John de Grey, 1st Baron Grey de Rotherfield KG (9 October 1300 – September 1359) was an English 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

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. By December 1349, John was

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of the Royal Household of

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. 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.

Family

He married firstly, shortly before 1313, Katherine Fitzalan, daughter and coheir of

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, brother-in-law to King

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, 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, 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. 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.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Grey de Rotherfield, John De Grey, 1st Baron Garter Knights appointed by Edward III Medieval English knights Barons in the Peerage of England 1300 births 1359 deaths

John John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second E ...