Anschetil de Grey

• Preferred Name: Anschetil de Grey^{[1] [2] [3]}
  
• Gender: M
  
• FSID: LDRK-1SH
  
• Death: ABT 1191 in Rotherfield Greys, Oxfordshire, England at LATI: N1.5354 LONG: E0.9518
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Lord of Rotherfield
  
• Birth: ABT 1131 in Rotherfield Greys Castle, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire. at LATI: N1.5362 LONG: E0.904
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  Anschetil de Grey was the eldest son of Richard de Grey and Mabilia. He may have married Eva.[2] Earl of Devonshire, who received some 150 lordships in Devonshire, Somerset and Dorset. In Domesday Book he is called Baldwin of Exeter and Sheriff of Devonshire.
  
  Before 1166, Anschetil gave the Eynsham monks a meadow in Stanlak called Langehurst and one called Wdefordhurst, and his son & heir, John, consented. The charter was witnessed by Manasser Arsic, Hugo de Chesney, Nigel the deacon, William the clerk, and Aubrey Arsic. Hugo de Chesney died before 1166, so this charter was sometime before then.
  
  John later confirmed this gift, and added to it the meadow called Chettuchesham sometime before 1192, when Ralph Murdac held Stanlak.
  
  Property
  Manor of Standlake
  "The Greys' mesne tenancy descended presumably through Anketil's son Richard to his grandson Anketil (fl. 1150) and great-grandson John (d. by 1192), both of whom granted meadows and common rights in Standlake to Eynsham abbey. (fn. 14) John's daughter and heir Eve married the royal judge Ralph Murdac, who was lord in 1192 but whose lands were forfeited in 1194 for rebellion. (fn. 15)" [1]
  Notes
  Darlene detached his wife from Baldwin Rivers as alleged father ... need better sourcing.
  Sources
  ↑ A P Baggs, Eleanor Chance, Christina Colvin, C J Day, Nesta Selwyn and S C Townley. "Standlake: Manors," in A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 13, Bampton Hundred (Part One), ed. Alan Crossley and C R J Currie (London: Victoria County History, 1996), 180-183. British History Online, accessed June 3, 2017, [1].
  Fletcher, W.G.D. (1887). Leicestershire Pedigrees and Royal Descents. Clarke and Hodgson. Google Books.[3]
  FitzGilbert, W. (1922). New England Historical & Genealogical Register, Vol. LXXVI, pp. 298. The Society. Boston.
  Lipscomb, G. (1847). "Pedigree of de Grey of Rotherfield." The history and antiquities of the county of Buckingham, Volume 1. J. & W. Robins. Google Books.[4]
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  Foundation for Medieval Genealogy
  
  ANSCHETIL [II] de Grey . His name, as well as the chronology, suggests that Anschetil [II] could have been the grandson of Anschetil [I] de Grey. “Anschetillus de Grai” donated land at “Stanlache quod vocatur Langehurst et aliud...Wdefordhurst..” to Eynsham, with the consent of “filius meus Johannes”, by charter dated to [1150/60], witnessed by “Manasses Arsic, Hugo de Chesnei...Albericus Arsic”[494]. m ---. The name of Anschetil’s wife is not known. Anschetil [II] & his wife had one child:
  
  a) JOHN de Grey . “Anschetillus de Grai” donated land at “Stanlache quod vocatur Langehurst et aliud...Wdefordhurst..” to Eynsham, with the consent of “filius meus Johannes”, by charter dated to [1150/60][495]. m ---. The name of John’s wife is not known. John & his wife had one child:
  
  i) EVA de Grey (-before Jun 1246). "Radulfus Murdac" donated his part "in molendino de Clifton" to Eynsham abbey, for the soul of "...Eue de Grai uxoris mee”, by charter dated 1192, witnessed by “...Simone Murdac...”[496]. King John confirmed land "juris eis descendit ex parte Roberti Basset et…in Tenford et Purston" to "Andr de Bellocampo et Eve de Gray uxoris eius" by charter dated 25 Apr 1200[497]. The Testa de Nevill includes a list of landholdings in Essex, dated 1219, which includes "Johannes filius Andree de Bello Campo debet...esse in custodia domini regis et Eva de Gray mater eius habet custodiam eius et terre sue de Asington per dominum Falk...et ipsa Eva est maritanda"[498]. Exemptions were granted to "Hawise mother of W. archbishop of York" which the king had also granted to "Robert de Gray and his heirs for the land of Rutherefeld which the said archbishop had of the gift of Eve de Gray and gave to the said Robert" dated 9 Mar 1240[499]. Inquisitions (undated) following the death of "Eva de Gray" name "Beatrice Murdac late the wife of Robert Maudut, Alice the wife of Ralph Harang, Joan the wife of Ernald de Bosco and Julanus son of Jolland de Nevill and Maud his wife are her heirs"[500]. m firstly (before 1192) RALPH Murdac, son of --- Murdac & his wife [--- de Chesney] (-[1194/30 Sep 1198]). m secondly ANDREW de Beauchamp, son of --- de Beauchamp & his wife Matilda de Limesey (-after 1210).
  
  Life Sketch
  Anchetil de Greye (c.1052 - post-1086) was a Norman follower of William FitzOsbern, 1st Earl of Hereford one of the great magnates of early Norman England and one of the very few proven companions of
  
  === [3223079.ged] ===
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  Anchitel Grey
  Born: 1135
  Rotherfield, Oxfordshire, [county], England
  Di ed: 1161
  Thurrock Grey, Essex, [county], England
  Marriage: 1138 in Cornwel l, Oxfordshire, [county], England
  
  === From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 J ===
  From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.
  
  === !Brown book 5, chart 104A. Lived tempora ===
  !Brown book 5, chart 104A. Lived temporarily with William the Conqueror. Granted land in Oxford, and Buckingham. "He was called; "Ancestor of Henry de Grey, of Essex." P C 507: Gives name as Roger, or Robert de Grey. A decendant of William the Conqueror.
  
  === Anchitel de Grey held divers lands in O ===
  Anchitel de Grey held divers lands in Oxfordshire, and Lavendon and Weston in Bucks, 20th of William, and lived at Bartin, County Oxford.
  
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  === (Archbishop of Canterbury) ===
  (Archbishop of Canterbury)
  
  === Anchetil ===
  The given name Anchetil (from Ásketíll "God-Cauldron") was a fairly common Norse-origin name in Normandy.
  
  More than 20 superficially distinct instances of Anschitil, Anschil, Anschetil, etc. in early Norman documents must refer to a far smaller number of distinct individuals.

• m. 1150 in Cornwell, Oxfordshire, England

1. Richard de Grey, b. ABT 1150 in Thurrock Grey, Essex, England     d. 18 OCT 1175 in Standlake, Oxfordshire, England
2. Mabilia De Reviers De Grey, b. 1154 in Codnor, Derbyshire, England     d. 1200 in Cheshire, England

1. Title: Standlake: Manors
   Author: A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 13, Bampton Hundred (Part One)
   Publication: Name: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/oxon/vol13/pp180-183;
   Note: The Greys' mesne tenancy descended presumably through Anketil's son Richard to his grandson Anketil (fl. 1150) and great-grandson John (d. by 1192), both of whom granted meadows and common rights in Standlake to Eynsham abbey. (fn. 14) John's daughter and heir Eve married the royal judge Ralph Murdac, who was lord in 1192 but whose lands were forfeited in 1194 for rebellion. (fn. 15) A claim was evidently made by Guy de Dive, Murdac's great nephew through marriage, who that year confirmed the grants to Eynsham abbey, but the Crown restored the manor to Eve c. 1197, (fn. 16) soon after Murdac's death. In 1200 her second husband Andrew de Beauchamp paid 50 marks for seisin of Murdac's former lands in Northamptonshire, (fn. 17) and in 1214 he received custody of Standlake wood, which by 1230 was attached to the manor. (fn. 18) On Eve's death c. 1246 the manor was divided into four parts, three passing to her daughters Beatrice (relict of Robert Mauduit), Joan (wife of Ernald de Boys), and Alice (wife of Ralph Hareng and formerly of Alan of Buckland), and the fourth to Jolland de Neville, son of her daughter Maud. (fn. 19) It descended in quarters until the 16th century, the Boys, Hareng, and Neville quarters being held apparently of the Mauduit quarter. (fn. 20)
   
2. Title: ROTHERFIELD GREYS from BHO ONLINE
   Author: A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 16. Originally published by Boydell & Brewer for the Institute of Historical Research, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 2011.
   Publication: Name: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/oxon/vol16/pp266-302;
   Note: Rotherfield Greys Manor Descent to 1503 In 1086 Rotherfield Greys was held by Anketil de Grey of the fee of William FitzOsbern (d. 1071), earl of Hereford. (fn. 111) Anketil held eight other Oxfordshire manors, but Rotherfield Greys was his only possession in the south-east, and important because it lay close to the Thames and the road to London. (fn. 112) By 1242 the overlordship was held with the Isle of Wight by Baldwin (II) de Rivers (d. 1245), earl of Devon, passing with the Isle to the Crown in 1293, (fn. 113) and in 1311 the manor was held of the honor of Aumâle, which remained in the king's hands. The overlordship passed with life grants of the Isle to William Montagu (d. 1397), his son John Montagu (d. 1400), and grandson Thomas Montagu (d. 1428), successive earls of Salisbury, (fn. 114) after which no further references have been found. In 1242–3 and later the manor was reckoned at 1 knight's fee, (fn. 115) but in the late 13th and 14th centuries the overlordship of the Isle was usually said to include only half the manor of Rotherfield Greys. The other half, at Badgemore, was held of the honor of Derby, and later of the duchy of Lancaster. (fn. 116) Badgemore lay in the neighbouring parish of Henley, and was held with Rotherfield Greys from c. 1240 to the 15th century. (fn. 117) The mesne tenancy of Rotherfield Greys descended presumably through Anketil's son Richard to his grandson Robert, who held the manor in 1166 and who apparently died childless. (fn. 118) Thereafter the manor passed to Robert's nephew John (d. by 1192), his brother Anketil's son. (fn. 119) John's daughter and heir Eve married the royal judge Ralph Murdac, who was lord in 1192 but whose lands were forfeited in 1194 for rebellion. (fn. 120) Rotherfield Greys was restored to Eve and her second husband, Andrew de Beauchamp, probably before 1200. (fn. 121) Although not without heirs, before 1240 and possibly as early as 1215 Eve gave the manor to her kinsman Walter de Grey, archbishop of York, who settled it on his brother Robert de Grey. (fn. 122) The archbishop nevertheless retained a life interest in the manor and advowson, for which he paid a nominal rent. (fn. 123) On his death in 1255 his heir was his nephew Sir Walter de Grey, son of Robert. (fn. 124) Sir Walter died in 1268 and the manor passed in the direct male line to Sir Robert de Grey (d. 1295), (fn. 125) Sir John (d. 1311), and John, 1st Lord Grey of Rotherfield (d. 1359). (fn. 126) John came of age only in 1321, Edward II meanwhile granting the manor to Thomas Wale for 10 years. (fn. 127) John, 2nd Lord Grey, succeeded in 1359 and died in 1375, leaving as heir his son Bartholomew, who died the same year. The manor then passed to Bartholomew's brother Robert, who died in 1388 and was succeeded by his daughter Joan, an infant. (fn. 128) Joan married Sir John Deincourt, Lord Deincourt, who had livery of the manor in 1401; (fn. 129) he died in 1406 and his widow in 1408, leaving as heir their infant son William (d. 1422). (fn. 130) His heirs were his sisters Alice, who married William Lovel, Lord Lovel (d. 1455), and Margaret, wife of Sir Ralph Cromwell. (fn. 131) The manor remained divided between them until Margaret died in 1454, leaving Alice as heir; (fn. 132) she subsequently married Sir Ralph Butler, later Lord Sudeley, and held Rotherfield Greys until her death in 1474. (fn. 133) Alice's heir was her grandson Francis, Lord Lovel, a minor, whose lands were given in custody to John Beaufitz. (fn. 134) Lovel came of age in 1477 when he had licence to enter on the whole of his inheritance. (fn. 135) He fought for Richard III at Bosworth in 1485, fled and was attainted, and his lands escheated to the Crown. (fn. 136) In the same year Henry VII granted Rotherfield Greys, along with other Oxfordshire manors, to his uncle Jasper, duke of Bedford. (fn. 137) On Jasper's death in 1495 the manor passed back into royal hands, and was held by Thomas Kemys of Henley from 1495 to 1501 and by Thomas Hales of Henley from 1501 to 1503. (fn. 138) Descent from 1503 ¶Rotherfield Greys was granted to Robert Knollys, gentleman usher of the king's chamber, in 1503, and in 1514 Henry VIII settled the manor upon him and his wife Lettice, at an annual rent of a red rose at midsummer. (fn. 139) The grant was renewed and enlarged in 1518. (fn. 140) Robert (d. 1521) and Lettice (d. 1558) were succeeded by their son Francis, reversionary interests granted to the Englefield family in 1524 and 1540 having been surrendered under an agreement of 1545. (fn. 141) Francis Knollys died in 1596, and was succeeded by his second (but eldest surviving) son William, created Baron Knollys of Greys in 1603, Viscount Wallingford in 1616, and earl of Banbury in 1626. (fn. 142) The paternity of two sons born in 1627 and 1631 was disputed, and on Banbury's death (aged about 87) in 1632 the manor passed to his nephew, Robert Knollys, under a licence granted the previous year. (fn. 143) Robert died in 1659 and was succeeded by his son William, MP for Oxfordshire in 1663–4. (fn. 144) Both William (d. 1664) and his son Robert experienced financial difficulties and entered into a number of mortgage agreements, security for which was provided by 1,000-year leases of parts of the estate. (fn. 145) When Robert died in 1679 his heirs were his sisters Katherine, wife of Robert Holdanby, and Lettice, wife of Walter Kennedy; the manor was to be divided between them, subject to clearance of a debt to the Pleydell family, to whom the various mortgages, totalling £7,000, had been assigned. (fn. 146)
   
3. Title: Plate 8: Rotherfield Greys
   Publication: Name: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/oxon/vol16/plate-8;