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John de Grey



Preferred Parents:
Father: Henry de Grey Lord of Codnor, b. 1155 in Thurrock, Essex, England   d. 16 JUL 1219 in Codnor, Derbyshire, England
Mother: Isolda Bardolf, b. 1182 in Hoo, Kent, England   d. 18 JUN 1246 in Codnor, Derbyshire, England

Family 1: Johanna de Lambley,    b. ABT 1220 in Tideswell, Derbyshire, England    d. 1256 in Layham, Cosford, Suffolk, England
Family 2: Emma de Glanville,    b. 1207 in Long Buckby, Northamptonshire, England    d. 30 MAY 1277 in Tattershall, Lincolnshire, England
  1. Emma Grey, b. 1235 in Shirland, Derbyshire, England     d. 1264 in Huntingfield Hall, Bacton, Norfolk, England
Family 3: Emma Cauz,    b. 1208 in Shalbourne, Wiltshire, England    d. BEF 1251 in England
  1. Reynold de Grey, b. 1235 in Wilton Castle,Herefordshire, England     d. 5 APR 1308 in Wilton Castle, Ross On Wye, Herefordshire, England
Sources:
  1. Title: John de Grey III - Family Search
    Publication: Name: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/MHCC-ZNJ;
  2. Title: The Medieval Lands Project, "JOHN de Segrave"
    Author: fmg.ac
    Publication: Name: http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISH%20NOBILITY%20MEDIEVAL.htm#JohnSegraveMEmmaCauz;
    Note: JOHN de Segrave (-before Nov 1230). King Henry III granted "maritagium Emme de Cauz que fuit uxor Johannis de Sedgrave, filii ipsius Stephani" to "Stephano de Sedgrave" dated 2 Nov 1230[1062]. m as her first husband, EMMA de Cauz, daughter of ROGER de Cauz & his wife --- (-after 2 Nov 1230). Bracton records a claim, dated 1229, which involved "Johannem de Segraue et Emmam uxorem eius filiam et heredem…Rogeri de Cauz"[1063]. King Henry III granted "maritagium Emme de Cauz que fuit uxor Johannis de Sedgrave, filii ipsius Stephani" to "Stephano de Sedgrave" dated 2 Nov 1230[1064]. She married secondly (after 2 Nov 1230) as his second wife, John de Grey of Shirland, Derbyshire.
  3. Title: John de Grey - Geni
    Publication: Name: https://www.geni.com/people/Sir-John-de-Grey-Chief-Justice-of-Chester-Sheriff-of-Herefordshire/6000000007095812377;
  4. Title: FSDL: Leicestershire Pedigrees & Royal Descents; page 68, Grey, Earl of Stamford, Anschetil de Grai & descendents
    Author: Family Search Digital Library: Leicestershire Pedigrees and Royal Descents; page 68, Grey, Earl of Stamford.
    Publication: Name: https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/488366-leicestershire-pedigrees-and-royal-descents?viewer=1&offset=0#page=88&viewer=picture&o=download&n=0&q=;
    Note: Grey, Earl of Stamford; This very ancient family derives its origin from: -Anschetil de Grai, who at the Domesday Survey, 1086, held the manor of Rotherfield and 6 other manors in community of Oxen, of the fee of William FitzOsborn, Earl of Hereford. His successors are trace as benefactors to Eynsham Abbey. His son, -Richard de Grey, was a benefactor to Eynsham Abbey, 1110. He had, by Mabilia his wife, 3 children: (1) Anschetil, of whom next; (2) William; and (3) a son, who became a monk of Eynsham. -Anschetil de Grey, married Eva, daughter of Baldwin de Redvers, and had issue 2 sons: (1) Henry of whom next; and (2) John, Bishop of Norwich 1200, died 1214. - Henry de Grey, had a grant of Turroc, Essex from Richard I in 1194, which was confirmed by King John, with the privilege of hunting the hares and fox in any lands belonging to the crown, except the King's own demesnes; in 1217 he had a grant of Grimston manor, Notts; he married Isolda, neice and co-heiress of Robert Bardolph, and had issue 6 sons: (1) Richard of Codnor, co. Derby, constable of Dover Castle & warden of the Cinque Ports 1257; grandfather of Henry, Lord Grey of Codnor...; (2) John, of whom presently; (3) William of Landford, Notts & Sandiacre, Derby, said to be ancestor of Lord Walsingham; (4) Robert of Rotherfield, Oxen; great-grandfather of John, Lord Grey of Rotherfield...; (5) Walter, Bishop of Lichfield 1208, of Worcester 1215, & Archbishop of York 1217, Lord Chancellor 1205-1214, buried at York, M.I.; (6) Henry. - John de Grey, justice of Chester 1248; sheriff of Bucks & Bedford 1238; Sheriff of Notts & Derby; died 1265. His son (by Emma, daughter & heiress of Geoffrey de Glanville). -Reginald de Grey, justice of Chester 1280; obtained the castle of Ruthyn; summoned to Parliament as a baron from 1295 to 1307. Lord Grey de Wilton; married Maud, daughter & heiress of William Lord FitzHugh, by Hawys, daughter & heiress of Hugh de Longchamp, of Wilton Castle, Hereford, which came into the Grey family by this marriage. He died 1308 leaving issue, with a daughter Joane, married to Ralph, 2nd Lord Basset of Drayton, a son: - John de Grey, 2nd Lord Grey de Wilton: summoned to Parliament from 1309 to 1322; justice of North Wales 1316; born 1268; died 1323; married 1st Anne, daughter of William, Lord Ferrers of Groby, by whom he had a son, Henry, 3rd Lord Grey de Wilton; & 2ndly Maud, daughter of Ralph Lord Basset, by whom she had a son, - Roger de Gray, summoned to Parliament as Lord Grey de Ruthyn in 1324; died 1353; married Elizabeth, daughter of John, 2nd Lord Hastings. His son, -Reginald de Grey, 2nd Lord Grey de Ruthyn, died 1388, leaving issue, by Alianora his wife, a son & heir, -Reginald de Grey, 3rd Lord Grey de Ruthyn; found to be heir to John 6th Lord Hastings & 3rd Earl of Pembroke in 1391,....
  5. Title: Foundation for Medieval Genealogy
    Publication: Name: http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISHNOBILITYMEDIEVAL3D-K.htm#HenryGreyMIsoldaBardolf;
  6. Title: [Grey of Wilton]The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, by George Edward Cokayne, Vol. VI, p. 171+
    Author: this is a faulty link to Vols 1-5; citation is from Vol 6
    Publication: Name: https://archive.org/details/completepeerageo02coka/page/n6;
    Note: History of the Greys of Wilton beginning p. 171
    Page: Birth Death Marriage Appointments and Honors. p. 171-172 CP Vol6
  7. Title: John Grey - Wiki Tree
    Publication: Name: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Grey-341;
  8. Title: John Grey - Knight Family
    Publication: Name: http://www.knight-france.com/geneal/names/271.htm;
  9. Title: FSDL: Collins's Peerage of England, Vol III; pages 340-343, Grey pedigree
    Author: Family Search Digital Library: Collins's Peerage of England; Genealogical, Biographical, and Historical, Greatly augmented, and Continued to the Preset Time; Vol III; pages 340-343.
    Publication: Name: https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/116514-collins-s-peerage-of-england-genealogical-biographical-and-historical-greatly-augmented-and-continued-to-the-present-time-vol-3?viewer=1&offset=12#page=343&viewer=picture&o=download&n=0&q=;
    Note: Page 340-1: GREY, EARL OF STAMFORD The first of this family who appears in our public records is Henry de Grey, to whom King Richard I in the sixth year of his reign gave the manor of Turroc in Essex; which grant King John confirmed, and by his public charter vouchsafed to him a special privilege; to hunt the hare and fox in any lands belonging to the crown, except the King's own demesne lands. He had also in 1 Henry III a grant of the manor of Grimston, Nottingham (part of the possessions of Robert Bardoff) for his support in the King's service. And having afterwards married Isolda, niece and co-heiress to this Robert; in 9 Henry III shared in the inheritance of all his lands. By this Isolda, he had issue six sons: First, Richard, whose principal seat was at Codnover in Derby. Second, John, progenitor to the house of Wilton; and also to the Earls and Dukes of Kent; the Dukes of Suffolk; and the present Earl of Stamford. Third, William of Landford in Notts and Sandiacre in Derby. Fourth, Robert of Rotherfield, Oxford. Fifth, Walter, Archbishop of York. Sixth, Henry. Page 342: GREY OF WILTON John de Grey: 2nd son to the first Henry de Grey, was justice of Chester, 33 Henry III and after many great employments, died 50 Henry III, leaving issue Reginald, his son and heir, who was justice of Chester, 9 Edward I and obtained from that monarch for his services against the Welsh, the honour of Monmouth, and afterwards the castle of Ruthyn and Cantred of Deffryn Cluit, Etc. He married Maud, daughter and heiress of Henry de Longcamp, a great Baron, whose principal seat was at Wilton Castle in Herefordshire. He died in 1 Edward II, leaving John his son and heir, then forty years old, who had two wives: by the second of whom he had a younger son Roger, ancestor to the Lords Grey of Ruthyn, Earls of Kent, Etc, hereafter mentioned; and was succeeded at his death, 17 Edward II, by his son & heir, by his first wife, Henry, who had summons to attend the king to France with twenty men at arms, and twenty archers,16 Edward III, but died the same year; .... Page 343: GREY OF RUTHYN, EARLS OF KENT, ETC. Roger de Grey: younger son of John Lord Grey de Wilton, who died 17 Edward II, as already mentioned; took under a settlement from his father, the manors of Harewold, Poddington, LaLeye, Brockburne, and Wrest in Bedfordshire; .... He appears also to have had the castle of Ruthyn and its appendant estate from his father. He married Elizabeth, daughter of John Lord Hastings, and Isabel his wife, daughter of William Valence, Earl of Pembroke; and died 27 Edward III, leaving Reginald his son and heir, who dying 12 Richard II, left Reginald his son and heir, who on death of John de Hastings, Earl of Pembroke, was found to be his next heir.
  10. Title: the Peerage
    Publication: Name: http://www.thepeerage.com/p21346.htm#i213457;
  11. Title: FSDL: Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the UK: Vol IV, de Grey
    Author: Family Research Library: Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britian and The United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct, or Dormant; Volume IV; page 96, Grey De Codnor; page105, Grey de Ruthyn, or de Grey; & page 111, Grey de Wilton, Grey de Shirland, or de Grey .
    Publication: Name: https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/263742-complete-peerage-of-england-scotland-ireland-great-britain-and-the-united-kingdom-extant-extinct-or-dormant-v-4?viewer=1&offset=0#page=94&viewer=picture&o=download&n=0&q=;
    Note: Page 96: GREY DE CODNOR (a) Henry de Grey who received from king Richard I the manor of Thurrock (hence called "Greys-Thurrock") in Essex is the ancestor of the wide spread family of Grey... This Henry (who married Isolda Bardolf. heiress of Codnor, co. Derby, and who was living in 1224) is generally considered to have six sons: (I) Richard Grey of Codnor, living 1258, whose grandson, Henry, was in 1299 summoned as Lord Grey de Codnor; (II) John Grey, whose son & heir, Reginald, was in 1295 summoned as Lord Grey de Wilton and whose younger grandson, Roger G. was summoned in 1324 as Lord Grey de Ruthyn... (III) William Grey said by some to be ancestor of Sir William de Grey of Merton, co. Norfolk, cr. in 1780 Baron Walsingham; (IV) Robert Grey of Rotherfield, Oxon, ancestor of john Grey, summoned in 1338 as Lord Grey de Rotherfield; (V) Walter Grey, Archbishop of York, 1216-55; and (VI) Henry Grey. Page 111: GREY DE WILTON, GREY DE SHIRLAND, or DE GREY; I. 1295; 1. Sir Reginald de Grey, son & heir of Sir John de Grey(a) sometime Steward of Gascony and Governor of the Castles of Northampton, Shrewsbury, Dover, and Hereford, by his first wife, Emma, daughter and heiress of Sir Geoffrey de Glanville; succeeded his father (1265-66), 50 Henry III; was made Justice of Chester (1280-81), 9 Edward I, and was granted the Castle of Ruthyn, the Cantred of Deffryn Cluit, &c., on the Welsh Marches in (1281-82), 10 Edward I. He was summoned to Parliment (b) as a Baron (Lord de Grey) by writs from 23 June (1295) to 26 Aug (1307), 1 Edward II directed "Reginaldo de Grey". He was Assistant to Prince Edward (1296-97) 25 Edward I, when appointed Governor of England during the King's absence(c). He married Maud, daughter and heiress of William Fitz-Hugh, by Hawys, daughter and heiress of Henry de Longchamp of Wilton Castle, co. Hereford. He died (1307/8) 1 Edward II. II. 1308; 2. John (Grey), Lord de Grey, son and heir, aged 40 at his father's death in 1308, having been, in father's lifetime, Vice justice of Chester 16 Edward II, by writs directed "Johanni de Grey". He was justice of north Wales in 1315 and being hostile to the Court was one of the permanent council appointed in 1318 to keep the King in check, tho' four years later he joined the Royal cause. He married firstly Anne, sister of William, 1st Lord Ferrers de Groby, daughter of William Ferrers of Groby, co. Leicester, by his first wife, Joane, daughter of Hugh le Despenscer. He married secondly, Maud, daughter of Ralph (Basset) 1st Lord Basset de Drayton, by Margaret, daughter of Roger Someri, feudal Lord of Dudley. He died 28 Oct (1323) 17 Edward II.(d) III. 1323; 3. Henry (Grey) Lord de Grey, son and heir by first wife, aged 40 at his father's death in 1324 when he was serving in the wars with France. He was summoned to Parliament from 30 Dec (1324) 18 Edward II to 12 Sep (1342) 16 Edward III, by writs directed "Henrico de Grey". He married Anne, daughter and heiress of Ralph Rockley, by Elizabeth, daughter of William de Clare. He died (1342) 16 Edward III. IV. 1342; 4. Reginald (Grey), Lord de Grey, son and heir, aged 30 at his father's death in 1342. He was summoned to parliament from 24 Feb (1342/3) 17 Edward III to 20 Nov (1360) 34 Edward III, by writs directed "Reginaldo de Grey", but after (1349) 23 Edward III, with the addition of the word "Seniori".(e) He was a Banneret (1345) 19 Edward III. He married Maud, said to have been daughter of ... de Botetourt.(f) He died at Whitsuntide (1370) 44 Edward III. His wife survived him. (a) This John was 2nd son of Henry Grey of Greys-Thurrocks, co. Essex (See page 96.) (b) His name occurs in the Rolls of parliament before the record of writs of summons commenced. (c) His name as "Reginaldus de Grey, D'n's de Ruthyn" occurs in the famous letter of Barons to the Pope in 1301. (See "Nicolas" pages 761-809.) (d) The Castle of Ruthyn, &c, as also lands in Beds, &c, were inherited by his 2nd son (e) "But for what reason does not appear for there was not any other Grey of the name Reginald in any of the said summonses." (Banks' Bar. Angl., Vol I, page 231.) (f) It does not appear that she was the Maud, Abbes of Polesworth, one of the daughters of John, 2nd Lord Botetourt.... Roger Grey (1st son of 2nd wife) who was created Lord Grey de Ruthyn in 1324 and was ancestor of those Lords. (See page 105.) Page 105: GREY DE RUTHYN, or DE GREY I. 1324; 1. Roger de Grey, younger son of John (Grey) Lord Grey de Wilton, being eldest son of his second wife, Maud, said to be a daughter of Ralph (Basset) Lord Basset, born about 1298, having in his father's lifetime, served in the Scotish expedition 1318 and sat in the Parliament of York 1322, became on his father's death (1323-24) 17 Edward II, possessed of the Castle of Ruthyn, &c, in the Welsh Marches, as also of considerable estates in Herts, Beds, Bucks, &c, and was summoned to Parliament as a Baron (Lord de Grey) from 30 Dec (1324) 18 Edward II to 15 Nov (1351) 25 Edward III, by writs directed "Rogero de Grey". He served in the French wars in 1345. He married Elizabeth, daughter of John (Hastings) Lord Hastings, by his first wife, Isabel, daughter of William (de Valence) Earl of Pembroke. He died 6 Mar (1352/3) 27 Edward III.
  12. Title: Sir John Grey - Wikipedia
    Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_John_de_Grey;
  13. Title: Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22
    Author: London, England: Oxford University Press; Volume: Vol 08; Page: 634
    Publication: Name: https://search.ancestry.com/collections/1981/records/26309;

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