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John de Grey, 1st Baron Grey de Rotherfield, KG (9 October 1300 – September 1359) was an
John de Grey, 1st Baron Grey de Rotherfield, KG (9 October 1300 – September 1359) was an English
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soldier and courtier. John was the son and heir of Sir John de Grey of Rotherfield, by Margaret, daughter of William de Odingsells.
John de Grey of Rotherfield was a founding member of the Most Noble Order of the Garter
The Most Noble Order of the Garter is an order of chivalry founded by Edward III of England in 1348. It is the most senior order of knighthood in the British honours system, outranked in precedence only by the Victoria Cross and the George C ...
.
By December 1349, John was Lord Steward
The Lord Steward or Lord Steward of the Household is an official of the Royal Households of the United Kingdom, Royal Household in England. He is always a peerage, peer. Until 1924, he was always a member of the Government. Until 1782, the offic ...
of the Royal Household of King Edward III
Edward III (13 November 1312 – 21 June 1377), also known as Edward of Windsor before his accession, was King of England and Lord of Ireland from January 1327 until his death in 1377. He is noted for his military success and for restoring ro ...
. He distinguished himself well in the Scottish and French wars. He was summoned to parliament often from 1338 to 1357, and is regarded as having thus become Baron Grey of Rotherfield
The title of Baron Grey de Rotherfield was created once in the Peerage of England. On 25 August 1338 Sir John de Grey was summoned to parliament. He was invested as Knight of the Order of the Garter ten years later. On the death of the fourth baro ...
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Family
He married firstly, shortly before 1313, Katherine Fitzalan, daughter and coheir ofBryan FitzAlan, Lord FitzAlan
Bryan FitzAlan, Baron FitzAlan Knt. (died 1 June 1306) was Lord of the Manor of Bedale in Richmondshire, Askham Bryan in the Ainsty, Bainton, Heworth &c., in Yorkshire, Bicker and Graby in Lincolnshire, a J.P. &c. He was appointed a Guardian of ...
of Bedale
Bedale ( ) is a market town and civil parish in the district of Hambleton, North Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the North Riding of Yorkshire, it is north of Leeds, south-west of Middlesbrough and south-west of the county town of ...
, brother-in-law to King John of Scotland
John Balliol ( – late 1314), known derisively as ''Toom Tabard'' (meaning "empty coat" – coat of arms), was King of Scots from 1292 to 1296. Little is known of his early life. After the death of Margaret, Maid of Norway, Scotland entered an ...
, Yorkshire and had a single son and heir:
* Sir John de Grey, 2nd Baron Grey de Rotherfield. He married Maud de Burghersh, daughter of Sir Bartholomew Burghersh the elder
Bartholomew Burghersh, 1st Baron Burghersh (died 3 August 1355, Dover), called "the elder", was an English nobleman and soldier, a younger son of Robert Burghersh, 1st Baron Burghersh and Maud Badlesmere, sister of Bartholomew Badlesmere, 1st Bar ...
, 1st Baron Burghersh.
He married secondly Avice, daughter of John Marmion, Baron of Winteringham.Henry Summerson, 'Grey, John, first Lord Grey of Rotherfield (1300–1359)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, September 2004; online edn, January 2008. by whom he had the following issue:
* John de Grey aka Marmion, (d.s.p.
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1385) m. Elizabeth St. Quintin (b.1341). His full brother's daughter, Elizabeth, was his heiress.
* Sir Robert de Grey aka Marmion, m. Lora St. Quintin (b.1343); their daughter Elizabeth m. Henry FitzHugh, 3rd Baron FitzHugh
Henry FitzHugh, 3rd Baron FitzHugh KG ( – 11 January 1425) of Ravensworth Castle in North Yorkshire, was an administrator and diplomat who served under Kings Henry IV and Henry V.
Origins
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