William 1st Baron de Grandison , Sir 
William 1st Baron de was born about 1255 in Ashperton, Herefordshire, England. William 1st Baron de's father was Amadeus Sire de Grandison and his mother was Beoite de la Tour de Gerenstein. His paternal grandparents were Pierre Sire de Grandison and Agnes de Neufchatel. He was an only child. He died on June 27th, 1335 in Lambourn, Berkshire, England. He was buried in Dore Abbey, Sussex, England.General Notes
William de Grandison (younger brother of Sir Otho de Grandison, secretary to King Edward I, and afterwards Lord Grandison), being originally a menial servant to Edmund, Earl of Lancaster, obtained from that prince, in consideration of his own faithful services and the services of his ancestors, a grant of the manors of Radley and Menstreworth, co. Gloucester. In the 20th Edward I [1292], he procured license to make a castle of his house at Asperton, co. Hereford, and in two years afterwards he was in the expedition made into Gascony, where he continued for some time and, while so engaged, was summoned to parliament as a baron. He was afterwards engaged in the Scottish wars.
His lordship m. Sibilla, youngest dau. and fo-heiress of Sir John de Tregoz, and upon partition of the lands of that inheritance, acquired the manors of Burnham, co. Somerset, and Eton, in Herefordshire. He had issue by this lady, viz., Peter, John, Otho, Mabella, Katherine, and Agnes. His lordship d. before 1335 and was s. by his eldest son, Peter de Grandison, 2nd baron. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 242, Grandison, Barons Grandison]
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.1154 in Grandison, Lake Neufchatel, Helvetia, Switzerland d.1235
- b.1195 in Grandison, Lake Neufchatel, Helvetia, Switzerland d.31 Aug 1263
- b.~ 1154 in Genf, Geneva, Helvetiz, Switzerland
- b.1229 in Grandison, Lake Neufchatel, Helvetia, Switzerland d.1300
- b.~ 1175 in Neuchatel, Helvetia, Switzerland d.1225
- b.~ 1210 in Neufchatel, Helvetia, Switzerland d.> 1263
- b.~ 1180 in Urach, Baden, Germany d.1218
- b.~ 1255 in Ashperton, Herefordshire, England d.27 Jun 1335 in Lambourn, Berkshire, England
- b.~ 1230 in Switzerland
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‌William 1st Baron de and Sibyl de were married in a religious ceremony about 1286 in Donyatt, Somerset, England. They had a son and two daughters, named Piers 2nd Baron de, Mabel de and Katherine de.
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Children
Piers 2nd Baron de Grandison , Sir
Piers 2nd Baron de was born in 1286 in Ashperton, Herefordshire, England. He died at the age of 72 on August 10th, 1358.
Katherine de Grandison
Katherine de was born about 1302 in Ashperton, Herefordshire, England. She died on April 23rd, 1349.
They had a daughter named Agnes de.
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Children
Agnes de Grandison
Agnes de was born about 1281 in Harpenden, Hertfordshire, England. She died on December 11th, 1357 in Ruskington, Lincolnshire, England.
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