Catherine de Grandison

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Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Grandison,_Countess_of_Salisbury

She was an English noblewoman, remembered for her relationship with King Edward III of England and possibly the woman in whose honour the Order of the Garter was originated. She was the daughter of William de Grandison, 1st Baron Grandison, and Sibylla de Tregoz. Her mother was one of two daughters of John de Tregoz, Baron Tregoz (whose arms were blazoned Gules two bars gemels in chief a lion passant guardant or),[2] maternal granddaughter of Fulk IV, Baron FitzWarin).[3] Catherine married William Montacute, 1st Earl of Salisbury in about 1320.

Their children were:

Elizabeth Montacute (b. before 1325); married Hugh le Despencer, 2nd Baron le Despencer before 27 April 1341.
William Montacute, 2nd Earl of Salisbury (1329?1397)
John de Montacute, 1st Baron Montacute, (1330?1390); father of John Montacute, 3rd Earl of Salisbury.
Anne Montacute, (b. 1331); married John De Grey on 12 June 1335.
Philippa Montacute (1332-1381); married Roger Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March.
Sibyl Montacute (b. before 1339); married Edmund FitzAlan about 1356.

According to rumour, King Edward III was so enamoured of the countess that he forced his attentions on her in around 1341, after having relieved a Scottish siege on Wark Castle, where she lived, while her husband was out of the country. [Note: This may have been French propaganda.]

In around 1348, the Order of the Garter was founded by Edward III and it is recorded that he did so after an incident at a ball when the "Countess of Salisbury" dropped a garter and the king picked it up. It is assumed that Froissart is referring either to Catherine or to her daughter-in-law, Joan of Kent.

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Catherine married William de Montagu. William (son of William de Montagu, 2nd Baron Montagu and Elizabeth de Montfort) was born ca 1301, Cassington, Oxfordshire, England; died 30 Jan 1344, Windsor, Berkshire, England; was buried , Bisham Abbey, Berkshire, England. [Group Sheet]

1. Sybill de Montagu was born ca 1330.

Notes:

Wikipedia:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Grandison,_Countess_of_Salisbury

Catherine Grandison, Countess of Salisbury was an English noblewoman, remembered for her relationship with King Edward III of England and possibly the woman in whose honour the Order of the Garter was originated. She was the daughter of William de Grandison, 1st Baron Grandison, and Sibylla de Tregoz. Her mother was one of two daughters of John de Tregoz, Baron Tregoz.

From Find A Grave:

William was the son and heir of Pierre de Granson, Seigneur de Granson on the Lake of Neufchâtel, by Agnes, daughter of Ulric, comté de Neufchâtel, 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 unfairness 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 not attending 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.



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William married Sybil de Tregoz. Sybil (daughter of John de Tregoz, Baron Tregoz and Mable FitzWarin) was born ca 1271, Ewyas-Harold, Herefordshire, England; died 12 Oct 1334, Dalton Lancashire, England; was buried , Dore Abbey, Herefordshire, England. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Wikipedia:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Grandison,_Countess_of_Salisbury

Catherine Grandison, Countess of Salisbury was an English noblewoman, remembered for her relationship with King Edward III of England and possibly the woman in whose honour the Order of the Garter was originated. She was the daughter of William de Grandison, 1st Baron Grandison, and Sibylla de Tregoz. Her mother was one of two daughters of John de Tregoz, Baron Tregoz.

Buried:
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Notes:

Wikipedia:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Grandison,_Countess_of_Salisbury

Catherine Grandison, Countess of Salisbury was an English noblewoman, remembered for her relationship with King Edward III of England and possibly the woman in whose honour the Order of the Garter was originated. She was the daughter of William de Grandison, 1st Baron Grandison, and Sibylla de Tregoz. Her mother was one of two daughters of John de Tregoz, Baron Tregoz.

From Find A Grave

Sir John Tregoze, Lord Baron Tregoze, only son and heir of Robert Tregoze and his wife Juliana Cantilupe, "did homage and obtained livery of his father's lands 52 Henry III (1268), and stood in such favour with royalty that, notwithstanding his father's treason, he was acquitted of 50 marks of 100l then due for his relief; after which he attended Edward I. into Wales, in the expedition made thither in the early part of his reign.

"By the Plac, de quo warranto, we find John Treooze, in 8 Edward I. summoned to show by what title be claimed wrecks, waifs, and estrays, in his manor of Burneham, in Somersetshire; when he showed that it was the right of his ancestors and no usurpation of the royal prerogative. In the following year he was summoned to show why he claimed free warren in Lydyard Tregoze, in Wilts, without the King's licence; and in 20th Edward I. he received a like summons regarding the manor of Retby in Irchingfield, in Herefordshire, when he answered he held it with Mabelia his wife, and would not show his title without her. In the 20th Edw. I. he was also summoned to prove his title to divers other prerogatives, viz. the correcting the infringement of the assize of bread and ale, and the holding Crown Pleas within his manor of Mathuenleye and Eton; when he showed they had been his ancestors' rights immemorially.

"In 13 Edward I. (1284/5) he obtained license to hold either a fair, or had free warren granted, at the following places, Eton in Herefordshire, Burneham and Cheleworth in Somersetshire, Lydiard and Alinton in Wilts; and in 22nd Edward I. being in the campaign of Gascony, he had permission for his wife and family to reside in Devizes castle, and to have fires there.

"This Baron, during the latter part of his life was summoned to Parliament by writ as one of the Majores Barones; viz. on 26 Jan. 1296, 25th Edw. I. and on 6 Feb. 1299, 27th Edw. I.; and in the year 1300 was summoned to perform military service against the Scotch; but his death prevented it; for he died 21 Aug. 28th Edw. I. (1300), and was buried 12 kal. Sept. 28 Edward I. in the Priory of St. Augustin at Bristol.

"By the two Inq. post mort. made after that event, one in 28th, and the other 29th Edward I., we find that he died seised of an immense inheritance, viz. the castle and honour of Ewyas Harold with its members in the Marches of Wales, which he held by barony, the manor of Eton Tregoze in Herefordshire, and numerous estates in Wilts, Northamptonshire, and Salop, &c.; a mandate to seize for the King the lands of John Tregoze defunct, being issued to Walter de Gloucester in 28th Edward I.

"Long before this John Tregoze had married Mabel, daughter of Foulk Lord Fitzwarren; and this lady owned the manor of Weston in Bedfordshire, and the hamlet of Sturden, in Gloucestersbire, as appears by her Inq. post mortem, made 25th Edward I. (1296-7) she being described in the record as his wife. By her John Lord Tregoze had only two daughters." Eldest daughter, Clarissa Tregoze married Roger la Warre, and predeceased her father, leaving a son and heir, John la Warre, who on the death of John Tregoze, his grandfather, succeeded to Harold Ewyas castle and lordship. The second daughter, Sibilla Tregoze, who was still alive when her father died, married William de Grandison."

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Died:
Source:
GenealogieOnline. Coret Genealogie. http://www.genealogieonline.nl/en/

Name: John Lord Tregoz van Ewyas
Gender: m (Male)
Birth Date: 1220
Birth Place: Ewyas Harold, Herefordshire
Death Date: 21 aug 1300
Death Age: 80
Father: Robert Lord Tregoz van Ewyas
Mother: Juliana Canteloupe
Spouse: Mabelia Fitz-Warin
Children: Sybille Tregoz

John married Mable FitzWarin. Mable (daughter of Fulk FitzWarin, III and Clarice de Auberville) was born ca 1228, Whittington, England; died 24 May 1297. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fulk_FitzWarin#Marriages_and_progeny

Fulk FitzWarin III was a powerful marcher lord seated at Whittington Castle in Shropshire in England on the border with Wales, and also at Alveston in Gloucestershire.

He married secondly to Clarice de Auberville, daughter and heiress of Robert de Auberville of Iden and Iham, Sussex (a great-grandson of Ranulf de Glanvill) by his wife Clarice de Gestling. The progeny from this second marriage appears to have been a single surviving daughter:

Mabel FitzWarin (?1297), who married 1stly William de Crevequer (no issue), and 2ndly John de Tregoz, Lord Tregoz (d. before 6 Sept 1300), by whom she had two daughters and coheirs, Clarice and Sybil.

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From Find A Grave

Robert de Tregoz was the son and heir of Robert de Tregoz.
In Oct 1261, he was among the trusted tenants whom the King, faced with the opposition of Simon de Montfort, called to London. He afterwards was slain in the battle of Evesham.

His son John de Tregoz had summons to parliament in 25th year of Edward I, and died leaving two daughter and coheirs. Clarice, married Roger de la Warre and Sybil, married William Grandison.

Robert confirmed the foundation of a great house of regular canons at Albury, in Send, Surrey, and was patron of the priory on the isle of Steepholm, in Britol Channel.

Robert married, sometime before 1 Aug 1245, Juliane, the daughter of William de Cantelo, by Milicent, widow of Amauri (de Montfort), Count of Evreux, and daughter of Hugh de Gornai (Gurnay). Juliane was still alive on 6 Aug 1285.

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Robert married Juliana de Cantelo. [Group Sheet]

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Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fulk_FitzWarin

Also called Fulke, Fouke, FitzWaryn, FitzWarren, Fitz Warine, etc., he was a powerful marcher lord seated at Whittington Castle in Shropshire in England on the border with Wales, and also at Alveston in Gloucestershire. He rebelled against King John (1199-1216) from 1200 to 1203,[2] mainly over a dispute concerning his familial right to Whittington Castle, and was declared an outlaw. He was the subject of the famous mediaeval legend or "ancestral romance" entitled Fouke le Fitz Waryn, which relates the story of his life as an outlaw and his struggle to regain his patrimony from the king.

Fulk III was the son of Fulk II FitzWarin (died 1197) by his wife Hawise le Dinan, a daughter and co-heiress of Josce de Dinan. Fulk II was a marcher lord of Shropshire, the son and heir of Fulk I FitzWarin (d.1170/1) of Whittington and Alveston, who himself was the son of (i.e. in Norman French Fitz, in modern French fils de) the family's earliest known ancestor, thus deemed the family patriarch, "Warin of Metz", from Lorraine.

Land Disputes

At some time before 1178 Fulk II (d.1197) married Hawise de Dinan, a wealthy heiress, a daughter and co-heiress of Josce de Dinan, who held Ludlow Castle in the Welsh marches for the Empress Matilda during the civil war between herself and King Stephen. Throughout his lifetime he encountered numerous problems in receiving his patrimony and his other claims to land. These land disputes included estates his father held in-chief from the crown and others which he had held from the Peverel family as overlords.

Other lawsuits concerned Whittington Castle held by the Peverels during the reign of King Stephen. Although he won the right to Whittington in or about 1195, he never received formal legal seisin and it remained in Welsh hands at the time of his death in 1197.

Fulk III continued the claim to Whittington made by his father. After his father's death in 1197 Fulk III offered relief of £100 for the inheritance of Whittington. However Maurice of Powis (d.1200), the son of Roger of Powis, who had offered half that amount, on 11 April 1200 was granted Whittington by King John. Again, after Maurice's death in August 1200, King John granted it to Maurice's heirs.

It is not known why King John refused to recognise Fulk's claim to Whittington as his rightful inheritance but by April 1201 Fulk was in open rebellion against the King. He was accompanied by approximately fifty-two followers including his brothers William, Phillip and John, his cousins, and by the family's many tenants and allies in the Marches.

After many years of being an outlaw, on 11 November 1203 Fulk was pardoned together with over thirty of his followers, including his brothers and his cousins. In October 1204, on payment of a fine of 200 marks, Fulk at last received "right and inheritance" in Whittington.

Throughout these years Fulk's relations with the King were changeable and seemed to be directly dependent on the state of affairs in Wales. As a marcher lord Fulk's role as a protector of the English border against the Welsh was vital to the English King. He arbitrated several border disputes on behalf of the King and although there were more personal disagreements, there were no more rebellions on the part of Fulk III.

Fulk III FitzWarin married twice:

Firstly, in about 1207, to Maud le Vavasour (d.1226), (alias Matilda), daughter of Robert le Vavasour and widow of the powerful Lancashire baron Theobald Walter. He had the following progeny by Maud le Vavasour: Fulk IV FitzWarin (d.1264), Fulk Glas, Hawise FitzWarin, wife of William Pantulf, a Marcher Lord, Joan FitzWarin and Eva FitzWarin.

And secondly to Clarice de Auberville, daughter and heiress of Robert de Auberville of Iden and Iham, Sussex (a great-grandson of Ranulf de Glanvill) by his wife Clarice de Gestling. The progeny from this second marriage appears to have been a single surviving daughter:

Mabel FitzWarin (?1297), who married 1stly William de Crevequer (no issue), and 2ndly John de Tregoz, Lord Tregoz (d. before 6 Sept 1300), by whom she had two daughters and coheirs, Clarice and Sybil.

Fulk III lived to a great age and at some time before his death in 1258, he handed over control of much of his responsibilities to his son and heir Fulk IV. In 1252 he made his will in which he stated his wish to be buried at the priory he founded, Alberbury Priory.

Romance of Fouke le Fitz Waryn

After Foulk's death he became the subject the famous "ancestral romance" known as Fouke le Fitz Waryn, which contains a highly embellished account of his life and family history. It survives in a manuscript containing English, French and Latin texts. The romance of Fulk FitzWarin is noted for its parallels to the legend of Robin Hood.

Fulk married Clarice de Auberville. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fulk_FitzWarin#Marriages_and_progeny

Fulk FitzWarin III married secondly to Clarice de Auberville, daughter and heiress of Robert de Auberville of Iden and Iham, Sussex (a great-grandson of Ranulf de Glanvill) by his wife Clarice de Gestling.[The progeny from this second marriage appears to have been a single surviving daughter:

Mabel FitzWarin (?1297), who married 1stly William de Crevequer (no issue), and 2ndly John de Tregoz, Lord Tregoz (d. before 6 Sept 1300), by whom she had two daughters and coheirs, Clarice and Sybil