Genealogy of Gordon Gridley and Catherine Low


Hugh Despencer [Parents] 1 was born on 1 Mar 1260/1261 in Of, Barton, Gloucestershire, England. He died on 24 Nov 1326 in , Hereford, Herefordshire, England. He was buried after 15 Dec 1330 in Tewkesbury Abbey, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England. He married Eleanore de Clare after 14 Jun 1306 in Westminster, London, Middlesex, England.

Eleanore de Clare [Parents] 1 was born in Oct 1292 in Caerphilly Castle, Caerphilly, Glamorganshire, Wales. She died on 30 Jun 1337 in , Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England. She was buried in , Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England. She married Hugh Despencer after 14 Jun 1306 in Westminster, London, Middlesex, England.

They had the following children:

  F i Margaret Despencer 1 was born about 1310 in , Stoke, Gloucestershire, England.
  M ii Edward Despencer
  F iii Joan Despencer 1 was born about 1316 in , Stoke, Gloucestershire, England. She died on 26 Apr 1394.
  M iv Hugh Le Despencer 1 was born Abt 1308 (18-1326) in , Stoke, Gloucestershire, England. He died on 8 Feb 1348/1349 in Sp. He was buried in High Altar, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England.
  F v Elizabeth Despencer
  F vi Isabel Le Despencer
  M vii Gilbert Despencer 1 was born about 1320 in Of, Mowbray, Leicestershire, England.
  M viii Philip Le Despencer

Thomas Berkeley [Parents] 1 was born on 5 Jan 1352/1353 in Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England. He died on 13 Jul 1417 in Spm. He was buried in , Wotton-Underedge, Gloucestershire, England. He married Margaret Lisle in Nov 1367 in , Wingrave, Buckinghamshire, England.

Margaret Lisle 1 was born about 1359 in Of, Kingston Lisle, Berkshire, England. She died on 20 Mar 1391/1392. She was buried in , Wotton-Under-Edge, Gloucestershire, England. She married Thomas Berkeley in Nov 1367 in , Wingrave, Buckinghamshire, England.

They had the following children:

  F i Elizabeth De Berkeley

John FitzAlan [Parents] 1 was born on 14 Sep 1246 in , Arundel, Sussex, England. He died on 18 Mar 1272. He married Isabella De Mortimer in 1260.

Isabella De Mortimer [Parents] 1 was born about 1248 in Of, Wigmore, Herefordshire, England. She died before 10 Aug 1274. She married John FitzAlan in 1260.

They had the following children:

  F i Amy FitzAlan 1 was born about 1273 in Of, Arundel, Sussex, England.
  M ii Richard FitzAlan
  F iii Maud FitzAlan 1 was born about 1263 in Of, Arundel, Sussex, England.
  M iv John FitzAlan 1 was born about 1271 in Of, Arundel, Sussex, England.
  F v Eleanor FitzAlan (Arundel)

William De Beauchamp [Parents] 1 was born about 1105 in Of Elmley Castle, Worcestershire, England. He died in 1269. He married Maud De Braose in 1151 in Of, Gower, Glamorganshire, Wales.

Maud De Braose [Parents] 1 was born about 1109 in Of, Gower, Glamorganshire, Wales. She died before 20 Mar 1301. She married William De Beauchamp in 1151 in Of, Gower, Glamorganshire, Wales.

Other marriages:
Mortimer, Roger De

They had the following children:

  M i William De Beauchamp

Ralph De Mortimer [Parents] 1 was born in 1190 in , Wigmore, Herefordshire, England. He died on 6 Aug 1246 in , Wigmore, Herefordshire, England. He was buried in Wigmore, Herefordshire, England. He married Gwladys "Ddu" Verch Llewelyn in 1230 in England.

Gwladys "Ddu" Verch Llewelyn [Parents] 1 was born about 1205 in Of, , Caernarvonshire, Wales. She died in 1251 in Windsor, Berkshire, England. She married Ralph De Mortimer in 1230 in England.

They had the following children:

  F i Isolda De Mortimer 1 was born about 1239 in Of, Wigmore, Kent, England.
  M ii John De Mortimer 1 was born about 1235 in Of Wigmore, Herefordshire, England.
  M iii Peter De Mortimer 1 was born about 1237 in Of Wigmore, Herefordshire, England.
  M iv Hugh Mortimer 1 was born about 1233 in Of Wigmore, Herefordshire, England. He died about Jan 1273.
  F v Joan Mortimer 1 was born about 1223 in Of, Wigmore, Hereford, England.
  M vi Roger De Mortimer

Hugh Le Despencer [Parents] 1 was born on 1 Mar 1260 in Of, Winchester, Hampshire, England Or Louchborough, Leicestershire, England. He died on 27 Oct 1326 in , Bristol, Gloucestershire, England. He married Isabel De Beauchamp before 1286.

Isabel De Beauchamp [Parents] 1 was born about 1252 in Of, Warwick, Warwickshire, England. She died about 30 May 1306 in Elmley Castle, Worcestershire, England. She married Hugh Le Despencer before 1286.

Other marriages:
Chaworth, Patrick De
Blount, William

They had the following children:

  F i Aveline (Oliva) Despencer 1 was born about 1266 in Of, Southampton, Lincolnshire, England. She died in May 1363.
  F ii Ada (Elizabeth) Despencer 1 was born about 1262 in Of, Winchester, Hampshire, England.
  F iii Eleanor Despencer 1 was born about 1268 in Of, Winchester, Hampshire, England. She died after 1351 in A Nun.
  M iv Hugh Despencer
  F v Isabel Le Despencer 1 was born about 1270 in Of, Winchester, Hampshire, England. She died on 4 Dec 1334.
  F vi Joan Despencer 1 was born about 1264 in Of, Southampton, Lincolnshire, England. She died before 15 Feb 1351.

Gilbert "the Red Earl" de Clare [Parents] 1 was born on 2 Sep 1243 in , Christchurch, Hampshire, England. He died on 7 Dec 1295 in , Monmouth Castle, Monmouthshire, England. He was buried on 22 Dec 1295 in Abbey, Tewksbury, Gloucestershire, England. He married Joan "of Acre" Princess of England on 30 Apr 1290 in Westminister Abbey, Westminster, Middlesex, England.

Joan "of Acre" Princess of England [Parents] 1 was born in 1272 in (acre), Akko, Hazafon, Israel. She died on 23 Apr 0035/1307 in , Clare, Suffolk, England. She was buried on 26 Apr 1307 in Austin Friars' Church, Clare, Suffolk, England. She married Gilbert "the Red Earl" de Clare on 30 Apr 1290 in Westminister Abbey, Westminster, Middlesex, England.

Other marriages:
Monthermer, Ralph De

They had the following children:

  F i Margaret de Clare
  F ii Eleanore de Clare
  F iii Elizabeth de Clare
  M iv Gilbert de Clare 1 was born on 10/11 May 1291 in Winchcombe Near, Tewkesbury, Gloucester, England. He died on 24 Jun 1314 in Battle Of, Bannockburn, Stirlingshire, Scotland. He was buried before 20 Nov 1314 in Tewkesbury Abbey, Gloucestershire, England.

Edward Despencer [Parents] 1 was born about 1312 in Of Buckland, Buckshire, England. He died on 30 Sep 1342 in Vf. He married Anne Ferrers on 20 Apr 1335 in Groby, Leicestershire, England.

Anne Ferrers [Parents] 1 was born about 1337 in Of, Groby, Leicestershire, England. She died on 8 Aug 1367. She married Edward Despencer on 20 Apr 1335 in Groby, Leicestershire, England.

They had the following children:

  M i Gilbert Le Despencer 1 was born about 1341 in , , Gloucestershire, England.
  M ii Thomas Le Despencer 1 was born about 1337 in Of, Essendine, Rutland, England.
  M iii Edward Despencer
  M iv Henry Le Despencer 1 was born about 1339 in Of, Norwich, Norfolk, England. He died in 1406.
  F v Anne Despencer 1 was born about 1346 in <, , Gloucestershire, England>.

Richard "Copped Hat" FitzAlan [Parents] 1 was born about 1313 in Of, Arundel, Sussex, England. He died on 24 Jan 1375/1376 in , Arundel, Sussex, England. He was buried in , Lewes, Sussex, England. He married Isabel Le Despencer on 9 Feb 1320/1321 in Kings Chapel, Havering-Atte-Bower, Essex, England.

Other marriages:
Plantagenet, Eleanor

Isabel Le Despencer [Parents] 1 was born about 1312 in , , Gloucestershire, England. She married Richard "Copped Hat" FitzAlan on 9 Feb 1320/1321 in Kings Chapel, Havering-Atte-Bower, Essex, England.

They had the following children:

  F i Mary (Isabel) FitzAlan
  M ii Edmund FitzAlan 1 was born in 1327 in Of, Arundel, Sussex, England. He died after 1377.

Philip Le Despencer [Parents] 1 was born about 1244 in Of, Stoke, Gloucestershire, England. He died on 24 Sep 1313. He married Margaret De Goushill about 1329. He had other parents.

Margaret De Goushill [Parents] 1 was born on 12 May 1294 in , Whittington, Shropshire, England. She was christened in , Whittington, Shropshire, England. She died on 29 Jul 1349. She married Philip Le Despencer about 1329.

They had the following children:

  M i Philip Le Despencer

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