GREY FAMILY

I. CODNOR LINE

Fulbert "The Tanner" De FALAISE

Born: 978, Falaise, Calvados, France

Married: Doda (Duxia) ?

Children:

1. Walter De FALAISE (b. ABT 1000)

2. Herleva "Arlette" De FALAISE

3. Reynold De FALAISE (Lord of Croy)

4. Beatrice De FALAISE


Herleva "Arlette" De FALAISE

Born: ABT 1003, Falaise, Calvados, France

Died: 1050, Abbey of St Grestain, France

Father: Fulbert "The Tanner" De FALAISE

Mother: Doda (Duxia) ?

Married 1: Robert II "the Devil" of Normandy (6º D. of Normandy) 1023, France Not Married

Children:

1. Adeliza of Normandy (Countess of Aumale)

2. WILLIAM I "the Conqueror" of Normandy (King of England)

Married 2: Harlevin, Viscount De Conteville AFT 1035, Falaise, France

Children:

3. Emma De CONTEVILLE (b. ABT 1029)

4. Odo De CONTEVILLE (Bishop of Bayeux / E. Kent) (b. ABT 1030)

5. Robert De MORTAIGNE (E. Cornwall) (b. 1031)

6. Muriel De CONTEVILLE (b. ABT 1038)

7. Miss De CONTEVILLE (b. 1042)

8. Andre De CONTEVILLE, Seigneur De Vitre (b. 1054)


Beatrice De FALAISE

Born: ABT 1022, Falaise, Calvados, France

Died: 10 Apr 1085

Father: Fulbert "The Tanner" De FALAISE

Mother: Doda (Duxia) ?

Married: Robert D'EU (Count of Eu)

Children:

1. Son D´EU

2. William HASTINGS (Count of Eu)

3. Raoul D´EU

4. Robert D´EU

5. Armand D´EU

6. Eremburge D´EU


Reynold De FALAISE (Lord of Croy)

Born: 1008, Croy, Picardy, Flanders

Father: Fulbert "The Tanner" De FALAISE

Mother: Doda (Duxia) ?

Married: ¿?

Children:

1. John De CROY


John De CROY

Born: 1033, Croy, Pichardie, Flanders

Father: Reynold De FALAISE (Lord of Croy)

Mother: ¿?

Married: Adeliza FITZOSBERN (dau. of William FitzOsbern, E. Hereford, and Adeliza De Toeni) ABT 1064

Children:

1. Reynold De GRAI of Croy

2. Anchitil De GRAI of Rotherfield

3. Gisla De GRAI (b. ABT 1062 - d. AFT 1982)


Reynold De GRAI of Croy

Born: ABT 1058, Grai, Normandy, France

Died: 1097, Water Eaton, Buckinghamshire, England

Notes: also called Arnold.

Father: John De CROY

Mother: Adeliza FITZOSBERN

Married: Joan PONTE De l'ARCHE

Children:

1. Henry De GREY of Croy

2. John De GREY (b. ABT 1089)


Henry De GREY of Croy

Born: ABT 1085, Water Eaton, Buckinghamshire, England

Father: Reynold De GRAI of Croy

Mother: Joan PONTE De l'ARCHE

Married: Ellen De BOHUN

Children:

1. John De GREY of Water Eaton


John De GREY of Water Eaton

Born: ABT 1123, Water Eaton, Buckinghamshire, England

Died: 1211

Father: Henry De GREY of Croy

Mother: Ellen De BOHUN

Married: Eleanor De CLARE (b. ABT 1137) (dau. of Roger De Clare, E. Hertford, and Maud De St. Hilary)

Children:

1. Henry De GREY

2. Hawise De GREY

3. John De GREY (Bishop of Norwich)

4. Eve De GREY


John De GREY (Bishop of Norwich)

Born: ABT 1163, Water Eaton, Buckinghamshire, England

Died: 18 Oct 1214

Buried: 25 Oct 1214, Norwich Cathedral, Norwich, Norfolk, England

Notes: Archdeacon of Gloucester. Bishop of Norwich; Justiciar of Ireland; served in King John's retinue from 1198. John had him elected Archbishop of Canterbury after Hubert Walter's death in 1205, but this was quashed by Innocent III and Stephen Langton was elected.

Father: John De GREY of Water Eaton

Mother: Eleanor De CLARE


Eve De GREY

Father: John De GREY of Water Eaton

Mother: Eleanor De CLARE

Married: Ralph MURDAC (Justice) (d. 1198) (son of Ralph Murdac and Beatrice De Cheney)

Children:

1. Beatrice MURDAC (m. Robert Mauduit)

2. Alice MURDAC


Hawise De GREY

Father: John De GREY of Water Eaton

Mother: Eleanor De CLARE

Married: John De GREY of Thurrock

Children:

1. Henry De GREY (Sir)

2. Agnes De GREY

3. Walter De GREY (b. ABT 1187)

4. John De GREY (b. 1200)


Anchitil De GRAI of Rotherfield

Born: 1067, Rotherfield, Oxfordshire, England

Father: John De CROY

Mother: Adeliza FITZOSBERN

Married: ¿?

Children:

1. Anchitel De GREY of Rotherfield


Anchitel De GREY of Rotherfield

Born: 1085, Rotherfield, Oxfordshire, England

Father: Anchitil De GRAI of Rotherfield

Mother: ¿?

Married: ¿?

Children:

1. Richard De GREY of Rotherfield


Richard De GREY of Rotherfield

Born: 1110, Rotherfield Greys, Henley On Thames, Oxfordshire, England

Father: Anchitel De GREY of Rotherfield

Mother: ¿?

Married: Mabilla ?

Children:

1. Anchitel De GREY of Thurrock


Anchitel De GREY of Thurrock

Notes: one of William the Conqueror companions in arms at the battle of Hastings, and was recorded in the Domesday Book (a record compiled by a royal commission set up by William in 1085-86), as lord of many manors and lordships in the counties of Oxford and Buckingham.

Father: Richard De GREY of Rotherfield

Mother: Mabilla ?

Married: Mathilda De REDVERS

Children:

1. Eve De GREY

2. John De GREY of Thurrock


Eve De GREY

Father: Anchitel De GREY of Thurrock

Mother: Mathilda De REDVERS

Married: Andrew De BEAUCHAMP


John De GREY of Thurrock

Born: ABT 1150, Thurrock Grey, Essex, England

Died: AFT 1198, Standlake, Witney, Oxfordshire, England

Father: Anchitel De GREY of Thurrock

Mother: Mathilda De REDVERS

Married: Hawise De GREY

Children:

1. Henry De GREY (Sir)

2. Agnes De GREY

3. Walter De GREY (b. ABT 1187)

4. John De GREY (b. 1200)


Agnes De GREY

Born: ABT 1187, Rothersford, Oxfordshire, England

Father: John De GREY of Thurrock

Mother: Hawise De GREY

Married: Walerin D'OILLY (b. About 1183) (son of Baldwin De O'Illy) Eston, Oxford, England

Children:

1. John DOYLEY of Wrentham (b. ABT 1215)


Henry De GREY (Sir)

Born: ABT 1168/84, Thurrock Greys, Essex, England

Died: 1219 / AFT 1224

Notes: in high favor with King Richard I and John I.

Father: John De GREY of Thurrock

Mother: Hawise De GREY

Married: Isolda De BARDOLPH (b. 1182 - d. 1246) (dau. of Hugh Bardolf and Isabel De Condet) ABT 1199

Children:

1. John De GREY (Sir Sheriff of Buckingham & Bedford)

3. Robert De GREY of Rotherfield

3. Richard De GREY (Sir Knight)

4. Hugh De GREY

5. Henry De GREY

6. Walter De GREY (Archbishop of York)

7. William De GREY (Sir Knight)

8. Joan De GREY (b. 1213 - d. 1256)


Henry De GREY

Born: ABT 1210, Turrock, Essex, England

Father: Henry De GREY (Sir)

Mother: Isolda De BARDOLPH

Married: ¿?

Children:

1. Eve De GREY


Eve De GREY

Notes: niece of Walter Grey, Archbishop of York. Some sources says that she was the dau. of Robert De Grey of Rotherfield.

Father: Henry De GREY

Mother: ¿?

Married: Walter De BEKE of Eresby (son of Henry Beke of Eresby and Hawise De Multon)

Children:

1. John De BEKE (l° B. Beke) (d. ABT 1303) (m. Sarah Furnivall)

2. Anthony De BEKE (Bishop of Durham) (d. 2 Mar 1310/1)

3. Thomas De BEKE (Bishop of St. Davids) (d. 20 Apr 1293)

4. Dau. De BEKE

5. Dau. De BEKE


Walter De GREY (Archbishop of York)

Born: ABT 1208, Thurrock, Essex, England

Died: 1 May 1255

Notes: Archbishop of York. In 1239 he brought Rotherfield from his kinswoman, Eve De Grey, in order to give it to his brother Robert De Grey, ancestor of the Lords Grey of Rotherfield.

Father: Henry De GREY (Sir)

Mother: Isolda De BARDOLPH


William De GREY (Sir Knight)

Born: ABT 1204, Sandiacre, Derbyshire, England

Father: Henry De GREY (Sir)

Mother: Isolda De BARDOLPH

Married: Agnes De HARESTON

Children:

1. John De GREY

2. Henry De GREY (b. ABT 1234)

3. Richard De GREY

4. Agnes De GREY


Agnes De GREY

Born: ABT 1235, Sandiacre, Derbyshire, England

Died: 1276

Father: William De GREY (Sir Knight)

Mother: Agnes De HARESTON

Married: Geoffrey De LUTTRELL (2º B. Irnham)

Children:

1. Robert LUTTRELL (3º B. Irnham)


Richard De GREY

Born: ABT 1236, Sandiacre, Derbyshire, England

Died: 1298

Father: William De GREY (Sir Knight)

Mother: Agnes De HARESTON

Married: Lucy De HARESTON ABT 1260, Leicestershire, England

Children:

1. William De GREY

2. Agnes De GREY

3. Richard De GREY

4. Lucy De GREY

5. Henry De GREY (b. ABT 1269 - d. 1309)

6. John GREY


Agnes De GREY

Born: ABT 1263, Sandiacre, Derbyshire, England

Father: Richard De GREY

Mother: Lucy De HARESTON

Married: Roger De St. ANDREA


Lucy De GREY

Born: ABT 1267, Sandiacre, Derbyshire, England

Died: AFT 1294, Sutton-In-Dale, England

Father: Richard De GREY

Mother: Lucy De HARESTON

Married: Henry De SUTTON


Richard De GREY

Born: ABT 1265, Landford, Nottinghamshire, England

Father: Richard De GREY

Mother: Lucy De HARESTON

Married: Eleanor ?

Children:

1. Richard De GREY

Richard De GREY

Born: ABT 1290, Landford, Nottinghamshire, England

Father: Richard De GREY

Mother: Eleanor ?

Married: ¿?

Children:

1. Phillip De GREY

Phillip De GREY

Born: ABT 1315, Landford, Nottinghamshire, England

Died: 1377

Father: Richard De GREY

Mother: ¿?

Married: Mary ?

Children

1. Richard De GREY (b. ABT 1340 - d. 1383)

2. Eleanor De GREY (b. ABT 1342 - d. 1385)


William De GREY

Born: ABT 1261, Sandiacre, Derbyshire, England

Died: BEF 1298

Father: Richard De GREY

Mother: Lucy De HARESTON

Married: Joan ?

Children:

1. John GREY (b. ABT 1290)

2. Richard De GREY


Richard De GREY

Born: 25 Mar 1288, Sandiacre, Derbyshire, England

Died: 24 Dec 1310

Father: William De GREY

Mother: Joan ?

Married: Felicia ?

Children:

1. William De GREY

2. John De GREY (b. ABT 1308)


William De GREY

Born: ABT 1306, Sandiacre, Derbyshire, England

Died: 1369

Father: Richard De GREY

Mother: Felicia ?

Married: ¿?

Children:

1. Alice De GREY


Alice De GREY

Born: 1322, Sandiacre, Derbyshire, England

Died: 1381

Father: William De GREY

Mother: ¿?

Married: Edward HILLARY (son of Henry Hillary) BEF 14 Nov 1343

Children:

1. John (Hillary) De GREY


John (Hillary) De GREY

Born: 1354, Sandiacre, Derbyshire, England

Died: 6 Sep 1403

Father: Edward HILLARY

Mother: Alice De GREY

Married: Emmeline ? ABT 1376, Sandiacre, Derbyshire, England

Children:

1. Isabel De GREY

2. Alice De GREY


Isabel De GREY

Born: 1377, Sandiacre, Derbyshire, England

Died: ABT 1436

Father: John (Hillary) De GREY

Mother: Emmeline ?

Married 1: John WALSH

Married 2: Humphrey HALLOUGHTON


Alice De GREY

Born: 1382, Sandiacre, Derbyshire, England

Father: John (Hillary) De GREY

Mother: Emmeline ?

Married: John LEKE

Children:

1. William LEKE of Lakeford

2. Thomas LEKE

3. Anne LEKE

4. Catherine LEKE


Richard De GREY (Sir Knight)

Born: ABT 1195, Codnor, Derbyshire, England

Died: 1250 / BEF 8 Sep 1271

Father: Henry De GREY (Sir)

Mother: Isolda De BARDOLPH

Married: Lucy De HUMES

Children:

1. Agnes De GREY

2. John De GREY (Sir Knight)


Agnes De GREY

Born: ABT 1212, Condor, Derbyshire, England

Father: Richard De GREY (Sir Knight)

Mother: Lucy De HUMES

Married: William FITZWILLIAM of Elmley

Children:

1. William FITZWILLIAM of Elmley (Sir Knight)

2. Thomas FITZWILLIAM


John De GREY (Sir Knight)

Died: BEF 5 Jan 1271/1272

Father: Richard De GREY (Sir Knight)

Mother: Lucy De HUMES

Married: Lucy De MOHUN (dau. of Reginald De Mohun and Hawise Fitzgeoffrey) ABT 1249, Somersetshire, England

Children:

1. Henry De GREY (1° B. Grey of Codnor)


Henry De GREY (1° B. Grey of Codnor)

Born: ABT 1260, Codnor, Derby, Gray's, Thurrocks, Essex, England

Died: Sep 1308, Aylesford, Kent, England

Father: John De GREY (Sir Knight)

Mother: Lucy De MOHUN

Married: Eleanor COURTENAY

Children:

1. Richard De GREY (2° B. Grey of Codnor)

2. Nicholas De GREY (Sir Knight)

3. Lucy De GREY

4. Joan De GREY (Nun)

5. Thomas De GREY

6. Henry De GREY


Lucy De GREY

Born: ABT 1285, Codnor, Derbyshire, England

Died: AFT 1324

Father: Henry De GREY (1° B. Grey of Codnor)

Mother: Eleanor COURTENAY

Married: John De SOMERY (B. Somery)


Joan De GREY (Nun)

Born: ABT 1287, Codnor, Derbyshire, England

Notes: Nun at Aconbury.

Father: Henry De GREY (1° B. Grey of Codnor)

Mother: Eleanor COURTENAY


Richard De GREY (2° B. Grey of Codnor)

Born: 1281, Codnor, Derbyshire, England

Died: 10 Mar 1334/1335

Notes: called to Parliament 4 Mar 1308/9 - 23 Feb 1334/5 but under the more rigorous rules of evidence required today the lack of proof of an actual sitting has been held to militate against the ascription of an actual peerage creation; pardoned 1321 for any action of his hostile to Edward II's favourites, the Despensers; Steward of Gascony 1324; Constable of Nottingham Castle 1325-30. [Burke's Peerage]

Father: Henry De GREY (1° B. Grey of Codnor)

Mother: Eleanor COURTENAY

Married: Joan FITZPAYN (b. 1287 - d. AFT 10 Mar 1334/5) (dau. of Robert FitzPayn, 1º B. FitzPayn; and Isabella De Clifford) ABT 1303, Monmouthshire, England

Children:

1. John De GREY (3° B. Grey of Codnor)

2. Jane (Joan) De GREY

3. Robert De GREY (1° B. Fitzpayn)

4. Gilbert De GREY

5. Henry De GREY


Jane (Joan) De GREY

Born: ABT 1302, Codnor, Derby, England

Died: 6 Jun 1369, Ellenhall, Staffordshire, England

Buried: 21 Jul 1369, Priory of Ronton, Stafford, England

Father: Richard De GREY (2° B. Grey of Codnor)

Mother: Joan FITZPAYN

Married 1: William HARCOURT (Sir Knight) ABT 1318

Children:

1. Richard De HARCOURT (Sir)

2. Thomas De HARCOURT (Sir Knight)

Married 2: Ralph De FERRERS 1350

Children:

3. Henry De FERRERS


Robert De GREY (1° B. Fitzpayn)

Born: ABT 1321

Died: 21 May 1393

Father: Richard De GREY (2° B. Grey of Codnor)

Mother: Joan FITZPAYN

Married: Elizabeth BRYAN ABT 1352

Children:

1. Isabel De GREY


Isabel De GREY

Born: BEF 1363

Buried: 11 Apr 1394

Notes: name also Eleanor.

Father: Robert De GREY (1° B. Fitzpayn)

Mother: Elizabeth BRYAN

Married: Richard De POYNINGS (4º B. Poynings)

Children:

1. Robert POYNINGS (5º B. Poynings)

2. Joan POYNINGS


John De GREY (3° B. Grey of Codnor)

Born: ABT 1307, Codnor, Derby, England

Died: 14 Dec 1392, Aylesford, Kent, England

Buried: Carmelite Abbey, Aylesford, Kent, England

Notes: summoned to Parliament 1 Apr 1335 - 23 Nov 1392 but again with no proof of his sitting.

Father: Richard De GREY (2° B. Grey of Codnor)

Mother: Joan FITZPAYN

Married 1: Eleanor COURTENAY BEF 4 Sep 1325, Exeter, Devon, England

Married 2: Alice De L'ISLE (dau. of Warin De L'isle and Alice De Teye) BEF 20 Oct 1330

Children:

1. Henry De GREY (Sir Knight)

2. Alice De GREY


Alice De GREY

Born: 1332

Father: John De GREY (3° B. Grey of Codnor)

Mother: Alice De L'ISLE

Married: William De EVERINGHAM

Children:

1. Joan De EVERINGHAM (m.1 Robert Waterton - m.2 William Ellis)


Henry De GREY (Sir Knight)

Born: ABT 1331, Codnor, Derbyshire, England

Died: BEF 14 Dec 1392 in (VP)

Father: John De GREY (3° B. Grey of Codnor)

Mother: Alice De L'ISLE

Married: Joan De COBHAM (dau. of Reynold De Cobham, B. Cobham, and Joan Berkeley) ABT 1365

Children:

1. Richard De GREY (4° B. Grey of Codnor)

Richard De GREY (4° B. Grey of Codnor)

Born: ABT 1371, Codnor, Derbyshire, England

Died: 1 Aug 1418

Buried: Aylesford, Kent, England

Notes: Knight of the Garter.

Father: Henry De GREY (Sir Knight)

Mother: Joan De COBHAM

Married: Elizabeth BASSETT (B. Grey of Codnor) BEF 17 Jul 1378, Lincolnshire, England

Children:

1. Lucy GREY

2. John GREY (5° B. Grey of Codnor)

3. Henry GREY (6° B. Grey of Codnor)

4. Elizabeth GREY

5. Eleanor GREY


Lucy GREY

Born: ABT 1403, Codnor, Derbyshire, England

Notes: Vivians 'Visitations of the County of Devon', p 169, says that Catherine was the daughter of Rowland Lenthall by his wife Margaret Arundell, but both Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 104th Edition, 1967, p 2908, and Cokayne's Complete Peerage say was Roland's daughter by his wife Lucy De Grey.

Father: Richard De GREY (4th B. Grey of Codnor)

Mother: Elizabeth BASSETT (B. Grey of Codnor)

Married: Rowland LENTHALL of Hampton Court (Sir) (b. 1398 - d. 25 Nov 1450) (son of Sir Rowland Lenthall of Hampton Court and Margaret Fitzalan) ABT 1424, Derbyshire, England

Children:

1. Catherine LENTHALL (B. Zouche of Harryngworth) (b. ABT 1420 - d. Oct 1460) (m. William Zouche, 6° B. Zouche of Harryngworth)

2. Elizabeth LENTHALL (b. 1424 - d. 1489) (m. Thomas Cornwall)


John GREY (5° B. Grey of Codnor)

Born: 1396, Codnor, Derbyshire, England

Died: 24 Sep 1430

Buried: White Friars, London, Middlesex, England

Father: Richard De GREY (4th B. Grey of Codnor)

Mother: Elizabeth BASSETT (B. Grey of Codnor)

Married: Elizabeth (Joan) FITZGERALD (C. Ormonde)


Elizabeth GREY

Born: ABT 1399, Codnor, Derbyshire, England

Father: Richard De GREY (4º B. Grey of Codnor)

Mother: Elizabeth BASSETT (B. Grey of Codnor)

Married: John ZOUCHE of Codnor (Sir) 1429, Harringworth, Northampton, England

Children:

1. John ZOUCHE of Codnor


Eleanor GREY

Born: ABT 1400, Codnor, Derbyshire, England

Father: Richard De GREY (4º B. Grey of Codnor)

Mother: Elizabeth BASSETT (B. Grey of Codnor)

Married: Thomas NEWPORT (son of Thomas Newport and Margaret Cocks) ABT 1421, Derbyshire, England

Children:

1. William NEWPORT (m. Elizabeth Burgh)


Henry GREY (6° B. Grey of Codnor)

Born: 1405, Codnor,Derbyshire, England

Died: 17 Jul 1444

Father: Richard De GREY (4th B. Grey of Codnor)

Mother: Elizabeth BASSETT (B. Grey of Codnor)

Married: Margery PERCY (B. Grey of Codnor) BEF 5 May 1434, Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland

Children:

1. Henry GREY (7° B. Grey of Codnor)

2. Elizabeth GREY


Elizabeth GREY

Born: ABT 1437, Codnor, Derbyshire, England

Died: 1473

Father: Henry GREY (6° B. Grey of Codnor)

Mother: Margery PERCY (B. Grey of Codnor)

Married: John WELLES


Henry GREY (7° B. Grey of Codnor)

Born: 1435/6, Codnor, Derbyshire, England

Died: 8 Apr 1496, Spain

Notes: died in Sp.

Father: Henry GREY (6° B. Grey of Codnor)

Mother: Margery PERCY (B. Grey of Codnor)

Married 1: Catherine STRANGEWAYS (B. Grey of Codnor) AFT 31 Aug 1454

Married 2: Margaret STANLEY (B. Grey of Codnor) AFT 26 Feb 1462/63

Children:

1. Anne GREY

Married 3: Catherine STOURTON (B. Grey of Codnor) ABT 1486

Associated with: ¿?

Children:

2. Richard GREY of Tutbury (MP)

3. Son GREY

4. Son GREY


Richard GREY of Tutbury (MP)

Born: BEF 1492

Died: 1533, Tutbury, Staffordshire, England

Notes: See his Biography.

Father: Henry GREY (7° B. Grey of Codnor)

Mother: ¿?

Married 1: Catherine ?

Children:

1. Son GREY

2. Son GREY

3. Son GREY

4. Son GREY

5. Son GREY

6. Son GREY

7. Son GREY

8. Elizabeth GREY

9. Dau. GREY

Married 2: Jane ?



II. ROTHERFIELD LINE

Robert De GREY of Rotherfield

Born: ABT 1185 / ABT 1196, Rotherfield, Oxfordshire, England

Father: Henry De GREY (Sir)

Mother: Isolda De BARDOLPH

Married: Beatrice De SCULCOTES ABT 1223, Thurrock, Essex, England

Children:

1. Walter De GREY of Rotherfield (Sir)

2. Eve De GREY


Walter De GREY of Rotherfield (Sir)

Born: ABT 1222, Rotherfield, Hardwick, & Somerton, Oxfordshire

Died: BEF 5 Jan 1266/7, Upton in Badsworth, Yorkshire, England

Notes: his uncle and namesake, the Archbishop of York, extendedto him his bounty by a grant of all his lands in Gilesford, in Kent, Brighthelmstone, in Sussex, with Herdewyke and Coges, co. Oxford which he had by assignment from Joan and Alice, the daus. and co-heirs of Robert De Arsic, Baron of Coges, and likewise the residue of the manor of Rotherfield, together with divers other lordships. [Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, England, 1883, p. 247, Grey, Barons Grey, of Rotherfield, co. Oxford]

Father: Robert De GREY of Rotherfield

Mother: Beatrice De SCULCOTES

Married: Isabel De DUNSTON (d. 1304) (dau. of William De Dunston and Mary Wake)

Children:

1. Robert De GREY of Rotherfield (Sir Knight)


Robert De GREY of Rotherfield (Sir Knight)

Born: 5 Jan 1246  / ABT 1248, Rotherfield, Somerton, & Hardwick, Oxfordshire, England

Died: BEF 27 May 1295

Notes: fought for Edward I in Wales in 1282/3.

Father: Walter De GREY of Rotherfield (Sir)

Mother: Isabel De DUNSTON

Married 1: Avice De St. LIZ

Married 2: Joan De VALOINES (b. ABT 1250 - d. BEF 12 Nov 1312) (dau. of Thomas De Valoines)

Children:

1. John De GREY (1° B. Grey of Rotherfield)

2. Thomas De GREY (Sir)

3. Margaret De GREY


Margaret De GREY

Born: ABT 1272, Rotherfield, Oxfordshire, England

Died: BEF 2 Nov 1311

Father: Robert De GREY of Rotherfield (Sir Knight)

Mother: Joan De VALOINES

Married 1: Hugh De PLESCY (B. Plescy) (b. 1267 - d. BEF 21 Aug 1301)

Children:

1. Hugh DE PLESCY (B. Plescy) (b. 25 Apr 1295 - d. BEF 26 Apr 1337)

Married 2: Thomas FITZBERNARD (Sir Knight)

Children:

2. Joan FITZBERNARD (m. John Wake, B, Lidell)


Thomas De GREY (Sir)

Born: ABT 1276, Rotherfield, Sussex, England

Died: 1295 / 1312

Father: Robert De GREY of Rotherfield (Sir Knight)

Mother: Joan De VALOINES

Married: ¿?

Children:

1. Joan De GREY


Joan De GREY

Born: ABT 1298, probably Rotherfield, Oxfordshire, England

Father: Thomas De GREY (Sir)

Mother: ¿?

Married: Guy De BRETON

Children:

1. Catherine De BRETON (b. ABT 1317 - d. 6 Jun 1342) (m. Thomas Quartermine)

2. Maud De BRETON


John De GREY (1° B. Grey of Rotherfield)

Born: ABT 1271, Rotherfield, Oxfordshire, England

Died: 17 Oct 1311, Rotherfield, Oxfordshire, England

Notes: summoned to Parliament as first Baron Grey of Rotherfield on 26 Jan 1297. He took part in the Scottish wars under Edward I "Longshanks" and fought in the glorious victory at Falkirk in 1298 against William Wallace, when a large part of Edward's troops refused to fight. He was back in Scotland again in 1306 after the rebellion and enthronement of Robert Bruce.

Father: Robert De GREY of Rotherfield (Sir Knight)

Mother: Joan De VALOINES

Married: Margaret De ODDINGESELLS (b. ABT 1276/85 - d. 1323) (dau. of William Oddingsells of Maxstoke and Ela Fitzwalter)

Children:

1. John De GREY (2° B. Grey of Rotherfield)

2. Joan De GREY


Joan De GREY

Born: 1291, Rotherfield Greys, Oxfordshire, England

Died: 1338, Farnborough, Warwickshire, England

Father: John De GREY (1° B. Grey of Rotherfield)

Mother: Margaret De ODDINGESELLS

Married: John RALEIGH (Sir Knight) 1302, Farnborough, Warwickshire, England

Children:

1. John RALEIGH

2. Catherine RALEIGH


John De GREY (2° B. Grey of Rotherfield)

Born: 9 Oct 1300, Rotherfield, Oxfordshire, England

Christened: 1 Nov 1300, Rotherfield, Oxfordshire, England

Died: 1 Sep 1359, Rotherfield, Oxfordshire, England

Notes: Knight of the Garter. Received livery of his lands in the fifteenth year of the reign of Edward II. In 1336 he was fighting for the King in Scotland; in 1342 he took part in the expedition to Flanders. He was in France in 1343, 1345-6, 1348 and again in 1356. He took part in the Battle of Crecy in 1346 with Edward III and his son Edward, the Black Prince, and it was after his return (after the fall of Calais in 1347) that he was given licence to crenellate Rotherfield. In the 6th of the reign of Edward III, upon some differences between his lordship and William la Zouche of Haryngworth, another great baron, which was heard before the King, Lord Grey, under the irritation of the moment, drew his knife upon Lord Zouche in the royal presence, whereupon both lords were committed to prison; but the Lord Zouche was soon afterwards released, while Lord Grey was remanded and his lands seized upon by the crown. He was, however, within a short time, upon making submission, restored to favour. In 1353 he was commissioner of array for the counties of Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire, and in 1356 was one of the witnesses to the charters by which Edward Baliol granted all his rights in Scotland to Edward III. He was steward of the king's household and had summons to parliament from the 1st to the 29th Edward III, inclusive. Was one of the Original Knights of the Garter instituted at its foundation in 1344 and confirmed in 1348, where he occupied the eighth stall on the sovereign's side at Windsor Castle. [Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, England, 1883, p. 247, Grey, Barons Grey, of Rotherfield, co. Oxford]

Father: John De GREY (1° B. Grey of Rotherfield)

Mother: Margaret De ODDINGESELLS

Married 1: Catherine FITZBRIAN (Dau. of Brian Fitzalan, B. Bedale and Agnes Baliol) BEF 27 Dec 1317, Rotherfield, Oxfordshire, England

Children:

1. John De GREY (3° B. Grey of Rotherfield)

2. Maud De GREY

Married 2: Avice MARMION (b. ABT 1302/9 - d. AFT 20 Mar 1378) (dau. of John De Marmion and Maud Furnival) ABT 1342

Children:

3. Joan De GREY

4. Robert De GREY (Sir Knight)

5. John De GREY (B. Marmion)


Maud De GREY

Born: ABT 1321, Rotherfield, Oxfordshire, England

Died: Apr 1385

Father: John De GREY (2° B. Grey of Rotherfield)

Mother: Catherine FITZBRIAN

Married: John BOTTETOURT (1º B. Botetourt) (b. 1320 - d. 1385) (son of Edward I "Longshanks" Plantagenet, King of England and Maud De Lusignan) (w. of Joyce La Zouche) AFT 28 Nov 1358


Joan De GREY

Father: John De GREY (2° B. Grey of Rotherfield)

Mother: Avice MARMION

Married: Richard WILLOUGHBY of Wollaton (Sir) BEF 21 Feb 1333

Children:

1. Edmund WILLOUGHBY of Wollaton (Sir)


John GREY (B. Marmion)

Born: 1343, Rotherfield, Oxfordshire, England

Died: 25 Oct 1368, Spain

Father: John De GREY (2° B. Grey of Rotherfield)

Mother: Avice MARMION

Married: Elizabeth St. QUINTIN ABT 1366


Robert GREY (Sir Knight)

Born: ABT 1345, Ravensworth, Yorkshire, England

Died: BEF 30 Nov 1367

Father: John De GREY (2° B. Grey of Rotherfield)

Mother: Avice MARMION

Married: Lora St. QUINTIN (b. 1342 - d. 1369) (dau. of Herbert St. Quintin and Margery d'Insula, dau. of Warren Insula)

Children:

1. Elizabeth GREY (B. Fitzhugh of Ravensworth)


Elizabeth GREY (B. Fitzhugh of Ravensworth)

Born: ABT 1365, Rotherfield, Oxfordshire, England

Died: BEF 14 Dec 1427, Ravensworth, York, England

Buried: Abbey, Jervaulx, York, England

Father: Robert De GREY (Sir Knight)

Mother: Lora St. QUINTIN

Married: Henry FITZHUGH (3° B. Fitzhugh of Ravensworth) BEF 1399, Ravensworth, York, England

Children:

1. Maud (Matilda) FITZHUGH

2. Elizabeth FITZHUGH

3. William FITZHUGH (4° B. Fitzhugh of Ravensworth)

4. Eleanor FITZHUGH (B. Darcy of Knaith)

5. Lora FITZHUGH

6. Henry FITZHUGH

7. John FITZHUGH

8. Geoffrey FITZHUGH

9. Robert FITZHUGH (Bishop of London)

10. Ralph FITZHUGH

11. Herbert FITZHUGH

12. Richard FITZHUGH

13. Joan FITZHUGH


John De GREY (3° B. Grey of Rotherfield)

Born: 1319, Rotherfield, Oxfordshire, England

Died: 4 Jun 1375

Buried: St. James, Bishop's Cannings, Wiltshire, England

Father: John De GREY (2° B. Grey of Rotherfield)

Mother: Catherine FITZBRIAN

Married: Maud De BURGHERSH (b. 1321 - d. 1387) (dau. of Batholomew De Burghersh and Elizabeth De Verdon) ABT 1344, Alton Barnes, Wiltshire, England

Children:

1. Maud De GREY

2. John De GREY

3. Bartholomew De GREY (4° B. Grey of Rotherfield)

4. Robert De GREY (5° B. Grey of Rotherfield)

5. Richard De GREY

6. Brian De GREY


Maud De GREY

Born: ABT 1338, Rotherfield, Oxfordshire, England

Died: 30 Jan 1390/1, Bosworth, Leicestershire, England

Buried: Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire, England

Father: John De GREY (3° B. Grey of Rotherfield)

Mother: Maud De BURGHERSH

Married: Thomas De HARCOURT (Sir Knight) BEF 13 Jun 1374, Rotherfield, Oxfordshire, England

Children:

1. Anne HARCOURT

2. John HARCOURT (Sir)

3. Thomas HARCOURT (Sir Knight)

4. Richard HARCOURT (Sir Knight)

5. Jane HARCOURT

6. Robert HARCOURT (b. 1382)

7. Catherine HARCOURT

8. Isabel HARCOURT


John De GREY

Born: ABT 1345, Rotherfield, Oxfordshire, England

Father: John De GREY (3° B. Grey of Rotherfield)

Mother: Maud De BURGHERSH

Married: Elizabeth De POYNINGS ABT 1369, Rotherfield, Oxfordshire, England


Bartholomew De GREY (4° B. Grey of Rotherfield)

Born: 1347, Rotherfield, Oxfordshire, England

Father: John De GREY (3° B. Grey of Rotherfield)

Mother: Maud De BURGHERSH

Married: Phillippa ? (b. 1352) BEF 21 Jul 1375


Robert De GREY (5° B. Grey of Rotherfield)

Born: 1349, Rotherfield, Oxfordshire, England

Died: Jan 1387/8

Notes: also fought in the Hundred Years War for Edward III, and his splendid brass, dating 1387, can be seen in the lovely Rotherfield Greys Church, hidden beneath a carpet. He had no sons and his daughter, Joan, married into the Deincourt family.

Father: John De GREY (3° B. Grey of Rotherfield)

Mother: Maud De BURGHERSH

Married 1: Joan ? (b. 1355 - d. BEF 1387) BEF 20 Mar 1378/1379

Married 2: Elizabeth De La PLAUNCHE (b. 1358) ABT 1387, Warwickshire, England

Children:

1. Joan GREY (B. Deincourt)


Joan GREY (B. Deincourt)

Born: Jul 1386

Died: 20 Nov 1408

Notes: her daughter, Alice, married William, Lord Lovell in 1422 and inherited Greys from her mother. Alice died in 1455 and with her grandson, Francis, the family's ownership and occupancy of Greys came to an end.

Father: Robert De GREY (5° B. Grey of Rotherfield)

Mother: Joan ? / Elizabeth De La PLAUNCHE

Married: John DEINCOURT (5° B. Deincourt) (b. 28 Feb 1381 - d. 11 May 1406) (son of William Deincourt, 3° B. Deincourt, and Alice Neville)

Children:

1. Alice DEINCOURT (B. Lovell of Tichmarsh) (m. William Lovell, 7° B. Lovell)

2. Margaret DEINCOURT (m. Ralph Cromwell)

3. William DEINCOURT (6° B. Deincourt) (m. Elizabeth Beaumont)


Richard De GREY

Born: ABT 1355, Solihul, Warwickshire, England

Father: John De GREY (3° B. Grey of Rotherfield)

Mother: Maud De BURGHERSH

Married: ¿? (b. 1367) ABT 1391



Mathilda De GREY

Born: ABT 1230

Father: Reginald De GREY

Mother: ¿?

Married: Gilbert De NEVILLE

Children:

1. John De NEVILLE (Sir)



Dau. De GREY

Died: 1284

Married: Thomas De BOROUGH

Children:

1. Phillip De BOROUGH

2. William De BOROUGH



Joan De GREY

Born: ABT 1273, Nottinghamshire, England

Married: Ralph CROMWELL ABT 1290, Nottinghamshire, England

Children:

1. Ralph CROMWELL

2. Elizabeth CROMWELL

3. Joan CROMWELL



Dau. GREY

Married: William DACRE Codnor

Children:

1. Thomas DACRE (m. Dau. Mowbray)



Joan (Constance) GREY

Born: ABT 1385, Lichfield, Staffordshire, England

Died: AFT 28 Mar 1438

Father: John GREY (Sir)

Mother: ¿?

Married: Richard Le STRANGE (8º B. Strange of Knockin) AFT 9 Oct 1408


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