19989964.
Sir Eustace de Greinville
~1170,
Eustace born in England, s/o §§Eustace de
Greinville.
11/3/1189,
Richard I crowned king of England.
[––Eustace & ?––]
1194, Sir
Eustace attended King Richard in his invasion of Normandy and was excused from
paying scutage.
5/12/1194,
King Richard sailed from Portsmouth with his army and siege engines for
Barfleur, from which they traveled to Caen, then Bayeux, then Lisieux.
4/6/1199,
John succeeded Richard I as King of England.
[––Isabel––]
By 1202,
Isabel co-heiress to her father with her sister Frethesent, married to Geoffrey
Luttrell.
1204,
“Between Geoffrey Luterel and Frethesant his wife, and Isabella, sister of the
same Frethesant, plaintiffs, and Osmund, abbot of Roche, tenant of 12 bovates
of land in Thurnscoe, which William Vavassour had given in this place. Between
Geoffrey Luterel and Frethesant his wife, and Isabel, sister of the same
Frethesant, plaintiffs, and Elias, abbot of Kirkstall, tenant of eleven bovates
and of 4 acres of land with the appurtenances in Hooton Painell, to wit, of all
the land, which he held of the fief of William Paynell in the same vill, the
right of Frethesant and Isabella.”
[––Isabel
& William––]
1205,
William the Bastard married Isabel, d/o William Paynel &
Rethesent ?. (S) FMG.
1205,
William the Bastard gives 40 marks for having in wife [Isabella] the sister of
the wife of Geoffrey Luterell with her inheritance. Mainpernors, William
Briwerre of 10 marks. The earl of Salisbury of 10 marks. Hugh de Neville of 10
marks. Peter des Roches of 10 marks.
1206,
Eustace de Greinville held a third of a knight’s fee of Peter de Roches, bishop
of Winchester.
Bef. 1210,
Grant from Aumaric, earl of Gloucester, son of Aumaric, count of Evreux, to
Eustace de Greinville, of 100s of land in his manor of Mapeldurham … by the
service of the third of one knight’s fee.
1215,
Eustace the constable of the Tower of London.
10/19/1216,
Henry III, age 9, succeeded John as King of England. Louis of France also
claimed the throne.
By 1217, William
Bastard died.
[––Eustace & Isabel––]
1217,
Eustace de Greinville, the king’s steward and guardian of the land and heir of
William Bastard. (S) Hist. of the Co. of York North Riding, V1, 1914. [Eustace
styled ‘senescallus noster’.]
1218-19,
Eustace de Graynvil in the plea rolls and assizes for Yorkshire. (S) Rolls of
the Justices in Eyre, Stenton, 1937.
1219, Co. of
York, boys and girls to be in custody of the lord of the king: Frethensantha,
who had been the wife of Geoffrey Luterel, and daughter of William Paynell,
holding land in Rydal … Henry de Newmarch [Novo Mercato] has her … Isabella,
sister of the aforesaid Frethesanta, is of the donation of the lord the king.
Eustace de Greinville has her. Her land is worth £7. (S) FMG.
1219-20, The
king to the sheriff of Yorkshire: Know ye that we have committed to our beloved
and faithful Eustace de Greinville, to support himself in our service, … the
manor of Barton … which the lord King John had granted to Geoffrey Luterell …
1220, Eustace de Greinville [husband of Isabel, sister of
Frethesenta] claimed the advowson of the church of Barton by royal grant as
escheat from Fulk Paynel. In response, The Prior of Barton showed the charters
of Ralph Paynel the founder, Alexander his son and heir, William son of
Alexander and Frethesent daughter of William. [Willelmi Paynel…Radulfus Paynel
qui fundavit ecclesiam…Alexandri Painel filii et heredis ipsius
Radulfi…Willelmi filii Alexandri Paynel…Frechesante filie ipsius Willelmi.] (S)
FMG.
2/29/1224,
Pledges for Osbert Gifford. William Brewer for 20m. … Robert Mauduit for 20m. … Eustace de Greinville for 10m. Robert de Vaux for 20m. (S) FRsHIII.
8/30/1224,
Pledges for Walter de Goderville. Osbert Gifford for 30m. … Eustace de Greinville for 10m. John de Beauchamp for 10m. … Ralph de Tany for 30m. Geoffrey d’Avranches for 10m. (S) FRsHIII.
9/2/1224,
Pledges for Henry de Trubleville. W. de Mandeville, earl of Essex, for 40m. Robert de Turville for 10m. Hugh of Windsor for 10m. John de Beauchamp for 20m. … Geoffrey de Lucy for 20m. Eustace de Greinville for 10m. Richard de Redvers for 20m. Henry son of Reginald for 10m. Hugh de St. Philibert for 10m. John son of Richard for 10m. (S) FRsHIII.
1226,
Confirmation by P. bishop of Winchester to Eustace de Greinville of all the
lands and tenetments which Amauric earl of Gloucester …
9/23/1226,
Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire to take into the king’s hand … the land that
Eustace de Greinville held in Barton by bail of the king, … committed to
Phillip Marc to sustain him … saving to Eustace his corn that he had sown in
the same land and his other chattels that he has in the same land. (S) FRsHIII.
1228,
Eustace named in the muster of the king to go into Montgomery in Wales.
By 1229, Eustace
died, his son Eustace succeeding.
(S) Dormant
and Extinct Baronage, Banks, 1807, P5. (S) Cal. of Charters and Doc’s relating
to Slelborne, Pt2, 1894, P63-5. (S) Memoirs
Illustrative, Vs1-2, 1847, P123-5. (S) Pipe Roll of the Bishopric of
Winchester, P36. (S) The Peerage of Ireland, V3, 1789, P300.
Family
notes:
·
1186, Sir Eustace de Greneville gave 100 marks
to have the lands that had belonged to his uncle Gerard de Greinvil.
·
Eustace witnessed the gift to the abbey of
Nutley made by William Marshall.
Children
of Eustace and ?:
i. Eustace de Greinville, born ~1195 in England.
Eustace
married Joan, d/o Robert Arsic & Sybilla de Crevequer.
1/31/1230,
The king has taken the homages of Eustace de Greinville and Thomas de la Haye,
who took to wife Joan and Alexandria, daughters and heiresses of Robert Arsic,
for the lands formerly of the same Robert which he held of the king in chief
and which fall to the same by inheritance.
10/28/1231,
Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite the demand they make
from Eustace de Greinville for the scutage of Poitou after the first crossing
of the king. (S) FRsHIII.
11/30/1233,
Eustace de Greinville has made fine with the king by 100 m., for himself and
Joan, his wife, and for Thomas de la Haye and Alexandria, his wife, for having
the year and day which pertains to the king and the seisin of the manor of
Tunstall with appurtenances, which Hubert de Burgh had of the gift of Robert
Arsic, father of Joan and Alexandria, whose heirs they are. … Pledges for
Eustace.: Ralph de la Haye for 100s.William Mauduit for 5 m. John de Beauchamp
for 5 m. John de Plessetis for 5 m. … William de Cantilupe junior for 5 m. …
(S) FRsHIII.
10/19/1234,
Order that, of the 100m. by which
Eustace de Greinville made fine with the king for himself and Joan, his wife,
and Thomas de la Haye and Alexandria, his wife, for having the year and day
that pertain to the king, and for having seisin of the manor of Tunstall
[Ireland], which Hubert de Burgh had of the gift of Robert Arsic, father of the
aforesaid Joan and Alexandria, they are to cause both Eustace, Joan, Thomas and
Alexandria and their pledges to be quit, because they did not have that for
which they made fine. (S) FRsHIII.
2/16/1237 at
Kingstone, Grant from P. bishop of Winchester, confirming to the prior and
canons of Seleburne all the land of Sithe, with the mill, which they have by
the gift of Eustace de Greinville in the manor of Mapelderham.
ii. Gilbert de Greinville (9994982), born ~1200 in
England.
8/6/1222, …
necessaries to be provided for the princess [Eleanora] and her 2 waiting maids
who were staying by the King’s orders in Gloucester Castle, and for …, and
Gilbert de Greinville, the keepers of the Princess, with their 6 horses and 8
men, together with the domestic establishment of the same Elianor, … (S) Pleas
Of The Crown For The Hundred Of Swineshead And The Township Of Bristol, Watson,
1902.
