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Sir John de Grey (died 1266) was an
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soldier and high sheriff. John was the second son of
Henry de Grey Sir Henry de Grey of Grays Thurrock, Essex (1155–1219) was a favourite courtier of King John of England. Family Sir Henry was the son of John de Grey (born Thurrock, Essex, c. 1140 and married c. 1157) and probably a great-grandson of Anche ...
of
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in
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. He served as
High Sheriff of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire This is a list of Sheriffs of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire. One sheriff was appointed for both counties from 1125 until the end of 1575 (except for 1165–1166), after which separate sheriffs were appointed. See High Sheriff of Bedfordshire an ...
in 1238–39 and of
High Sheriff of Herefordshire This is a list of Sheriffs and, since 1998, High Sheriffs of Herefordshire The position of Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown. Formerly the Sheriff was the principal law enforcement officer in each county, but over the centurie ...
in 1252–53, undertaking military service in
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in 1232. He lived at
Shirland Shirland is a former pit village in Derbyshire, England. Together with the neighbouring villages of Higham, Stretton and Stonebroom, it forms part of the civil parish of Shirland and Higham, which had a population of 4,802 at the 2011 Census ...
in
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, married three times, and his son, by his second wife Emma de Glanvile, was
Reginald de Grey, 1st Baron Grey de Wilton Reginald de Grey, 1st Baron Grey of Wilton (c. 1240 – 5 April 1308) was an English nobleman after whom one of the four Inns of Court is named. He was son of Sir John de Grey and grandson of Henry de Grey. The property upon which Gray's Inn sits ...
. He was accordingly an ancestor of many of the noble houses with the surname Grey. He died in March 1266.


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*''Burke's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1939), s.v. Grey de Ruthyn * 1266 deaths 13th-century English people Medieval English knights High Sheriffs of Bedfordshire High Sheriffs of Buckinghamshire High Sheriffs of Herefordshire People from Shirland People from Grays, Essex John de Grey Year of birth missing {{UK-noble-stub