Genealogie Wylie » Sir John 1st Baron de Grey of Rotherfield, KG (1300-1359)

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• Hij is geboren op 9 oktober 1300 in Rotherfield Greys Castle, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England.Bronnen 1, 4, 5
• Hij is overleden op 1 september 1359, hij was toen 58 jaar oud.Bronnen 1, 3, 4, 6
• Een kind van John de Grey en Margaret de Odingsells
• Deze gegevens zijn voor het laatst bijgewerkt op 5 april 2023.

Gezin van Sir John 1st Baron de Grey of Rotherfield, KG

(1) Hij is getrouwd met Catherine FitzAlan.

Zij zijn getrouwd voor 1 maart 1311/1312 te 1st wife.Bronnen 1, 7

Kind(eren):

1. John 2nd Baron de Grey  < 1319-1375 
2. Maud (Matilda) de Grey  ± 1320-< 1347

(2) Hij is getrouwd met Avice Marmion.

Zij zijn getrouwd na 1328 te 2nd wife.Bronnen 1, 8

Kind(eren):

1. Robert de Grey  ± 1343-< 1367 
2. Maud de Grey  ± 1346-???? 

Notities over Sir John 1st Baron de Grey of Rotherfield, KG

Sir John de Grey, KG, of Rotherfield, b. 9 Oct 1300, d. 1 Sep 1359, 1stLord Grey of Rotherfield, KG 23 Apr 1349; m. (1) by 1 Mar 1311/2,Catharine, daughter and heir of Sir Bryan fitz Alan; m. (2) Avice,daughter of Sir John Marmion, Lord Marmion. [Magna Charta Sureties]

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BARONY OF GREY OF ROTHERFIELD (I)

SIR JOHN DE GREY, son and heir, was born at Rotherfield, 9 October, andbaptized 1 November 1300 in the church there. During minority his landswere granted to various persons by the Crown, and an inspection ofHardwick and Rotherfield was ordered, 28 September 1317, to safeguard theinterests of the heir. He was summoned for Military Service from 25 March1322 to 4 December 1341; to Councils 14 September 1340, 12 June 1341, 25February 1341/2, and 20 November 1342; and to Parliment from 15 November1338 to 1 December 1357, by writs directed Johanni de Grey de Rotherfeld,whereby he is held to have become LORD GREY of Rotherfield. He hadletters of protection, 18 July 1322, on going with the King to Scotland,and on 5 September 1325 on going with the King beyond seas. On 1September 1330 he had a grant of free warren in his demense lands inBucks, Berks, and cos. Oxford, Northampton and York. On 16 March 1331/2Sir Geoffrey le Scropc, who made the King's speech, declared that Mons.John de Grey of Rotherfield and Mons. William de la Zouche of Ashby, thenat variance, were commanded to do no violence, but nevertheless hot wordspassed between them in the presence of the King and his Council, and Greyput his hand to his knife and partly drew it. Both had been sent toprison, and Zouche had been released on bail till this parliament. Greyhad been given into the custody of William de Clinton, and was present inthat custody. The King asked advice of the Lords in respect of such anexcess in his presence, and the Lords returned that they thought Zouchenot guilty, and that Grey should be imprisoned during the King'spleasure, but begged the King's mercy for him. He appears to have beenpardoned not long after. On 19 August 1337 he had licence to alienate inmortmain to the Friars Minors of Oxford a plot of land. On 20 January1341/2 he was urgently summoned to London to treat with the Council forwhat he and his men should receive for their stay at Berwick-on-Tweed,the King desiring that he should have custody of that town. He was in theCrécy expedition in 1346 in the 2nd Division. On 10 December 1346 he hadlicence to crenellate his dwelling-places of Rotherfield and Sculcoates.He was made K.G. at the institution of that order,and was Steward of theHousehold, certainly from 1350 to 1356. On 20 May 1354. he had a grant offree warren in his demesne lands of Cornwell and Kingham (Oxford).

He married, 1stly, before 1 March 1311/2, Catherine, younger daughter andcoheir of Sir Brian (FITZALAN), LORD FITZALAN, by his 2nd wife, Maud. Hemarried 2ndly, Avice, daughter of John (MARMION), LORD MARMION, andsister and coheir of Robert, LORD MARMION. He died at Rotherfield, 1September 1359. His widow, as one of his executors, had a protection, 25September 1359, in consideration of his good services as Steward of theHousehold. Mention is made, 28 February 1362/3, of the service in WestTanfield Church according to the ordinance of Avice, late the wife ofJohn de Grey of Rotherfi6ld. She was living 20 March 1378/9, having asdower the manors of Cogges and Hardwick and a moiety of the manor andadvowson of Fringford (Oxford). [Complete Peerage VI:145-7, (tanscribedby Dave Utzinger)]

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John got a license to crenellate his manor in Rotherfield in 1347.

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John de Grey, 2nd Baron Grey of Rotherfield, one of the founders of theOrder of the Garter, b. 1300, who in the 15th Edward II, making proof hisage, had livery of his lands; and in the 1st Edward III, was in the warsof Scotland. In the 6th of the same reign, upon some differences betweenhis lordship and William le Zouch, of Haryngworth, another great baron,which was heard before the king, Lord Grey, under the irritation of themoment, drew his knife upon Lord Zouch in the royal presence, whereuponboth lords were committed to prison; but the Lord Zouch was soonafterwards released, while Lord Grey was remanded and his lands seizedupon by the crown. He was, however, within a short time, upon makingsubmission, restored to favour; and in three years afterwards we find hislordship in Scotland upon the king's service, being of the retinue withHenry, Earl of Lancaster. From this period for several years, he wasengaged in the French wars, and in the 20th of Edward's reign, heobtained license to fortify his houses at Rotherfield Grey, co. Oxford,and Sculcotes, co. York, with embattled walls of lime and stone. The nextyear there being a tournament held at Eltham, in Kent, amongst otheraccoutrements prepared for that military exercise, his lordship had ahood of white cloth embroidered with dancing men in blue habits, buttonedbefore with large pearls presented to him by the king. In the 26th EdwardIII, he was one of the commissioners in the cos. Oxford and Berks forarraying and arming all men of ability within those shires and leadingthem against the king's enemies, invasion at that time threatened by theFrench. In the next year he was steward of the king's household and hadsummons to parliament from the 1st to the 29th Edward III, inclusive. Hislordship m. 1st, Katherine, dau. and co-heiress of Bryan Fitz-Alan, ofBedall, co. York, and had issue, John, his successor, and Maud, m. 1st toJohn de Botetourt, of Weoley, and 2ndly, to Thomas de Harcourt. He m.2ndly, Avice, dau. and co-heir of John, Lord Marmion, and had two sons,John and Robert, who both assumed their mother's name of Marmion. [SirBernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages, Burke'sPeerage, Ltd., London, England, 1883, p. 247, Grey, Barons Grey, ofRotherfield, co. Oxford]

Note: I did not follow Burke's, above on the marriages of Maud (therewere apparently two Mauds).

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