15211428.
Lord John de Grey & 15211429. Lady Avice Marmion & 30422705. Lady Katherine
Fitz Alan
10/9/1300,
John born at Rotherfield, Oxford, England, heir & s/o 30422856. Sir John de Grey & 30422857. Margaret de Oddingseles.
1302,
Katherine born in England, coheir & d/o 60845410. Lord Brian Fitz Alan & 60845411. Maud ?.
5/12/1306,
Grant to Henry de Lacy, earl of Lincoln, the king’s kinsman, of the custody,
during the minority of the daughters and hiers of Brian son of Alan … the
marriage of the 2nd daughter [Katherine.] (S) CPRs.
1307,
Katherine age 5, and heir to her uncle Theobald Fitz Alan.
7/7/1307,
Edward II became king on the death of his father.
[––John
& Katherine––]
By 1311,
John 1st married to Katherine.
1311, John’s
father died, John age 10; King Edward II granted the manor of Rotherfield to
Thomas Wale for 10 years during John’s minority.
4/24/1312,
Grant … custody of the lands late of John de Grey of Rogherfeld, … Duston, co.
Northampton, … custody of John son and heir of the same John de Grey, … (S)
CPRs.
1312, John
heir to his grandmother Joan de Valoines of the manor of Fringford. The manor
was held of Hugh le Despenser in his minority. (S) Fringford, A History of the
Co. of Oxford, V6, 1959.
11/12/1312, Grant
for £100 to Hugh le Despenser the elder of the wardship
of the manor of Somerton … which Joan de Grey, deceased, held in dower of the
inheritance of John, son and heir of John de Grey of Rotherfeld, a minor in the
king’s ward. (S) CFRs.
1313, John
de Ralegh and Joan his wife … land and rent in Mollington … remainder to John
son … Katharine daughter … to John de Grey of Rotherfield. (S) Lists and
Indexes, V17, P144.
1/20/1314,
Pardon to John de Ralegh and Joan his wife for acquiring … successive
remainders to their son John … to Katherine his sister … and to John de Grey of
Rotherfeld and his heirs. (S) CPRs.
12/27/1317, Order
not to intermeddle further with the purparty of her father's lands falling to
Katherine, daughter of Brian son of Alan, … wife of John de Greye … Katherine
has proved her age [at least 14] before the said escheator. (S) CCRs.
~1320, Avice
born in England, d/o 23640110. Baron
John de Marmion & 23640111. Maud de Furnival.
7/3/1321,
John, son and heir of John de Grey of Rutherefeld (Rotherfield): Oxfordshire
(proof of age). Oxford: Thomas de Gardinis, knight, aged 60, says that the same
heir was 21 on the morrow of SS. Simon and Jude last, for he was born at
Rutherefeld on that day 28 Edward I., and on the third day after baptized in
the church there; and this he knows because he was present at the banquet when
Margaret mother of the said heir purified herself from her childbirth, … know
it because of the great feast which John de Grey made at Rutherefeld on the day
of St. Andrew next after the said heir’s birth, when the said Margaret purified
herself from the said heir; which feast is still notorious in those parts,
because the abbots, priors and almost all the other good men of those parts
were present. … (S) CIsPM.
1322, John
de Grey complains that a group of malefactors, tenants of the king from
Merioneth, Penllyn, Ardudwy, Edeyrnion, Glyndyfrdwy and Dinmael, sent by (par
lenvoy) Griffith ap Rees, came to his town of Ruthyn and there attacked his
castle, and started to burn down the town, … killed his men …, gravely wounded
forty others, destroyed his parks, … killed and carried off his game, and stole
the goods of the tenants of the country, both livestock and other goods; and
they still rob and destroy in the area. (S) UKNA.
7/21/1322,
The following have letters … John de Grey of Rotherfeld, nominating … going to
Scotland with the king. (S) CPRs.
10/14/1322,
King Edward at the losing Battle of Byland, 20 miles north of York, against
Robert Bruce. [This defeat compelled King Edward to recognize Scottish
independence.]
1/24/1327,
Edward III, age 14, succeeded Edward II as King of England. [1/20/1327, Edward
II abdicated.]
1327, John
fought in Scotland.
3/7/1328,
John de Grey, late justice of North Wales. (S) UKNA.
Bef.
8/7/1328, Katherine died.
[––John––]
6/16/1329,
Commission of oyer and terminer to John de Grey of Retherfeld, Robert de
Malberthorp and William de Shareshulle … (S) CPRs.
1330, John
received a grant of free warren for all his demesnes.
1/1331, John
in a quarrel with Lord William la Zouche de Mortimer (1249366), drew his knife
on him in the King’s presence. John was sent to prison.
1/25/1332, Order
to take into the king's hand the lands, goods and chattels of John de Grey of
Retherfeld, whom the king imprisoned. (S) CFRs.
3/27/1332,
John pardoned and his lands restored.
11/4/1332,
Edward de Bohun, William de Bohun and John de Grey of Retherfeld, mainpernors
for Robert de Folevill. (S) CPRs.
[––John & Avice––]
1335, John
married Avice. Robert de Marmion, Avice’s brother, being infirm, married Avice
to John on condition that upon settling the reversion of all his lands on John
and Avice in tail the issue of her marriage should take the name of Marmion.
(S) Archaeologia, V47, Pt1, 1882, P183.
1336, John
fought in Scotland.
1336, Siege of Dunbar castle by William Montagu,
earl of Salisbury. [After 5 months the English withdrew.].
1337, Sir
John de Grey presented Nicholas Oliver to the church at Oxburgh. (S) History of
the Counry of Norfolk, V3, 1769, P491.
8/19/1337,
Licence for the alienation in mortmain by John de Grey of Retherfeld to the
guardian and Friars Minors of Oxford … (S) CPRs.
1338, Lutton
manor settled on Robert son of John Marmyon, chevalier, reversion to Maud widow
of John Marmion, Joan (11820055) wife of John Bernak, and Avice (15211429) wife
of John de Grey. (S) Victoria Hist. of the Co. of Northampton, V2, 1906, P584.
6/26/1338,
Licence for John de Grey of Retherfeld to enfeoff John Giffard of Twynford …
(S) CPRs.
8/25/1338-57,
John, 1st Lord Grey of Rotherfield, summoned to parliament by writ.
3/25/1339,
Creditor: John de Grey of Rotherfield [Oxon.], knight. Amount: £20. (S) UKNA.
1340, Maud (23640111)
late the wife of John Marmyoun v. Robert Noreys, rector … manors of Berewyk in
Sussex, Wyntryngham in Lincoln, and Quenton in Gloucestershire; to Maud for
life, remainder to Robert son of John Marmyoun (23640110) for life, then to
John de Gray of Retherefeld and Avice (15211429) his wife and heirs of their
bodies, contingent remainders to heirs of the body of Avice, to John de Bernak
and Joan (11820055) his wife and heirs of her body. (S) Abstr. Feet of Fines
for Sussex, V3, 1916, no.1914.
8/24/1340,
Commission … as taxers of the ninth of sheaves, lambs and fleeces … surveryors
of the same in the said counties to inform themselves of the true value of each
church, … to certify receivers … John de Grey of Retherfeld } Bedford and
Buckingham. (S) CPRs.
1/20/1342,
To John de Grey of Rotherfield. Order, upon sight of these presents, to come to
London, … to treat with the council there for what he and his men ought to
receive for their stay at Berwick upon Tweed, as the king wishes him to have
the custody of that town, for a moderate time. (S) CCRs.
1342, John
in the expedition into Flanders.
9/30/1342,
In the opening phase of the Hundred Years War, William de Bohun, Earl of
Northampton, defeated Charles of Blois at Morlaix. 50 French knights were
killed, and 150 captured. William then took the town of Roch-Dirien by assault.
11/11/1342,
Simon de Wintryngham, chaplain, grant a third of the manor of Willingham to
Maud, widow of John Marmyon, Lady Maud, for life, remainders to lord John Gray
of Rotherfield and Avice his wife. (S) CIsPM.
1343,
Richard de Mousegrave presented to Sedistern by John, son of John de Grey of
Rotherfield, attorney of Sir Miles de Stapleton. (S) History of the Counry of
Norfolk, V3, 1769, P854.
1343-4,
Account of John de Grey of a journey to the Roman Court. (S) UKNA.
7/12/1346, King Edward landed an invasion force of
10000 in Normandy, which marched north plundering the countryside. King Philip
VI, with 8000 horsemen and 4000 Genoese crossbowmen pursued.
7/26/1346 at Caen, capital of Normandy, Edward’s
forces captured the city; and Raoul, Count of Eu, Constable of France, and Jean
de Tancarville, Grand Chamberlain of France.
8/26/1346, John de Grey at the Battle of Crecy,
north of Paris. Edward III vs. Philip VI, heralded the rise of the longbow as
the dominant weapon, and also saw the use of the ribauldequin, an early cannon,
by the English. The English longbowmen could fire much more quickly than the
Genoese, with a killing range of 250 yards. A decisive victory, a third of the
French forces lost [mainly to arrows] to less than 100 Englishmen, this started
the decline in importance of the mounted knight, and the rise of England as a
European power. (S) Crecy & Calais, 1898, P85.
9/4/1346,
The English began the year-long siege of the port of Calais.
12/10/1346, Licence for John de Grey of Retherfeld
to crenellate his dwelling-place of Retherfeld Grey, co. Oxford, and Sculcotes,
co. York. (S) CPRs.
8/1347, Calais fell when King Philip failed to
support their siege and retreated.
4/23/1348,
John a founding Knight of the Garter, occupying the 14th stall.
1348, The
Black Death entered the west countryside of England [likely entering through
Bristol].
1350,
William de Aberford presented to Sedistern by Sir Miles de Stapleton and Sir
John de Grey. (S) History of the Counry of Norfolk, V3, 1769, P854.
1350, John
named steward of the king’s household.
11/3/1350,
Commission to Richard, earl of Arundel, Thomas de Bello Campo, earl of Warwick,
William de Clynton, earl of Huntingdon, John de Grey of Retherfeld, steward of
the household, and Bartholomew de Burgherssh, the king;s chamberlain, to
deliver from prison William de Thorpe, ‘chivaler’ … detained … for misdeeds in
the office of chief justice. (S) CPRs.
1354, John
given a grant of free warren in Cornwall and Kingham, Oxfordshire.
7/1/1354,
Enrollment of realease by John fitz Bernard, knight, to John de Grey of
Retherfeld, knight, … Cornewell and Kengham, … (S) CCRs.
1/23/1356,
Power to John de Grey of Rotherfield, steward of the king’s household, John de
Cherleton, the king’s chamberlain, Henry Grene, … justices of oyer … to remove
John de Coupeland, sheriff … . (S) CPRs.
1/20/1356 at
Roxburgh, John a witness to the charter by which Edward Baliol granted all his
rights in Scotland to King Edward III.
9/19/1356, John
de Grey at the Battle of Poitiers in France. Edward, the Black Prince, defeated
a larger French and allied army led by King John II of France, leading to the
capture of the French king, his son, and much of the French nobility. By
treaty, England was permitted to annex much of western France. In addition,
France would pay a ransom of 4 million écus for the king. (S) Medieval Combat Society.
8/14/1357,
Commission of oyer and terminer to John de Grey of Retherfeld, steward of the
household, … (S) CPRs.
5/12/1358,
From: Edward III, king of England To: the prior and convent of Canterbury
Cathedral Priory … Witnesses: … Edward of Woodstock, prince of Wales, son of
Edward III; … William de Bohun, earl of Northampton; Richard fitz Alan, earl of
Arundel; …; John Grey, steward of the royal household. (S) UKNA.
1359, John
Grey of Rotherfield, steward of the household, Chief justice. (S) UKNA.
7/20/1359,
John de Grey de Retherfeld, steward of the household, witnessed a confirmation
of a royal charter of 1324. (S) Cardiff Records, V1.
9/1/1359,
“John de Grey of Rotherfeld (Rotherfield), knight: Sussex, Gloucestershire,
Norfolk, Staffordshire, Oxfordshire, Nottinghamshire, Kent, Lincolnshire,
Warwickshire, Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire, Yorkshire” died. (S) UKNA.
[––Avice––]
9/20/1359,
Writ for IPM of John de Grey of Rotherfeld, knight. Sussex: Berewyk. The manor
held jointly by the said John and Avice his wife, who survives as of her right
… He died on 1 October (sic) last, … Gloucester: Quenton. The manor held
jointly … He died on 1 September last. John, son of the said John and Avice,
aged 16 years and more, is his heir to this manor. Norfolk: … Stafford: Weford.
The hamlet … Oxford: Rotherfeld. The manor, one half, with the advowson of the
church … Cogges. The manor … Herdwyk. The manor … Nottingham: … Lincoln: Byker.
12 librates of land … Warwick: Solyhull. £16 11s.
yearly rent in the manor … Northampton: Duston. The manor, including a
watermill and a fulling-mill, … Heir John his son, knight, aged 34 years and
more at Easter last. Buckingham: … Shobinton. The manor held jointly with John
his son … Knesworth. 20d rent held by the law of England in right of Katherine
his wife … York: manors: Upton, Stillingflet, Dringhous, Ketetwell (moiety),
Bedale (moiety) of the inheritance of Katherine late his wife, deceased, Ashkam
(moiety), … (S) CIsPM.
9/25/1359,
Protection, … for Avice late the wife of John de Grey of Rotherfield, … executors
of the will of the said John, and for his goods, … (S) CPRs.
10/22/1359, Order
to escheator in the county of Northampton, to deliver to John, son and heir of
John de Grey of Rotherfeld, the lands late of his said father, he having done
homage ; saving to Avice late the wife of the said John de Grey her reasonable
dower. (S) CFRs.
1360, Avice
coheir to her brother Robert, 3rd Lord Marmion.
2/28/1363,
Licence … parson of the church of Kirtelyngton, … to found a chantry … in West
Tanfeld church according to the ordinance of Avice late the wife of John de
Grey of Rotherfield, … (S) CPRs.
1366, Peter
Bray presented at Oxburgh by the Lady Avice de Grey, widow of Sir John de Grey,
baron of Rotherfield, daughter and coheir to John, lord Marmion. (S) History of
the Counry of Norfolk, V3, 1769, P491.
3/20/1379,
“Robert Grey of Rotherfield to settle half the manor of Rotherfield, … now held
in dower by Avice late the wife of Sir John Grey, Robert's grandfather, …, now
held in dower by Matilda late the wife of John Grey, knight, Robert's father,
….” (S) CPRs.
By 1380,
Avice died; step-grandson Robert [wife Joan] her heir.
(S) Magna
Carta Ancestry, P629. (S) DNB, 1890, P192. (S) IPM of Elizabeth Grey (3802857), 12/30/1427.
Family
notes:
·
Sons John & Robert, half-brothers, married
sisters, Elizabeth & Lora de Saint Quintin.
Child
of John and Katherine:
i. John de Grey (7605676), born 4/1325 in England.
[Heir]
Children
of John and Avice: [2 sons, 1 daughter]
i. Maud de Grey, born ~1338 in England.
10/20/1358, John,
son of John Buttetourt', and Maud, daughter of John de Grey of Retherfeld',
querents, and John Buttetourt' of Weleye, knight, and Joyce, his wife,
deforciants. (S) Feet of Fines, Buckinghamshire.
ii. Robert de Grey de Marmion (7605714), born ~1339
in England.
1335, John
married Avice. Robert de Marmion, Avice’s brother, being infirm, married Avice
to John on condition that upon settling the reversion of all his lands on John
and Avice in tail the issue of her marriage should take the name of “Marmion”.
