John Grey, 2nd Baron Grey of Wilton (died 28 October 1323) was an English nobleman and administrator.
Biography
He was the son of
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 si ...
and his wife Maud, daughter and heir of William
Baron FitzHugh). His first office was as vice-
justice of Chester
The Justice of Chester was the chief judicial authority for the county palatine of Chester, from the establishment of the county until the abolition of the Great Sessions in Wales and the palatine judicature in 1830.
Within the County Palatine ...
from 1296 to 1297.
He participated in the siege and capture of
Caerlaverock Castle in July 1300, and his arms were recorded in the ''Roll of Caerlaverock'', a
roll of arms
A roll of arms (or armorial) is a collection of coat of arms, coats of arms, usually consisting of rows of painted pictures of shields, each shield accompanied by the name of the person bearing the arms.
The oldest extant armorials date to the m ...
compiled during the diese.
He was summoned to Parliament from 1309 to 1322. His first parliamentary appointment was that of
Lord Ordainer in 1310, and was followed by the grant in 1311 of
Ruthin Castle, which passed to his younger son Roger de Grey. He was at the
Battle of Bannockburn
The Battle of Bannockburn ( or ) was fought on 23–24 June 1314, between the army of Robert the Bruce, King of Scots, and the army of King Edward II of England, during the First War of Scottish Independence. It was a decisive victory for Ro ...
, where the English army took a heavy defeat. Nonetheless, he was trusted by
Edward II
Edward II (25 April 1284 – 21 September 1327), also known as Edward of Caernarfon or Caernarvon, was King of England from 1307 until he was deposed in January 1327. The fourth son of Edward I, Edward became the heir to the throne follo ...
who was confident in the appointment as
Justiciar of North Wales
The Justiciar of North Wales was a legal office concerned with the government of the three counties in north-west Wales during the medieval period. Justiciar was a title which had been given to one of the monarch's chief ministers in both England a ...
in February 1314/15 and governor of
Caernarfon Castle
Caernarfon Castle (; ) is a medieval fortress in Gwynedd, north-west Wales. The first fortification on the site was a motte-and-bailey castle built in the late 11th century, which King Edward I of England began to replace with the current st ...
.
[Breese's ''Calendars of Gwynedd'' p. 125, (London, 1873).]
He was relieved of his
constabulatory responsibilities the following year and called to raise troops in response to the insurrection led by
Llywelyn Bren. He served as
conservator of the peace for
Bedfordshire
Bedfordshire (; abbreviated ''Beds'') is a Ceremonial County, ceremonial county in the East of England. It is bordered by Northamptonshire to the north, Cambridgeshire to the north-east, Hertfordshire to the south and the south-east, and Buckin ...
in 1320. In 1322, he was commanded to raise troops in Wales and join the royal muster at
Coventry
Coventry ( or rarely ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands (county), West Midlands county, in England, on the River Sherbourne. Coventry had been a large settlement for centurie ...
.
Family
Lord de Grey married Anne, daughter of Sir William Ferrers of
Groby, Leicestershire although this has never been proven, and leaving:
*
Henry de Grey, 3rd Baron Grey of Wilton (28 October 1282 – 10 December 1342)
Secondly, he married Maud, daughter of
Ralph Basset and Margaret, daughter of Roger Someri, feudal lord of Dudley. They had:
*
Roger de Grey, 1st Baron Grey of Ruthin
Lord de Grey died on 28 October 1323.
Notes
References
Bibliography
*George Edward Cokayne, ''The Complete Peerage'', Vol. II, p. 3; Vol. VI, pp. 151, 173–174.
*''Burke's Peerage'', 1938, p. 1162.
*OFHS Newsletter, December 1995, p. 92.
*Douglas Richardson, ''Plantagenet Ancestry'', pp. 501, 620, 764–765.
*Douglas Richardson, ''Plantagenet Ancestry'': 2nd Edition, Vol. III, pp. 100, 147.
*Douglas Richardson, ''Magna Carta Ancestry'', 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 241.
*Douglas Richardson, ''Magna Carta Ancestry'', 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 271.
*Douglas Richardson, ''Magna Carta Ancestry'', 2nd Edition, Vol. IV, pp. 22, 341–342.
*Douglas Richardson, ''Royal Ancestry'', Vol. I, p. 421.
*Douglas Richardson, ''Royal Ancestry'', Vol. III, p. 123.
*Douglas Richardson, ''Royal Ancestry'', Vol. IV, p. 94.
*Douglas Richardson, ''Royal Ancestry'', Vol. V, pp. 6–7, 367–368.
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Year of birth missing
13th-century births
1323 deaths
John de Grey, 2nd Baron Grey de Wilton
Barons Grey de Wilton (1295)