19989914.
Lord Ralph de Greasley & 19989915. Isabel de Muschamp
~1175, Ralph
de Grisele born in Nottingham, England, s/o 39979828. William de Greasley.
~1185,
Isabel born in England, heir & d/o §§Robert de Muschamp.
[Temp. R.I] Ralph de Grisele gave lands in Heather, Leicester, to the
Knights Hospitallers. (S) Topography of Great Britain, Cooke, V17,
Leicestershire and Lincolnshire, P89.
[Temp. King John], Ralph de Seile, with the consent of
William, earl of Ferrers, to Ralph, son of William de Greseley for 13 marks of
silver. ‘Willielmo de G’sel a witness to the sale. (S) Survey of Staffordshire,
Erdeswick, 1844, P211.
4/6/1199, John succeeded Richard I as King of England.
Aft. 1200, Richard’s father died.
[––Ralph
& Isabel––]
~1204, Ralph
married Isabel, becoming lord of Muscamp, Nottingham in right of his wife.
1204-05,
Ralph, holding lands in Seile, Hether and Ravenstone, who was married, paid
scutage.
1211, 2 of
the 3 fees held by Ralph de Gresley of the honour of Peverel correspond to
Middle Claydon.
1212, King
John granted land to Ralph de Greasley in Kimberley, Nottingham.
6/25/1216,
the King’s Sheriff of Nottingham and Derby to give full possession, without
delay, to Ralph de Greasley and Isabella his wife, of her inheritance from
Robert de Muschamp. [This did not occur until later because of non-payment of
£100 and the death of King John.]
10/19/1216,
Henry III, age 9, succeeded John as King of England. Louis of France also
claimed the throne.
7/3/1219,
Ralph of Greasley and Isabella, his wife, have made fine with the king by £100
for having the land formerly of Robert of Muskham, Isabella’s father, and so
they are quit of the … Order to the sheriff … to cause Ralph and Isabella to
have full seisin of the land with its appurtenances in his bailiwick of
Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire without delay. (S) FRsHIII.
~1220, Ralph
paid the King 500 marks for permission to marry Agnes to Robert Lupus; and if
that marriage should fall through, then he would marry her as the King should
will. [It either did not work, or did not last.]
By 1223, All
3 of Isabel’s brothers had died without heirs and she inherited the family
lands.
Isabel died
before Ralph.
[––Ralph––]
6/19/1228,
To the keeper of the honour of Peverel . … by the letters of Ralph of Greasley
that he sent to the king, that the same Ralph is ready, if it pleases the king,
to divest himself, to the use of Hugh son of Ralph and Agnes, his wife,
daughter and heiress of the same Ralph, of all lands that he held of the king
in chief, namely 2 knights’ fees with appurtenances in Cleiden’, which is of
the honour of Peverel of Nottingham, and 1 knight’s fee with appurtenances in
Greasley, which is of the same honour, the king, agreeing …, has taken the
homage of Hugh for the aforesaid fees. (S) FRsHIII.
Ralph died.
(S) Fenwick
Allie Ancestry, Sellers, 1916, P78. (S) Hist. of Buckingham, V4, 1927, Middle Claydon. (S) Coll’s for a Hist. of Staffordshire, V19, VI New
Series, 1898, William Salt Arch. Soc., The Gresleys of Drakelowe.
Family
notes:
·
Robert de Muschamp, steward to Gilbert de Gaunt.
His 3 sons died without children: Ralph, Robert & Andrew.
Child
of Ralph and Isabel:
i. Agnes de Greasley (9994957), born ~1205 in
England.
