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Sir John Grey

Birth
Ruthin, Denbighshire, Wales
Death
27 Apr 1439 (aged 51–52)
Castle Acre, Kings Lynn and West Norfolk Borough, Norfolk, England
Burial
Old Buckenham, Breckland Borough, Norfolk, England Add to Map
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Knight of the Garter

A Life Remembered ~ Sir John Grey

Sir John Grey KG (c. 1387 – August 27, 1439), English nobleman and soldier, was the eldest son of Reginald Greiny, 3rd Baron Grey de Ruthyn and Margaret Roos.[1] He was also Captain of Gourney.

He traveled with the king to France in 1415 and 1417.[1] He fought at the Battle of Agincourt and was invested as the 151st Knight of the Garter on 5 May 1436.[1]

He married before 1410, Lady Constance Holland (c.1387–14 November 1437), the daughter of Elizabeth of Lancaster, and John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter;[1] the half brother of King Richard II. By her mother, Constance was a niece of King Henry IV. She was the widow of Thomas Mowbray, 4th Earl of Norfolk, whom she had been betrothed to as a 4-year-old child,[1] but the marriage was never consummated.[citation needed] Mowbray was executed at age nineteen due to his revolt against her uncle, King Henry IV.[1]

Sir John Grey and Constance Holland had three children:

▪ Edmund Grey, 1st Earl of Kent (1416–1490)[1]
▪ Thomas Grey, 1st Baron of Richemount Grey (from Ridgmount, Bedfordshire) in 1450. Executed in 1461.[2]
▪ Constance Grey, who married Sir Richard Herbert.[1]

After the death of Constance, Grey married Lady Margaret Mowbray, daughter of Thomas Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk and widow of Sir Robert Howard, before 1 July 1438.[1]

Grey predeceased his father, who was succeeded by Edmund.

References

1.^ Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: a study in colonial and medieval families, Genealogical Publishing, 2005. pg 380-81. Google eBook

2.^ R. Ian Jack, 'Grey family (per. 1325–1523)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008.
thePeerage.com

Jack, R. Ian, "Grey family", on the website of the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (subscription or UK public library membership required)

"Grey, Reginald de". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.

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Knight of the Garter

A Life Remembered ~ Sir John Grey

Sir John Grey KG (c. 1387 – August 27, 1439), English nobleman and soldier, was the eldest son of Reginald Greiny, 3rd Baron Grey de Ruthyn and Margaret Roos.[1] He was also Captain of Gourney.

He traveled with the king to France in 1415 and 1417.[1] He fought at the Battle of Agincourt and was invested as the 151st Knight of the Garter on 5 May 1436.[1]

He married before 1410, Lady Constance Holland (c.1387–14 November 1437), the daughter of Elizabeth of Lancaster, and John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter;[1] the half brother of King Richard II. By her mother, Constance was a niece of King Henry IV. She was the widow of Thomas Mowbray, 4th Earl of Norfolk, whom she had been betrothed to as a 4-year-old child,[1] but the marriage was never consummated.[citation needed] Mowbray was executed at age nineteen due to his revolt against her uncle, King Henry IV.[1]

Sir John Grey and Constance Holland had three children:

▪ Edmund Grey, 1st Earl of Kent (1416–1490)[1]
▪ Thomas Grey, 1st Baron of Richemount Grey (from Ridgmount, Bedfordshire) in 1450. Executed in 1461.[2]
▪ Constance Grey, who married Sir Richard Herbert.[1]

After the death of Constance, Grey married Lady Margaret Mowbray, daughter of Thomas Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk and widow of Sir Robert Howard, before 1 July 1438.[1]

Grey predeceased his father, who was succeeded by Edmund.

References

1.^ Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: a study in colonial and medieval families, Genealogical Publishing, 2005. pg 380-81. Google eBook

2.^ R. Ian Jack, 'Grey family (per. 1325–1523)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008.
thePeerage.com

Jack, R. Ian, "Grey family", on the website of the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (subscription or UK public library membership required)

"Grey, Reginald de". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.

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