John Grey 1387-1439

Paternal Family Tree: Grey

Maternal Family Tree: Etienette Countess Provence and Arles

In or before 1387 [his father] Reginald Grey 3rd Baron Grey Ruthyn [aged 24] and [his mother] Margaret Ros Baroness Grey Ruthyn were married. She by marriage Baroness Grey of Ruthyn. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Thomas Ros 4th Baron Ros Helmsley and [his grandmother] Beatrice Stafford Countess Desmond [aged 45]. They were third cousin once removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King John of England. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.

Around 1387 John Grey was born to Reginald Grey 3rd Baron Grey Ruthyn [aged 25] and Margaret Ros Baroness Grey Ruthyn. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward I of England.

On 4th August 1388 [his grandfather] Reginald Grey 2nd Baron Grey Ruthyn [aged 66] died. His son [his father] Reginald [aged 26] succeeded 3rd Baron Grey of Ruthyn.

Before 22nd October 1397 [his brother-in-law] Robert Poynings 4th Baron Poynings [aged 14] and [his sister] Eleanor Grey Baroness Poynings [aged 4] were married. She by marriage Baroness Poynings. They were half sixth cousins. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.

Before 1st June 1402 Thomas Mowbray 4th Earl Norfolk 2nd Earl Nottingham [aged 16] and [his future wife] Constance Holland Countess Norfolk and Nottingham [aged 15] were married. She by marriage Countess Norfolk, Countess Nottingham. She the daughter of John Holland 1st Duke Exeter and [his future mother-in-law] Elizabeth Lancaster Duchess Exeter [aged 39]. He the son of Thomas Mowbray 1st Duke of Norfolk and Elizabeth Fitzalan Duchess Norfolk [aged 36]. They were third cousins. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great granddaughter of King Edward III of England.

Around 1410 John Grey [aged 23] and Constance Holland Countess Norfolk and Nottingham [aged 23] were married. She by marriage Baroness Grey of Ruthyn. She the daughter of John Holland 1st Duke Exeter and Elizabeth Lancaster Duchess Exeter [aged 46]. They were half third cousin twice removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great granddaughter of King Edward III of England.

Battle of Agincourt

                    25th October 1415. At the Battle of Agincourt the English included: Louis Robbessart [aged 25], Richard Beauchamp 13th Earl Warwick [aged 33], William Botreaux 3rd Baron Botreaux [aged 26], William Bourchier 1st Count of Eu [aged 41], Thomas Rokeby [aged 35], John Cornwall 1st Baron Fanhope 1st Baron Milbroke [aged 51], Edward Courtenay [aged 30], Ralph Cromwell 3rd Baron Cromwell [aged 12], Thomas Dutton [aged 19], Edmund Ferrers 6th Baron Ferrers of Chartley [aged 29], Roger Fiennes [aged 31], Henry Fitzhugh 3rd Baron Fitzhugh [aged 57], John Grey [aged 28], John Grey 1st Earl Tankerville [aged 31], William Harrington [aged 42] as the King's Standard Bearer, Walter Hungerford 1st Baron Hungerford [aged 37], Piers Legh [aged 26] (wounded), Alfred Longford, Thomas Montagu 1st Count Perche 4th Earl Salisbury [aged 27], Thomas Morley 6th Baron Marshal 5th Baron Morley [aged 22], John Rodney, Richard Scrope 3rd Baron Scrope of Bolton [aged 22], Robert Strelley [aged 18], James Tuchet 5th Baron Audley, 2nd Baron Tuchet [aged 17], Robert Umfraville [aged 52], Thomas West 2nd Baron West [aged 35], Robert Willoughby 6th Baron Willoughby [aged 30]. Thomas Erpingham [aged 60] commanded the archers. Thomas Rempston [aged 26] was present. Thomas Strickland [aged 48] carried the Banner of St George.
                
                    Thomas Tunstall [aged 57] was killed.
                
                    The Welsh included: William ap Thomas "Blue Knight of Gwent" Herbert [aged 35], Walter Sais [aged 95], Roger Vaughan [aged 70] and his son Roger Vaughan [aged 5]. Owen Tudor [aged 15] is believed to have been present as a squire.

In 1416 [his brother-in-law] John Holland 2nd Duke Exeter [aged 20] was restored 2nd Duke Exeter, 2nd Earl Huntingdon.

On 26th October 1416 [his son] Edmund Grey 1st Earl Kent was born to John Grey [aged 29] and [his wife] Constance Holland Countess Norfolk and Nottingham [aged 29]. He a great x 2 grandson of King Edward III of England. He married before 1440 his half second cousin Katherine Percy, daughter of Henry Percy 2nd Earl of Northumberland and Eleanor Neville Countess Northumberland, and had issue.

Around 1418 [his son] Thomas Grey 1st Baron Grey of Richemont was born to John Grey [aged 31] and [his wife] Constance Holland Countess Norfolk and Nottingham [aged 31]. He a great x 2 grandson of King Edward III of England. He married before 16th January 1452 his fourth cousin once removed Margaret Ferrers, daughter of William Ferrers 5th Baron Ferrers of Groby and Philippa Clifford.

Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough

A canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: 'In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed.'

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On 21st April 1421 John Fitzalan 6th or 13th Earl of Arundel [aged 35] died. His son John [aged 13] succeeded 6th or 14th Earl Arundel, 4th Baron Maltravers, 4th Baron Arundel. [his sister-in-law] Constance Cornwall Countess of Arundel by marriage Countess Arundel.

In or before 1425 Robert Howard [aged 39] and [his future wife] Margaret Mowbray Baroness Grey Ruthyn [aged 36] were married. She the daughter of Thomas Mowbray 1st Duke of Norfolk and Elizabeth Fitzalan Duchess Norfolk [aged 58]. They were fourth cousin twice removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King John of England. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.

Before 1427 John Fitzalan 7th or 14th Earl of Arundel [aged 18] and [his sister-in-law] Constance Cornwall Countess of Arundel were married. There is some uncertainty as to whether they did marry; they were betrothed as children. She the daughter of John Cornwall 1st Baron Fanhope 1st Baron Milbroke [aged 62] and [his mother-in-law] Elizabeth Lancaster Duchess Exeter. He the son of John Fitzalan 6th or 13th Earl of Arundel and Eleanor Berkeley Countess Arundel [aged 44]. They were third cousin once removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King Henry III of England. She a great granddaughter of King Edward III of England.

In 1427 [his sister-in-law] Constance Cornwall Countess of Arundel died.

On 6th March 1427 [his brother-in-law] John Holland 2nd Duke Exeter [aged 31] and Anne Stafford Duchess Exeter were married. She by marriage Duchess Exeter. She the daughter of Edmund Stafford 5th Earl Stafford and Anne of Gloucester Plantagenet Countess Eu and Stafford [aged 44]. He the son of John Holland 1st Duke Exeter and [his mother-in-law] Elizabeth Lancaster Duchess Exeter. They were second cousins. He a great grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great granddaughter of King Edward III of England.

On 20th January 1433 [his brother-in-law] John Holland 2nd Duke Exeter [aged 37] and Beatrice Aviz Duchess Exeter [aged 51] were married. She by marriage Duchess Exeter. She the illegitmate daughter of King John I of Portugal [aged 81] and Ines Peres. He the son of John Holland 1st Duke Exeter and [his mother-in-law] Elizabeth Lancaster Duchess Exeter. They were half fifth cousins. He a great grandson of King Edward III of England.

Before 1434 [his sister] Eleanor Grey Baroness Poynings [aged 40] died.

On 5th May 1436 John Grey [aged 49] was appointed 151st Knight of the Garter by King Henry VI of England and II of France [aged 14].

In 1437 [his wife] Constance Holland Countess Norfolk and Nottingham [aged 50] died.

Before 27th August 1439 John Grey [aged 52] and Margaret Mowbray Baroness Grey Ruthyn [aged 51] were married. She by marriage Baroness Grey of Ruthyn. She the daughter of Thomas Mowbray 1st Duke of Norfolk and Elizabeth Fitzalan Duchess Norfolk. They were third cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.

On 27th August 1439 John Grey [aged 52] died.

Before 30th September 1440 [his father] Reginald Grey 3rd Baron Grey Ruthyn [aged 78] and [his step-mother] Joan Astley Baroness Grey Ruthyn [aged 74] were married. She by marriage Baroness Grey of Ruthyn. They were sixth cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King John of England.

Jean de Waurin's Chronicle of England Volume 6 Books 3-6: The Wars of the Roses

Jean de Waurin was a French Chronicler, from the Artois region, who was born around 1400, and died around 1474. Waurin’s Chronicle of England, Volume 6, covering the period 1450 to 1471, from which we have selected and translated Chapters relating to the Wars of the Roses, provides a vivid, original, contemporary description of key events some of which he witnessed first-hand, some of which he was told by the key people involved with whom Waurin had a personal relationship.

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On 18th October 1459 [his former wife] Margaret Mowbray Baroness Grey Ruthyn [aged 71] died at Stoke-by-Nayland, Suffolk.

[his daughter] Constance Grey was born to John Grey and Constance Holland Countess Norfolk and Nottingham. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward III of England. She married Richard Herbert.

Ancestors of John Grey 1387-1439

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Grey

Great x 3 Grandfather: Reginald Grey 1st Baron Grey of Wilton

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Grey 2nd Baron Grey of Wilton

Great x 1 Grandfather: Roger Grey 1st Baron Grey Ruthyn 6 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Basset

Great x 3 Grandfather: Ralph Basset

Great x 2 Grandmother: Maud Basset Baroness Grey Wilton 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Somery 2nd Baron Dudley

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Somery Baroness Basset Drayton 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Nicole D'Aubigny Baroness Dudley 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Grandfather: Reginald Grey 2nd Baron Grey Ruthyn 5 x Great Grandson of King David I of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Hastings 7 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Hastings 2 x Great Grandson of King David I of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Ada Dunkeld Great Granddaughter of King David I of Scotland

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Hastings 13th Baron Abergavenny 1st Baron Hastings 3 x Great Grandson of King David I of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Cantilupe

Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Cantilupe 8 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eva de Braose 7 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Hastings Baroness Grey Ruthyn 4 x Great Granddaughter of King David I of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh X of Lusignan V Count La Marche

Great x 3 Grandfather: William de Valence 1st Earl Pembroke 6 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabella of Angoulême Queen Consort England 5 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 2 Grandmother: Isabel Valence Baroness Bergavenny Baroness Hastings 7 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 4 Grandfather: Warin Munchensi

Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Munchensi Countess Pembroke

father: Reginald Grey 3rd Baron Grey Ruthyn 5 x Great Grandson of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Strange

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Strange

Great x 4 Grandmother: Lucy Tregoz

Great x 2 Grandfather: Fulk Strange 1st Baron Strange Blackmere

Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Blancminster

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Strange 2nd Baron Strange Blackmere 3 x Great Grandson of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Elias Giffard

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Giffard 1st Baron Giffard Brimpsfield

Great x 4 Grandmother: Alicia Maltravers

Great x 2 Grandmother: Eleanor Giffard Baroness Strange Blackmere 2 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Walter Clifford 3rd Baron Clifford 9 x Great Grandson of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons

Great x 3 Grandmother: Maud Clifford Great Granddaughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margred verch Llewellyn Baroness Clifford Granddaughter of King John of England

Grandmother: Alianore Strange Baroness Grey Ruthyn 4 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph III Boteler of Oversley

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Boteler

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Boteler 1st Baron Wem and Oversley 3 x Great Grandson of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Great x 4 Grandfather: Gruffudd Maelor Mathrafal Prince Powys Fadog Great Grandson of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Great x 3 Grandmother: Angharad Mathrafal 2 x Great Granddaughter of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Great x 4 Grandmother: Emma Audley Princess Powys Fadog

Great x 1 Grandmother: Ankaret Boteler Baroness Strange Blackmere 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Roger Herdeburgh

Great x 2 Grandmother: Ela Herdeburgh Baroness Wem and Oversley 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Odingsells

Great x 3 Grandmother: Ida Odingsells Baroness Clinton 2 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Ela Longespee Fitzrobert Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

John Grey 4 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Ros Grandson of King William I of Scotland

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Ros Great Grandson of King William I of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Lucy Fitzpiers

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Ros 1st Baron Ros Helmsley 2 x Great Grandson of King William I of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandfather: William de Albini 10 x Great Grandson of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons

Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabel de Albini 11 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons

Great x 1 Grandfather: William Ros 2nd Baron Ros Helmsley 3 x Great Grandson of King William I of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Oliver Vaux

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Vaux

Great x 2 Grandmother: Maud Vaux Baroness Ros

Grandfather: Thomas Ros 4th Baron Ros Helmsley 4 x Great Grandson of King William I of Scotland

Great x 3 Grandfather: Gunselin Badlesmere

Great x 2 Grandfather: Bartholomew Badlesmere 1st Baron Badlesmere

Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Fitzbernard

Great x 1 Grandmother: Margery Badlesmere Baroness Ros of Helmsley 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard de Clare 6th Earl Gloucester 5th Earl Hertford 3 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas de Clare 4 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Lacy Countess Gloucester and Hertford 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Clare Baroness Badlesmere 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Maurice Fitzgerald 4th Lord Offaly 6 x Great Grandson of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd

Great x 3 Grandmother: Juliana Fitzgerald 2 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Emmeline Longespée Baroness Offaly Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

mother: Margaret Ros Baroness Grey Ruthyn 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Stafford 7 x Great Grandson of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd

Great x 3 Grandfather: Nicholas Stafford 8 x Great Grandson of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd

Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Corbet

Great x 2 Grandfather: Edmund Stafford 1st Baron Stafford 9 x Great Grandson of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Clinton

Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Clinton

Great x 1 Grandfather: Ralph Stafford 1st Earl Stafford 7 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Basset

Great x 3 Grandfather: Ralph Basset 1st Baron Basset Drayton 5 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Somery Baroness Basset Drayton 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Basset 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Grandmother: Beatrice Stafford Countess Desmond 2 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: James Audley

Great x 3 Grandfather: Hugh Audley 1st Baron Audley of Stratton Audley 2 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Ela Longespée Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Hugh Audley 1st Earl Gloucester 3 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund Mortimer 2nd Baron Mortimer of Wigmore 2 x Great Grandson of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Iseult Mortimer 3 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Fiennes 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Audley Countess Stafford Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard de Clare 6th Earl Gloucester 5th Earl Hertford 3 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Gilbert "Red Earl" Clare 7th Earl Gloucester 6th Earl Hertford 4 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Lacy Countess Gloucester and Hertford 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Clare Countess Gloucester Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: King Edward I of England son of King Henry III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan of Acre Countess Gloucester and Hertford daughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor of Castile Queen Consort England 2 x Great Granddaughter of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon

John Grey 1387-1439