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Biography of Piers Grandison 2nd Baron Grandison 1291-1358

Paternal Family Tree: Grandison

Maternal Family Tree: Sibylla Tregoz Baroness Grandison

Before 1289 [his father] William Grandison 1st Baron Grandison (age 27) and [his mother] Sibylla Tregoz Baroness Grandison were married.

In or before 1291 Piers Grandison 2nd Baron Grandison was born to William Grandison 1st Baron Grandison (age 28) and Sibylla Tregoz Baroness Grandison at Ashperton, Ledbury.

Battle of Boroughbridge

On 16 Mar 1322 the rebel army led by Thomas Plantagenet 2nd Earl of Leicester, 2nd Earl Lancaster, Earl of Salisbury and Lincoln (age 44) attempted to cross the bridge over the River Ure (between Ripon and York) at Boroughbridge Bridge [Map]. Their path was blocked by forces loyal to the King led by Andrew Harclay 1st Earl Carlisle (age 52). Bartholomew Badlesmere 1st Baron Badlesmere (age 46), [his future father-in-law] Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March (age 34), John Botetort 1st Baron Botetort (age 57) and John Maltravers 1st Baron Maltravers (age 32) fought for the rebels. Roger Clifford 2nd Baron Clifford (age 22), Nicholas Longford (age 37), Thomas Plantagenet 2nd Earl of Leicester, 2nd Earl Lancaster, Earl of Salisbury and Lincoln, John Mowbray 2nd Baron Mowbray (age 35) were captured.

Warin Lisle (age 51) was hanged after the battle at Pontefract [Map].

Following the battle Hugh Audley 1st Earl Gloucester (age 31) and his wife Margaret Clare Countess Gloucester were both imprisoned. He in Nottingham Castle [Map] and she in Sempringham Priory [Map].

John Clinton 2nd Baron Clinton (age 22), Ralph Greystoke 1st Baron Greystoke (age 22), William Latimer 2nd Baron Latimer of Corby (age 46), Robert Lisle 1st Baron Lisle (age 34), Domhnall Mar II Earl Mar (age 29) and Peter Saltmarsh (age 42) fought for the King.

Adam Everingham 1st Baron Everingham of Laxton (age 43) was captured.

Humphrey Bohun 4th Earl Hereford 3rd Earl Essex (age 46) was killed. His son John Bohun 5th Earl Hereford 4th Earl Essex (age 15) succeeded 5th Earl Hereford, 4th Earl Essex.

Piers Grandison 2nd Baron Grandison (age 31) fough for the rebels, and was captured.

Hugh Audley 1st Baron Audley of Stratton Audley (age 55) surrendered before the battle and was imprisoned in Wallingford Castle [Map] for the rest of his life

John Giffard 2nd Baron Giffard Brimpsfield (age 34) was captured.

On 10 Jun 1330 Piers Grandison 2nd Baron Grandison (age 39) and Blanche Mortimer Baroness Grandison (age 18) were married. The difference in their ages was 21 years. She the daughter of Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March (age 43) and Joan Geneville Baroness Mortimer 2nd Baroness Geneville (age 44). She a great x 4 granddaughter of King John "Lackland" of England.

On 27 Jun 1335 [his father] William Grandison 1st Baron Grandison (age 73) died at Lambourne, Berkshire [Map]. His son Piers Grandison 2nd Baron Grandison (age 44) succeeded 2nd Baron Grandison. [his wife] Blanche Mortimer Baroness Grandison (age 23) by marriage Baroness Grandison.

In 1339 Laurence Hastings 1st Earl Pembroke (age 19) was created 1st Earl Pembroke. [his sister-in-law] Agnes Mortimer Countess of Pembroke (age 22) by marriage Countess Pembroke.

Around 1340 [his daughter] Isabel Grandison was born to Piers Grandison 2nd Baron Grandison (age 49) and [his wife] Blanche Mortimer Baroness Grandison (age 28) at Ashperton, Ledbury.

In 1347 [his wife] Blanche Mortimer Baroness Grandison (age 35) died.

In 1347 [his son] John Grandison was born to Piers Grandison 2nd Baron Grandison (age 56) and [his wife] Blanche Mortimer Baroness Grandison (age 35) at Ashperton, Ledbury.

On 10 Aug 1358 Piers Grandison 2nd Baron Grandison (age 67) died at Ashperton, Ledbury. His brother [his brother] Bishop John Grandison 3rd Baron Grandison (age 66) succeeded 3rd Baron Grandison.

After 10 Aug 1358. Monument to Piers Grandison 2nd Baron Grandison (deceased). Lady Chapel of Hereford Cathedral [Map]. Mid 14th-century, altar-tomb with effigy and canopy, altar-tomb with range of cinquefoil-headed panels in front and panelled buttresses at ends carried up to the cornice of the canopy, effigy in mixed mail and plate-armour with camail and ridged bascinet, hauberk with scalloped lower edge, cyclas, enriched Hip Belt with dagger hanging in front and sword at side, head on cushions and feet on hound; recess with panelled back, moulded jambs and square head enriched with Paterae and trefoiled and sub-cusped pendant tracery below the head; vaulted soffit to canopy; canopy with range of six bays of open arcading with trefoiled and sub-cusped heads, crockets and finials, in arcading two headless figures of the Coronation of the Virgin, headless figure with book, archbishop with cross-staff, St. John the Baptist holding a roundel with the Agnus Dei, and a bishop, last four figures brought from elsewhere; canopy finished with enriched cornice and pierced parapet with quatrefoils and cusped cresting.

Ancestors of Piers Grandison 2nd Baron Grandison 1291-1358

Piers Grandison 2nd Baron Grandison

Mother: Sibylla Tregoz Baroness Grandison