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Birth:          1389 of Owesley, Yorkshire, England
Death:          8 Aug 1436 Northamptonshire, England
Burial:         8 Aug 1436 Collegiate Church, Greystoke, Cumberland, England

Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Ferrers,_2nd_Baron_Ferrers_of_Wem
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_de_Greystoke,_4th_Baron_Greystoke
John de Greystoke, 4th Baron Greystoke (c. 1390–1436), son and heir of Ralph de 
Greystoke, 3rd Baron Greystoke, was a member of the northern English nobility in the 
early fifteenth century.
Royal service[edit]

Born c. 1390, on his father's death and his elevation to the title, Greystoke "soon 
became enmeshed in border politics and Anglo-Scottish negotiations." He was 
appointed constable of Roxburgh Castle in 1421, being paid £1,000 p.a. during time of 
truce and double that in time of war, for a four-year contract, when he was replaced 
by Sir Robert Ogle.[1] Twice, in 1424, and again six years later, he was a member of 
ambassadorial expeditions to treat with the Scots.[2] The first of these discussions 
resulted in a truce with Scotland in March. Indeed, this embassy also took the role of 
providing an escort back to Scotland for the newly married James I who had recently 
married the king's cousin Joan.[3] The second resulted in a further- tenuous- 
extension to the truce, a not insignificant achieving in view, as one historian has put 
it, of the fact that Greystoke and his fellow negotiators ran the gauntlet "whilst on 
Scottish soil."[4]

Service to the crown was not however confined to the border; in 1430-1 he acted, at 
the behest of the royal council, as a royal commissioner to collect loans amounting to 
£400 to assist in the prosecution of the French wars.[5] He acted as an adjudicator in 
local gentry quarrels, alongside peers such as the earl of Northumberland.[6]

Wealth and regional influence[edit]

In the Income Tax of 1436, he was assessed at an income of £650 p.a,[7] and 
although never belonging to the higher echelons of the northern nobility, his family has 
been described as being regionally "a force to be reckoned with,"[2] in a relatively 
compact area that "jostled" with such landowning families.[8] Although traditionally 
the Greystoke family had been retained by the Percies, Earls of Northumberland, by 
the 1430s John had come within the sphere of Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury.
[9]

He was known for his piety, bequeathing valuable items to his father's clerical college, 
including vestments, ornaments, "and lead to repair the choir."[2]

Personal life[edit]

Greystoke was married to Elizabeth Ferrers, though the date of their union is unknown. 
She was born in 1393, a daughter of Joan Beaufort, a cousin of the king, by her first 
marriage to Sir Robert Ferrers.[10] They had a son, Ralph, who later succeeded to the 
barony. He dictated his will on 10 July 1436; dead less than a month later, he was 
buried, according to his wish, in Greystoke church.[2]

Parents
DE GREYSTOKE Ralph (18 Oct 1353 - 6 Apr 1418)
DE CLIFFORD Katherine (ABT 1358 - 23 Apr 1413)

Siblings
DE GREYSTOKE Maude (ABT 1375 - )
DE GREYSTOKE John (1389 - 8 Aug 1436)
DE GREYSTOKE Joan (ABT 1395 - ABT 1415)

Marriage To DE FERRERS Elizabeth (1393 - 1434)
    m. 28 Oct 1407 Greystoke Castle, Cumberland, England

Notes

Parents
DE FERRERS Robert (ABT 1373 - BEF 29 Nov 1396)
DE BEAUFORT Joan (ABT 1372 - 13 Nov 1440)

Children by DE FERRERS Elizabeth 1393 - 1434
GREYSTOKE Joan (ABT 1408 - 1456)

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