Ralph de Grendon, 1st Baron Grendon

Coat of arms of Ralph de Grendon, Lord of Grendon: Argent, two chevrons Gules.

Ralph de Grendon, 1st Baron Grendon (died 1331), Lord of Grendon, was an English nobleman. He served in the wars in Scotland and was a signatory of the Barons' Letter of 1301 to Pope Boniface VIII in 1301.

Biography

Ralph was the younger son of Robert de Grendon and Emma Bassatt. ^[1] He served in the wars in Scotland and was a signatory of the Barons' Letter to Pope Boniface VIII in 1301.

He died in 1331 and was succeeded by his son, Robert. ^[2]

Marriage and issue

Ralph first married Joan Burnell, daughter of Hugh Burnell. They had the following issue:

• Robert de Grendon, who died without issue.

He married, secondly, Joan, daughter of John de Clinton. They had the following issue:

• Joan de Grendon, who married Roger de Chetwynd.
• Alice de Grendon, who married Philip de Chetwynd.
• Margaret de Grendon, who married John de Freford.

Citations

1. Burke, p. 244.
2. Cokayne, p. 91.

References

• Burke, Bernard (1866). A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire. United Kingdom: Harrison.
• Cokayne, George Edward. The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, Vol. IV (1892).