in Gascony in 1204, in which year he appears as governor of Jersey and Guernsey for his brother Otes. He was summoned to Parliament from February 6, 1298/99 to Oct 1325, where he is held to have become Lord Grandison. He was again in Gascony with the Earl of Lancaster before January 1, 1295/96, when his lands were restored to him. He was present at the siege of Carlaverock in Jul 1300, and was summoned to the coronation of Edward II on January 18, 1307/08. On November 26, 1300, it was ordered that the lands of Sir John Tregoz should be divided between William and his wife and the other coheirs. In 1318, the Prior of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem made complaint that William and his sons, Piers and Otes, with others, had broken into his houses and robbed and assaulted, to which William responded that there had been theft of his goods there. When he did not attend a muster for military service in 1322, his lands were seized, but as his reason for inattendance had been severe illness, he was excused and given license to remain at home, provided that he send at least 6 men-at-arms for the expedition. In June of 1327, he had letters of protection for going to Ireland, and on September 20, 1329 had respite of homage until the following Easter, as the King had learned that he was so infirm and aged that he was unable to come. However, he was summoned in July 1332, to be with the King at Michaelmas and take passage for the expedition to Ireland. He survived his wife, Sibyl, younger daughter and coheir of Sir John Tregoz, she dying Oct 1334, he following her in June 1335. Their children were Catherine, Piers and Agnes

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Spouse: Sibyl de Tregoz de Grandison (1265 - 1334) Children: Otto de Grandison (____ - 1358)* Peter de Grandison (1286 - 1358)* John de Grandison (1292 - 1369)* Agnes de Grandison Bardolf (1297 - 1357)* Catherine de Grandison Montagu (1304 - 1349)*
Note: A special Thank you to Susan Lockwood for the sponsorship of this memorial

Burial: Dore Abbey Churchyard Abbey Dore Herefordshire Unitary Authority Herefordshire, England

Created by: Kat Record added: Mar 27, 2012

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William de Grandison's Timeline
1262
1262
Birth of William
Oxfordshire, England
1289
1289
Age 27
Birth of Agnes de Grandison
Bedfordshire, England
1292
1292
Age 30
Birth of John de Grandison
London, Greater London, United Kingdom
1293
1293
Age 31
Birth of Otho de Grandison
Salisbury, Wiltshire, , England
1294
1294
Age 32
Birth of Mabilia de Paleshull (de Grandison)
Ashperton, Herefordshire, England
1296
1296
Age 34
Birth of Baron Piers Grandison
Ashperton, Herefordshire, England
1304
1304
Age 42
Birth of Catherine de Montagu, Countess of Salisbury
Ashford, Hertfordshire, England
1335
June 27, 1335
Age 73
Death of William at Lambourn
Hungerford, Berkshire, England
1934
September 22, 1934
Age 73
baptised (LDS) on 9/22/1934

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Family/Spouse: Sibylla de Tregoz. Sibylla was born in 1267 in Vaud Canton, Switzerland; died on 23 Apr 1323 in Grandison, Jura-Nord, Vaudois District, Vaud, Switzerland; was buried in Abbey Dore, Herefordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Lady Catherine Grandison, Countess of Salisbury was born in ~1304 in Ashford, Hertfordshire, England; died on 23 Nov 1349 in Bisham Abbey, Berkshire, England; was buried in Bisham Abbey, Berkshire, England.