John de Belgrave

Granted land at Eccleston in 1340.John married Joan le Pulford, who held large areas of land. Source: http://www.chesterarchaeolsoc.org.uk/Eccleston2012_PublicReport.pdf

Giles L'Enginour, Richard's son, acquired property in Eccleston from the Pulfords in 1309 (ORMEROD 1882). The heir of Giles, John de Belgreve, was also granted land at Eccleston in 1340 (IBID). John married Joan de Pulford, who held large areas of land. She remarried later in life to Robert le Grosvenor and took much her estate lands with her (IBID). When Sir Robert Grosvenor married Joan de Pulford, he added large areas of land to an already vast portfolio around Eaton (NEWTON & LUMBY 2002). Eaton became the family seat of the Grosvenor when Ralph Grosvenor married Joan Eaton in 1345 (NEWTON & LUMBY 2002).

.........within the Parish of Eccleston, on the borders of Eaton, and his descendants assumed the cognomen of Belgrave. By marriage this property ultimately passed to the Grosvenor family, who have assumed the name of Belgrave as a Courtesy Title and hence the name Belgravia given to their large property in the West end of London. Source:http://welshjournals.llgc.org.uk/browse/viewpage/llgc-id:1256711/ll...