House Meadows

House Meadows of Grassy Vale
Coat of arms	A border of flowers of many colors and varieties on green (Vert, an orle of flowers variegated)
Seat	Grassfield Keep, in Grassy Vale
Head	Lord Elwood Meadows[1]
Region	The Reach[2]
Title	Lord of Grassfield Keep[3]
Overlords	House Tyrell (ACOK) House Baratheon of Dragonstone[1] (ADWD)

House Meadows of Grassy Vale is a noble house from the Reach. Their castle is Grassfield Keep in or near the town of Grassy Vale. They are sworn to House Tyrell of Highgarden.^[4]

According to semi-canon sources, House Meadows blazons their shield with a border of flowers of many colors and varieties on green.^[2]

History

At the start of the Faith Militant uprising in 42 AC, King Maegor I Targaryen gave Lord Meadows command of six lordly hosts against nine thousand Poor Fellows at the town of Stonebridge. Led by Wat the Hewer, the Poor Fellows were caught between Lord Meadows' hosts as they attempted to cross the Mander. The poorly armed Poor Fellows were slaughtered by a charge of armored knights on heavy horses. Wat the Hewer was captured, but not before slaying half a dozen knights, including Lord Meadows.^[5][6]

Recent Events

A Clash of Kings

The young Lord Elwood Meadows, a cousin of the Fossoways, is Ser Cortnay Penrose's second-in-command at Storm's End. After Storm's End is besieged, the Fossoways tell King Stannis Baratheon that Lord Elwood will surrender the castle without a fight.^[7] After the death of Ser Cortnay, Elwood names himself the new castellan of Storm's End and surrenders the castle to Stannis.^[8]

A Storm of Swords

Stannis tasks Ser Gilbert Farring as the castellan of Storm's End with Lord Meadows as his second-in-command.^[1]

A Dance with Dragons

Lord Elwood remains loyal to Stannis as the seneschal of Storm's End.^[3]

House Meadows at the end of the third century

The known Meadows during the timespan of the events described in A Song of Ice and Fire are:

• Lord Elwood Meadows, the young Lord of Grassfiled Keep. A cousin to the Fossoways.^[7][1]

With unspecified familiar relationship with the lord of the house there is also:

• Lysa Meadows, married to Ser Olymer Tyrell. They have three children; Raymund, Rickard, and Megga.^[1]

Historical Members

• Lord Meadows, killed by Wat the Hewer at the Battle at Stonebridge in 42 AC.^[5][6]

References

v d e Houses of the Reach   At the start of A Game of Thrones Great House Tyrell Lordly Houses Ambrose Ashford Beesbury Blackbar Bulwer Caswell Chester Cockshaw Costayne Cuy Florent Fossoway of Cider Hall Footly Graceford Grimm Hewett Hightower Meadows Merryweather Mullendore Oakheart Peake1 Redwyne Risley Rowan Serry Stackhouse Tarly1 Varner Vyrwel Webber Willum Knightly Houses Osgrey of Standfast Other Houses (noble rank unknown) Appleton Ball Bridges Bushy Cobb Conklyn Cordwayner Crane Dunn Durwell Fossoway of New Barrel Graves Hastwyck Hunt Hutcheson Inchfield Kidwell Leygood Lowther Lyberr Middlebury Norcross Norridge Oldflowers Orme Pommingham Redding Rhysling Rodden Roxton Shermer Sloane Uffering Westbrook Woodwright Wythers Yelshire Exiled Houses Manderly Extinct Houses Gardener Osgrey of Leafy Lake   At the end of A Dance with Dragons Great House Tyrell of Highgarden Lordly Houses Ambrose Ashford Beesbury Blackbar Bulwer Caswell Cockshaw Costayne Cuy Fossoway of Cider Hall Footly Graceford Hightower Meadows Merryweather Mullendore Oakheart Peake1 Redwyne Risley Rowan Stackhouse Tarly1 Tyrell of Brightwater Keep Varner Vyrwel Webber Willum Knightly Houses Osgrey of Standfast Other Houses (noble rank unknown) Appleton Ball Bridges Bushy Cobb Conklyn Cordwayner Crane Dunn Durwell Fossoway of New Barrel Graves Hastwyck Hunt Hutcheson Inchfield Kidwell Leygood Lowther Lyberr Middlebury Norcross Norridge Oldflowers Orme Pommingham Redding Rhysling Rodden Roxton Shermer Sloane Uffering Westbrook Woodwright Wythers Yelshire Deposed Houses Chester Florent Grimm Hewett Serry Exiled Houses Manderly Extinct Houses Gardener Osgrey of Leafy Lake 1 Marcher Lords