John de Grey
Baron Grey de Rotherfield
John de Grey, 1st Baron Grey, KG, depicted in the Bruges Garter Book, 1430-40
Born9 October 1300
Rotherfield, Oxfordshire, England
Died1 September 1359 (aged 58)
Rotherfield, Oxfordshire, England
Spouse(s)Katherine FitzAlan
Avice Marmion
IssueSir John de Grey, 3rd Baron Grey of Rotherfield
Sir John Marmion
Sir Robert de Grey
Maud de Grey
FatherSir John de Grey
MotherMargaret de Odingsells
Arms of Sir John de Grey, KG

John de Grey, 1st Baron Grey de Rotherfield KG (9 October 1300[1] – September 1359[1]) 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.[2]

John de Grey of Rotherfield was a founding member of the Most Noble Order of the Garter.[3]

By December 1349,[1] John was Lord Steward of the Royal Household of King Edward III. 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.[1][2]

Family

He married firstly, shortly before 1313,[1] Katherine Fitzalan, daughter and coheir of Bryan FitzAlan, Lord FitzAlan of Bedale, brother-in-law to King John of Scotland, Yorkshire and had a single son and heir:[2]

He married secondly Avice, daughter of John Marmion, Baron of Winteringham.[1][2] by whom he had the following issue:

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f 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. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/11544
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Cokayne, G. E. (1926). H. A. Doubleday; Duncan Warrand & Lord Howard de Walden (eds.). The Complete Peerage, or a history of the House of Lords and all its members from the earliest times (Gordon to Hustpierpoint). Vol. 6 (2nd ed.). London: The St Catherine Press. pp. 144–147.
  3. ^ Shaw, Wm. A. (1971). The Knights of England: A Complete Record from the Earliest Time to the Present Day of the Knights of All the Orders of Chivalry in England, Scotland, and Ireland, and of the Knights Bachelors. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company. p. 1. OCLC 247620448.
  4. ^ Nicolas, Nicholas Harris (1857). Historic Peerage of England. London: John Murray.
  5. ^ a b Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem, vol. XI, London: HMSO, 1935
Peerage of England Preceded bynew creation Baron Grey of Rotherfield 1338–1359 Succeeded byJohn de Grey
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