John Grey (knight)
Sir John Grey KG (c. 1387 – 27 August 1439), English nobleman and soldier, was the eldest son of Reginald Grey, 3rd Baron Grey de Ruthyn and Margaret Roos.[1] He was also Captain of Gourney.
He traveled with the king to France in 1415 and 1417.[1] He fought at the Battle of Agincourt and was invested as the 151st Knight of the Garter on 5 May 1436.[1]
He married before 1410, Lady Constance Holland (c.1387–14 November 1437), the daughter of Elizabeth of Lancaster, and John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter;[1] the half brother of King Richard II. By her mother, Constance was a niece of King Henry IV. She was the widow of Thomas Mowbray, 4th Earl of Norfolk, whom she had been betrothed to as a 4-year-old child,[1] but the marriage was never consummated.[citation needed] Mowbray was executed at age nineteen due to his revolt against her uncle, King Henry IV.[1]
Sir John Grey and Constance Holland had three children:[1]
- Edmund Grey, 1st Earl of Kent (1416–1490)[1]
- Thomas Grey, 1st Baron of Richemount Grey (from Ridgmount, Bedfordshire) in 1450. Executed in 1461.[2]
- Constance Grey, who married Sir Richard Herbert.[1]
After the death of Constance, Grey married Lady Margaret Mowbray, daughter of Thomas Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk and widow of Sir Robert Howard, before 1 July 1438.[1] They had no issue.[1]
Grey predeceased his father, who was succeeded by Edmund.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.10 Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: a study in colonial and medieval families, Genealogical Publishing, 2005. pg 380-81. Google eBook
- ↑ R. Ian Jack, ‘Grey family (per. 1325–1523)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008.
- thePeerage.com
- Jack, R. Ian. "Grey family". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/54523. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
"Grey, Reginald de". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.