Paternal Family Tree: Grey
Maternal Family Tree: Alice Hales Countess Norfolk -1330
After 1384 John Grey 1st Earl Tankerville was born to Thomas Grey [aged 25] and Joan Mowbray [aged 21]. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward I of England.
Before 30th November 1384 [his father] Thomas Grey [aged 25] and [his mother] Joan Mowbray [aged 21] were married.
On 26th November 1400 [his father] Thomas Grey [aged 41] died.
On 30th November 1402 [his mother] Joan Mowbray [aged 39] died.
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.
Around 1418 [his son] Henry Grey 2nd Earl Tankerville was born to John Grey 1st Earl Tankerville [aged 33] and [his wife] Joan Charleton Countess Tankerville [aged 18] at Normandy [Map]. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward I of England. He married before 5th November 1436 his third cousin Antigone Lancaster Countess Tankerville, daughter of Humphrey Lancaster 1st Duke Gloucester, and had issue.
In 1418 John Grey 1st Earl Tankerville [aged 33] and Joan Charleton Countess Tankerville [aged 18] were married. She by marriage Countess Tankerville. She the daughter of Edward Charleton 5th Baron Cherleton [aged 48] and Eleanor Holland Countess March and Ulster. They were third cousins. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
In 1418 John Grey 1st Earl Tankerville [aged 33] was created 1st Earl Tankerville.
In 1419 John Grey 1st Earl Tankerville [aged 34] was appointed 133rd Knight of the Garter by King Henry V of England [aged 32].
In 1421 [his father-in-law] Edward Charleton 5th Baron Cherleton [aged 51] died. Baron Cherleton abeyant between his daughters [his wife] Joan Charleton Countess Tankerville [aged 21] and [his sister-in-law] Joyce Charleton Baroness Tiptoft [aged 17] and their heirs.
On 22nd March 1421 the Dauphin's [aged 18] French army and a Scottish army heavily defeated the English army at the Battle of Baugé. On the French side Étienne Vignolles "La Hire" fought. On the Scottish side John Stewart 2nd Earl Buchan [aged 40] and John Stewart of Darnley 1st Count Évreux [aged 41] fought. William Douglas [aged 37] was killed.
On the English side John Beaufort 1st Duke of Somerset [aged 18], Thomas Beaufort 1st Duke Exeter [aged 44], Thomas Beaufort Count Perche [aged 16] and John Holland 2nd Duke Exeter [aged 26] were captured. John Beaufort 1st Duke of Somerset would be captive for the next seventeen years. Thomas Beaufort 1st Duke Exeter was released in 1422. Thomas Beaufort Count Perche was released around 1427 in a prisoner exchange.
Thomas Lancaster 1st Duke of Clarence [aged 33] was killed in battle. Duke Clarence extinct.
John Lumley [aged 38] was killed in battle.
John Ros 7th Baron Ros Helmsley [aged 24] was killed in battle. His brother Thomas [aged 13] succeeded 8th Baron Ros Helmsley.
William Ros [aged 23], and Gilbert V Umfraville were killed.
John Grey 1st Earl Tankerville [aged 37] was killed in battle. His son Henry [aged 3] succeeded 2nd Earl Tankerville.
William Douglas 1st Lord Drumlanrig was present.
On 17th September 1425 [his former wife] Joan Charleton Countess Tankerville [aged 25] died.
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Thomas Tunstall and [his mother] Joan Mowbray were married.
Kings Wessex: Great x 11 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 8 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 14 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 9 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 3 Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 9 Grand Son of King Malcolm III of Scotland
Kings France: Great x 4 Grand Son of King Philip III of France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 15 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Kings Spain: Great x 7 Grand Son of Alfonso II King Aragon
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Grey 
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Grey
Grandfather: Thomas Grey
Great x 1 Grandmother: Agnes Bayles
father: Thomas Grey
Grandmother: Margaret Pressene
John Grey 1st Earl Tankerville 3 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Mowbray 
4 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Roger Mowbray 1st Baron Mowbray 2 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Beauchamp 
Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Mowbray 2nd Baron Mowbray 3 x Great Grandson 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 Grandmother: Rohese Clare Baroness Mowbray 4 x Great Granddaughter 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 1 Grandfather: John Mowbray 3rd Baron Mowbray 4 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William de Braose 1st Baron de Braose 9th Baron Bramber 
Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William de Braose 2nd Baron de Braose 10th Baron Bramber 2 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Aline Multon 
Great x 2 Grandmother: Aline de Braose Baroness Mowbray 3 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Grandfather: John Mowbray 4th Baron Mowbray Baron Segrave 2 x Great Grandson of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Henry III of England 
son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edmund "Crouchback" Plantagenet 1st Earl of Leicester 1st Earl Lancaster son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor of Provence Queen Consort England 
Great Granddaughter of Alfonso II King Aragon
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Plantagenet 3rd Earl of Leicester 3rd Earl Lancaster Grandson of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Capet Count of Artois 
son of King Louis VIII of France
Great x 3 Grandmother: Blanche Capet Queen Navarre Granddaughter of King Louis VIII of France
Great x 4 Grandmother: Matilda Reginar Countess Saint Pol 2 x Great Granddaughter of King Stephen I England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Joan Plantagenet Baroness Mowbray 
Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Patrick Chaworth 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Patrick Chaworth
Great x 2 Grandmother: Maud Chaworth 9 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Beauchamp 9th Earl Warwick 7 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabella Beauchamp 8 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Fitzjohn Countess Warwick 8 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks
mother: Joan Mowbray 2 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Nicholas Segrave 1st Baron Segrave 
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Segrave 2nd Baron Segrave
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud de Lucy 
Great x 2 Grandfather: Stephen Segrave 3rd Baron Segrave
Great x 3 Grandmother: Christiana Plessey Baroness Segrave
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Segrave 4th Baron Segrave 5 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Fitzalan 7th Earl of Arundel 
5 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Fitzalan 1st or 8th Earl of Arundel 3 x Great Grandson of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabella Mortimer Countess Arundel 
2 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Alice Fitzalan Baroness Segrave 4 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas I Marquess Saluzzo 
5 x Great Grandson of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Saluzzo Countess Arundel 6 x Great Granddaughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England
Grandmother: Elizabeth Segrave 5th Baroness Segrave Baroness Mowbray Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Henry III of England son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: King Edward I of England son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor of Provence Queen Consort England Great Granddaughter of Alfonso II King Aragon
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas of Brotherton 1st Earl Norfolk son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Philip III of France son of King Louis IX of France
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret of France Queen Consort England daughter of King Philip III of France
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maria of Brabant Queen Consort France 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Stephen I England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Plantagenet 1st Duchess of Norfolk Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Roger Hales
Great x 2 Grandmother: Alice Hales Countess Norfolk