Richard de Grey

• Preferred Name: Richard de Grey^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]}
  
• Alternate Name: John Grey of Standlake
  
• Gender: M
  
• Nickname:
  
• Birth: ABT 1150 in Thurrock Grey, Essex, England at LATI: N2.4379 LONG: E1.6496
  
• Ti tle: with note: Description: Lord of Water Eaton
  
• Bur: with note: Description: St. Andrew Old Churchyard Eaton
  
• Burial: 18 OCT 1214 in Norwich, Norfolk, England
  
• unknown: in 18HS-G12
  
• Death: 18 OCT 1175 in Standlake, Oxfordshire, England at LATI: N1.7254 LONG: E1.428 with note: Standardized Standlake, Witney, Oxfordshire, England
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Knight
  
• Alt.+Burial: 1214
  
• FSID: 9CNQ-B6B
  
• Notes:

  === John de Grey or Gray (d 1214), bishop of ===
  John de Grey or Gray (d 1214), bishop of Norwich and justiciar ofIreland is said to have been descended from Anschitel de Gray, anOxfordshire landowner in Domesday. His grandfather, Richard, was abenefactor of Eynsham Abbey, near Oxford; and his father, Anschitel,was this Richard's eldest son. John de Grey was a native of Norfolk,and was laready in Prince John's service by 8 Feb 1198. Soon afterJohn's accession he seems to have crossed over to England, and isfound signing or issuing charters for the new king both here and inFrance during 1199 and 1200. by 4 March 1200 he was archdeacon ofCleveland, by 11 April archdeacon of Gloucester, and by 7 Sep he signshimself bishop-elect of Norwich, to which see he was consecrated on 24Sep. Three months later his signature reappears (23 Dec 1200) in theCharter Rolls, and is more or less frequent till the year of hisdeath. When Hubert Walter died (12 July 1205), John had him electedarchbishop of Canterbury, and he is found signing documents asarchbishop-elect in December 1205. Innocent III, however, quashed theelection in favour of Stephen Langton (20 Jan 1207). 'Thisappointment,' says Matthew Paris, 'was the seed-bed of all the ensuingdiscord which for son long wrought England irretrievable damage.'
  
  A little before this (c December 1203?) John de Gray and Hubert Walterhad discharged an unccessful mission to Philip Augustus. On 2 Oct 1205he had bought the chancellorship for his nephew, Walter de Grey,afterwards archbishop of York; and he himself acted as a justicar inthe king's ocut or itinerant judge till the eighth year of John'sreign. He was in Ireland by January 1209, and had probably succeededMeiler FitzHenry as justiciar there before the end of the month. In1210 he was engaged in prepartions for the king's visit and thecampaign against Hugh de Lacy, in provisioning Carrickfergus Castleand mustering ships at Antrim (June and July). John was in Irelandfrom June to August 1210; and on his return to England left John deGray in the island as his justiciar, with instructions to build threecastles in Connaught. The bishop now led an army to Athlone, where hebuilt a bridge and a castle. Here he met Donnchadh O'Brien, king ofMunster, and Geoffrey de Marisco, who had invaded Connaught from thesouth; Connehadh reconciled the bishop with Cathal Chrobderg, king ofConnaught, who gave up his son Turlough as a hostage. In 1212 he builtanother castle at Cael-uisce, invaded North Ireland, built the castleof Clones (co. Monaghan), and routed the people of Fermanagh. Shortlyafter he was defeated by Art O'Maelsechlainn, the chief of Brefny, andlost all of his treasure. He remained nominal justiciar of Irelandtill the appointment of Henry, archbishop of Dublin (23 July 1213);but he is said to have been defeated in France (1212) after somesuccesses. During his term of office he had sent the king money inWales in France; and was certainly summoned to England about 30 Oct1212. IN 1213 he brought over 'five hundred knights and many otherhorsemen' to join the great muster on Barham Down (about Easter) whenPhilip Augustus was threatening to invade England. While justiciar heremodelled the Irish coinage on that of England; and apparently soughtto abolish native Irish law and to assimilate the Irish localgovernment to that of England.
  
  Matthew Paris reckons John de Gray among the chief of the king's evilcounsellors during the years of interdict; and for this reason he hadlong been under papal excommunication. When the reconciliation beganhe became surety (24 May 1213) for the fair treatment of StephenLangton; and next year he signed the same prelate's compensation bond(17 June 1214). The previous July he had accompanied William Longswordon an embassy to the Emperor Otho, previous to the great colationwhich led to the battle of Bouvines. Together with the rest of thechief royal counsellore he was excluded from the general absolution of1213, and had to receive his pardon (about 21 Oct 1213) from InnocentIII himself at Rome. Contemporary rumour imagined that he wascommissioned to subject England to the papal rule. Next year thelegate Michael brought papal letter for the bishop's election toDurham; the monkes unwilling obeyed (20 Feb 1214); but appealed toRome in favour of their own candidate, Richard, dean of Salisbury.Innocent confirmed his own nominee, who, however was now dead. Grayhad returned by way of Poitou; he was at Rochefort on 17 June, anddied at St Jean d'Audely, near Potiers, 18 Oct 1214. He was buried inNorwich Catherdral.
  
  John de Grey is said to have been a 'pleasant, and facetiouscompanion,' 'of great learning,' and 'entirely beloved by the king.'He is also credited with antiquarian tastes, and wich having written adefence of Geoffrey of Monmouth against William of Newburgh. He lentJohn money more than once, and in 1203 held the 'regalia' in pawn. Hewas a great patron of King's Lynn, for which town he procured a royalcharter, and near which he built the episcopal palace at Geywood.Blomefield gives a list of his various appointments, but some of theseseem rather doubtful. Tanner ascribes to him a book of 'Epistolae addiversos.' [Dictionary of National Biography, VIII:632-3]
  
  === !SOURCE: "Magna Charta," Part VIII, by J ===
  !SOURCE: "Magna Charta," Part VIII, by John B. Wurts, chp 285, pp2693 -2699 Lord Grey of Codnor
  
  === (Archbishop of Canterbury) ===
  (Archbishop of Canterbury)
  
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  == Biography ==Anschetil gave the Eynsham monks a meadow in Stanlak called Langehurstand 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.
  
  ===Marriage===m. Hawise or Elena (father: Roger "the good," Earl of Clare). Issue:[https://books.google.com/books?id=taAgAQAAMAAJ&vq=rollo&pg=PA161#v=onepage&q&f=true]
  * Robert de Grey of Cornwell.
  ::: m. Beatrix* (disputed) John, Bishop of Norwhich (d. 18 Oct 1214).[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_de_Gray][https://books.google.com/books?id=taAgAQAAMAAJ&vq=rollo&pg=PA161#v=onepage&q&f=true][https://books.google.com/books?id=P15AAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA4&ots=M8o0ggOz5M&dq=Robert%20%22of%20Cornwell%22%20Grey&pg=PA4#v=onepage&q&f=false]Collins (1756), states that John, Bishop of Norwhich was Walter's uncle.[https://books.google.com/books?id=P15AAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA4&ots=M8o0ggOz5M&dq=Robert%20%22of%20Cornwell%22%20Grey&pg=PA4#v=onepage&q&f=false]* Walter[https://books.google.com/books?id=P15AAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA4&ots=M8o0ggOz5M&dq=Robert%20%22of%20Cornwell%22%20Grey&pg=PA4#v=onepage&q&f=false]
  * Sir Henry Grey, Lord of Thurrock, Essex (d. 1225)
  ::: m. Isolda (father: Hugh)
  * Eva::: m. Will BretonOther research shows that she married Ralph Murdac.[http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Grey-1018]
  * Agnes
  ::: m. ____ Doyle of Stoke-Doyle, Oxford
  
  === Property===
  ===== Manor of Standlake =====:"The Greys' mesne tenancy descended presumably through [[Grey-524|Anketil]]'s son [[Grey-76|Richard]] to his grandson [[Grey-916|Anketil]] (fl. 1150) and great-grandson [[Grey-518|John]] (d. by 1192), both of whom granted meadows and common rights in Standlake to Eynsham abbey. (fn. 14) [[Grey-518|John]]'s daughter and heir [[Grey-1018|Eve]] married the royal judge [[Murdac-24|Ralph Murdac]], who was lord in 1192 but whose lands were forfeited in 1194 for rebellion. (fn. 15)" A PBaggs, 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, [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/oxon/vol13/pp180-183].
  
  == Sources ==
  
  *Collins, A. (1756). The Peerage of England: Containing a Genealogicaland Historical Account of All the Peers of that Kingdom, Now Existing, Either by Tenure, Summons, Or Creation, Their Descents and Collateral Lines, Their Births, Marriages and Issues. W. Strahan, J. F and C. Rivington. Google Books.[https://books.google.com/books?id=P15AAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA4&ots=M8o0ggOz5M&dq=Robert%20%22of%20Cornwell%22%20Grey&pg=PA4#v=onepage&q&f=false]
  *Fletcher, W.G.D. (1887). Leicestershire Pedigrees and Royal Descents.Clarke and Hodgson. Google Books.[https://books.google.com/books?id=VpnC3wgof6gC&dq=john%20lord%20de%20croy&pg=PA68#v=onepage&q&f=false]
  *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.[https://books.google.com/books?id=taAgAQAAMAAJ&vq=rollo&pg=PA160#v=onepage&q&f=false]
  
  *THE PEERAGE 158510.[http://www.thepeerage.com/p15851.htm#i158510]
  
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1. Henry de Grey, b. ABT 1166 in Thurrock Grey, Essex, England     d. 8 SEP 1219 in Codnor, Derbyshire, England

1. Title: The Peerage of England: Containing a Genealogical and Historical Account of ... By Arthur Collins
   Author: page 4
   Publication: Name: https://books.google.com/books?id=P15AAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA4&ots=M8o0ggOz5M&dq=Robert%20%22of%20Cornwell%22%20Grey&pg=PA4#v=onepage&q&f=false;
   
2. Title: Wikitree - John de Grey
   Publication: Name: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Grey-518;
   
3. Title: The Topographer and Genealogist, Volume 1 edited by John Gough Nichols
   Author: page 370
   Publication: Name: https://books.google.com/books?id=CBwIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA370&lpg=PA370&dq=agnes+de+grey+%2B+wakelin+dyoly&source=bl&ots=uGExs69G-x&sig=SXshTCtg7CCkSCUSkEqhUq3hLiM&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi7oqWLzcTNAhUDyoMKHdQBD0kQ6AEIHjAA#v=onepage&q=agnes%20de%20grey%20%2B%20wakelin%20dyoly&f=false;
   Note: Gives ancient pedigree for Agnes daughter of John de Grey anciently...
   
4. Title: GENI
   Publication: Name: https://www.geni.com/people/Richard-de-Grey/6000000007087918235;
   
5. 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)
   
6. Title: Legacy NFS Source: John DeGrey - Published information: birth-name: John DeGrey
   Note: Published information: birth-name: John DeGrey Published information: male Published information: death:
   Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:3243808610
   
7. Title: British History online
   Note: John Grey, s/o Anchetil Grey & Maud (Eva) Redvers b- ? m- Hawsie Grey (Married Surname), de Clare is her maiden name d - by 1192 - Standlake, Oxfordshire,England heir - Standlake, Oxfordshire
   
8. Title: General history: Dukes and earls of Kent for the de Grey's
   Author: British History Online
   Publication: Name: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-kent/vol1/pp110-168;
   Note: ¶EDMUND GREY, lord of Hastings, Weysford, and Ruthen, was, by king Edward IV. in his 5th year, next created Earl of Kent. This noble family of Grey is said to derive its descent from Anschetil de Grey often mentioned in the book of Domesday, as holding lands in different counties, in the reign of William the Conqueror, when that general survey was made. (fn. 65) His son and successor was Richard de Grai, or Grey, who lived in the reign of king. Henry I. and was a great benefactor to Eynsham abbey. By Mabilla, his wife, who survived him, he had three sons, Anschetil, William, and a third who was a monk in that abbey. Anschetil, the eldest son, was succeeded by his eldest son and heir sir John Grey; for he had another son, named likewife John, who was bishop of Norwich, and afterwards, in 1206, elected archbishop of Canterbury, but the pope opposing his advancement, he never obtained the pall. Sir John de Grey, the elder brother, had three sons, Robert, Walter, Henry de Grey, and two daughters. Of these sons, sir Robert de Grey, the eldest, was ancestor to the barons Grey of Rotherfield, in the county of Oxford, which line became extinct in the reign of king Henry IV. (fn. 66) This branch bore for their arms, Barry of six argent, and azure with a bend gules, for difference. (fn. 67) Walter de Grey, the second son, was, in the 7th year of king John, made lord-chancellor, and afterwards promoted to the see of Litchfield, and from thence to the archbishopric of York. Sir Henry de Grey knight, the youngest son, having married Isolda, the eldest of the five neices and coheirs of Robert Bardulph, shared in the inheritance of all their lands in the 9th year of king Henry III. He had issue by her three sons, viz. sir Richard de Grey, whose principal seat was at Codnore in the county of Derby, whose descendants were barons Grey of Codnore, which branch terminated in Henry lord Grey of Codnore, who died anno 11 Henry VII. without lawful issue, and was buried at Aylesford, in the description of which parish more may be seen of him. They bore for their arms, Barry of six argent and azure. Sir John de Grey the second son, was seated at Eaton, near Fenny Stratford, in Buckinghamshire, and was ancestor to the lords Grey of Wilton and Ruthin, from whom the earls of Kent derive their descent, and of whom more will be said hereafter.—William the third son, was of Sandiacre, in the county of Derby, which branch terminated in the reign of king Henry IV. in a female heir, Alice de Grey, who marrying sir John Leak, brought great possessions to him; from which match the late earls of Scarsdale were descended —Sir John de Grey, of Eaton
   
9. Title: Plate 8: Rotherfield Greys
   Publication: Name: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/oxon/vol16/plate-8;
   
10. Title: The history and antiquities of Buckingham by George Lipscomb, Esq. 1847 Volume 1
    Author: page 161, shows the father of Hawise as Roger the Good, Earl of Clare..., many have confused her mother as her in the record, Elena and Hawise are the same people...
    Publication: Name: https://archive.org/stream/historyantiquiti01lips#page/n229/mode/2up;
    
11. Title: A genealogical history of the dormant, abeyant, forfeited, and extinct peerages of the British empire by Burke, Bernard, Sir, 1814-1892
    Author: page 247
    Publication: Name: https://archive.org/stream/agenealogicalhi00burkgoog#page/n264/mode/2up;
    Note: Note: The eldest father in book is incorrect, it has the father as Henry, this is corruption. The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography shows that the father is that of John, usually known as the elder (as he also had a brother named john that was a Bishop of Norwich).
    
12. 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)
    
13. Title: John de Gray, "Find A Grave Index"
    Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVLW-MS1K : 12 May 2022), John de Gray, ; Burial, Norwich, City of Norwich, Norfolk, England, Norwich Cathedral; citing record ID 89647222, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
    Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVLW-MS1K;