47280384. Sir Henry de Gray & 47280385. Isolda Bardolf
~1165, Henry born in England, s/o 94560768. John de Gray.
~1180, Ysolda born in
England [niece and coheir of Robert Bardolf of Condor, Derbyshire; s/o William.]
Aft. 1187, John, count of Mortain [future King John] bestowed
Codor on his servant Henry de Gray [later described as a knight of King John.]
11/3/1189, Richard I crowned king of England.
1190, Henry accompanied King Richard I on crusade. Richard
commandeered ships and ordered them to Dover to move some of his forces to
France. The fleet was then to move to Marsailles to meet up with the combined
English and French troops.
7/1190, the English and French armies met at Lyons; where they
learned that the German Emperor, leading his forces to the crusade, had died in
an accident.
1191, Richard captured the city of Messina, Sicily, after they
had refused to let the English ships land. 24 ships sank in a storm on the way
to Cyprus.
5/1191, Richard captured Cyprus, which he would use as a supply
base for his forces.
7/1191, The crusaders captured Acre .
Many of the forces, especially the Germans, then returned home.
1191, Henry de Gray described in a battle of the Earl of
Leicester against the Turks. (S) Chronicles of the Crusades, 1903, P255.
9/5/1191, King Richard defeated Saladin at the battle of Arsuf.
12/1191, King Richard and his forces arrived at Beit Nuba, 12
miles from Jerusalem.
1/10/1192, at Jaffa, Henry de Gray a witness to a royal charter of King Richard I. (S) Calendar of Document Preserved in France, V1, 1899, P53.
1/10/1192, at Jaffa, Henry de Gray a witness to a royal charter of King Richard I. (S) Calendar of Document Preserved in France, V1, 1899, P53.
8/1/1192, King Richard conducted a sea assault on Jaffa, which
had been recaptured by Saladin.
9/2/1192, King Richard made a 3-year truce with Saladin.
9/9/1192, King Richard turned over command of the crusaders to
Henry of Champagne.
12/21/1192, King Richard, returning from crusade, was captured
near Vienna by Leopold V, Duke of Austria. [King Richard would be held 2 years
for a ransom of 100,000 silver marks of Cologne.]
1194, Henry granted the manor of Thurrock by King Richard I
[later confirmed by King John]. (S) The New British Traveller, Dugdale, 1819,
P404.
5/12/1194, Henry attended King Richard as he sailed from
Portsmouth with an army and siege engines for Barfleur, from which they
traveled to Caen, then Bayeux, then Lisieux.
1194, Isaac required to pay 1000 marks to Henry de Gray who was
“keeper of the Jews in Normandy.” (S) Jews in Medieval Normandy, Golb, 1998,
P373.
1195, King Richard signed the Treaty of Louviers with King
Philip II of France.
1196, King Richard built the Chateau Gaillard castle on the
Seine river.
1196, Henry de Gray pardoned the scutage of 5 fees of Peverel
because he was with the army in Normandy.
1197, William Brieguerre gave an account of 5£ of the scutage
of Henry de Gray for 5 knights’ fees of the Honour of Peverel of Nottingham.
(S) Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae, V2, 1844, P81.
1198, Henry de Gray (of Thin-rock, &c.) was Bailiff of
Verneuil in Normandy. (S) Notes and Queries, Oxford Journals, 1913, P235.
3/26/1199, King Richard wounded at Chalus-Chabrol by a
crossbowman shooting from the castle tower. [Richard died soon afterwards.]
5/27/1199, John crowned king
of England.
1200, Henry acquired the manor of Condor through marriage to
Isolda. Henry started the construction of the 1st stone castle at
the site.
1200, Henry de Grey of Codnor, Derbyshire, became involved in a
lawsuit with the prior and convent of Lenton concerning the patronage of one
mediety of Attenborough church [ended by his son Robert in 1240.] (S) History
of the Parish and Priory of Lenton, Godfrey, 1884, P124.
1201, Henry de Gray in possession of the manor of Codnor, and
had remission of scutage of 12 marks for 6 fees of Peverel.
1205, Henry’s brother Walter de Gray appointed Lord Chancellor
of England.
1206, King John gave the lands of John de Humez, which had been
forfeited due to arms against the king, to Henry de Grey. (S) History and
Antiquities of Buckingham, V4, 1847, P57.
1206, Henry de Gray in possession of the manor of Codnor.
1/1/1207, Henry de Gray acquired 30 librates of land in
Risborough, Bucks., for his support in the king’s service.
Bef. 1208, Samson de Strelleya and Geoffrey his son were
witnesses to a deed of Henry de Grey and and his wife Ysoud, of Codnor castle, grant a
piece of the park of Shirland to William, son of Robert, lord of Alfreton. (S)
Journal of Derbyshire Arch. …, Vs13-16, 1891, P20.
1211, Henry’s paternal uncle, also named John de Grey, created
Lord Justice in Ireland.
1212, Henry de Gray held 1 knight’s fee in Heanor, 1 in
Normanton, 1 in Shirland, 1 in Codnor and Toton [all in Derbyshire], 1 in
Berley and 1 in Radcliffe-on-Trent [in Nottingham].
1214, Henry de Gray claimed the advowson of Attenborough based
on having previously given the church to John de Alecun [deceased – the
previous rector]. (S) English Episcopal Acta, York, Lovatt, 2004, P43.
1205, Henry’s brother Walter de Gray appointed Archbishop of
York.
10/28/1216, Henry III, age 9, crowned king of England.
1216, The lands of John de Humez in Leciestershire granted
to Henry de Grey of Condor.
1217, Henry granted the manor of Grimston, Nottinghamshire.
1217, Henry granted the manor of Grimston, Nottinghamshire.
1219, Henry, knt. of Grays Thurrock, Essex died.
7/16/1219, The sheriff, by King’s mandate, ordered to let the
lands held of Isolda, widow of Henry “abide in peace.”
1221, Isolda obtained ½ mark in rent in Nottingham as
compensation for her house and rent taken for the enlargement of the castle
ditch of Nottingham.
1224, A knight and free tenants of Isolda were deputed to
defend her house at Cotterle because of a disturbance in those parts.
1225, Robert Bardolf of Great Carlton, Lincolnshire, and Hoo,
Kent, died; his lands in Kent, Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire were divided
between his two nephews, Jordan Foliot and Ralph Paynel, and his niece Isolda
de Gray. (S) Henry III Fine Rolls Project.
7/1/1225, The king has taken the homage of Jordan Foliot,
Isolda de Gray and Ralph Paynel for the portions that fall to them of the lands
formerly of Robert Bardolf, their uncle, which he held of the king in chief. …
to have full seisin of their portions … accepted security from Robert Wolf, in
the place of Matilda Bardolf, his mother, who is one of the heirs of the
aforesaid Robert, … to keep safely the portion falling to the son and heir of
Hugh Poinz , who is similarly one of the heirs of the same Robert and is under
age and in the custody of the king. [Hugh Poinz a descendent of 40003842. Hugh
Bardolf through his daughter Juliane.]
By 1235, Isolda married 2nd Reginald de Mendre;
holding Codnor and a purparty of the manor of Hoo.
1242, Isolda de Gray held 5.5 fees in Codnor of Peverel.
1242-43, Isolda and Nicholas Poinz in custody of lands of the
heir of Jordan Foliot, a minor.
6/29/1244, Grant to William de Grey, … 10 bovates … of the gift
of Isolda de Grey in Sandiacre, and which the said Isolda had of the gift of
Richard de Sandiacre. (S) CChRs.
1244, Institution of John de Bella Acqua to a mediety of the
church of Adingeburgh at the presentation of dame Isolda de Gray. (S) Register,
or Rolls, of Walter Gray, Lord Archbishop of York, 1872, P93.
1246, Isolda died; estate valued at £33 17s 11d; Richard de
Gray is her son and next heir. (S) Archaeologia Cantiana, V2, 1859, P294.
(S) Honors and Knights’ Fees, Farrer, 1923, P149.
Family notes:
·
Henry nephew of John de Grey the younger, Bishop
of Norwich.
Children of Henry and Isolda: [6 sons]
i. Richard de Grey (30424578), born ~1202 in England. [Heir]
ii. John de Grey (23640192), born ~1210 in England.
