Reynold Grey (1362 - 1440)

Born 1362 in Ruthin, Denbighshire, Wales

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret (Ros) Grey — married after 25 Nov 1378 in Helmsley, Yorkshire, England

Husband of Joan (Astley) Grey — married before 7 Feb 1415 in England

Descendants

Died 18 Oct 1440 at about age 78 in Ruthin, Denbighshire, Wales

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Biography

Reynold Grey, Knt., was an important feudal and parliamentary baron of England and Wales. He played an active role in military and administrative functions.

Titles and offices:^[1][2][3]

• 3rd Lord Grey of Ruthin
• He was summoned to Parliament from 6 Dec. 1389 to 26 Sept. 1439, by writs directed Reginaldo de Grey de Ruthyn chivaler.
• Governor in Ireland
• Privy Councillor to King Henry IV

He also assumed the "style" of "Lord Hastings" (in other words, he started calling himself that), after his cousin John de Hastings died in 1389, and he took over his inheritance. This "style" was officially accepted for his grandson Edmund when the Earldom of Kent was confirmed to him in 1484. Note that Reynold is not considered to have really become "Lord Hastings" or the "Earl of Pembroke" despite having been able to take over the inheritances of John de Hastings. One long-lasting controversy concerned the use of the undifferenced Hastings coat of arms, which Edward de Hastings claimed against him at great personal expense, but lost the case.^[3] This case started in 1401 but continued 20 years.^[1][2]

Among the heritable offices of the Lords Hastings he acquired the very old marchalcy of nappery, which was important at coronations, which technically meant he was responsible for the linen. He consequently carried the Great Spurs and the Second Sword coronation of King Henry IV and King Henry V in 1413.^[1][2][3]

Lordships:^[1][2][3]

• From his own inheritance: Ruthin, Denbighshire, Wales, Wrest (in Silsoe), Bedfordshire, Over Bletchley, Buckinghamshire, Water Eaton and Hemingford Grey, Huntingdonshire
• In right of his 2nd wife: Astley, Bedworth, and Bentley, Warwickshire, Broughton, Leicestershire, etc.
• As heir of John de Hastings: numerous manors including Benham Valence, Valence in Great Shelford, Brampton (Hunts), East Sutton, Hartley, Luddesdon, Sutton Valence, Hastings in Tottenham, Wootton, Yardley Hastings, Aston in Munslow, Little Marston (West Camel), Chelmscote (Brailes), Fillongley, Fulbrook, Pillerton (in Pillerton Priors), Littleton Pannell, etc.

Life events:

• He was 26 or more in 1388 when his father died.^[1][2]
• He 1395 he had livery of his mother's lands in Wales and England^[3]
• He was 36 or more in 1396.^[1][2]
• He attended the King in Ireland in 1394 and 1399.^[1][2][3]
• He gave his assent in Parliament 23 Oct. 1399 to the secret imprisonment of King Richard II. ^[1][2][3]
• He was appointed one of the king's lieutenants in North Wales 15 Jan. 1401/2. Early in 1402, he was taken prisoner by Owain Glyn Dwr, remaining a captive throughout the whole year. He had to pay a ransom of 10,000 marks, and give his eldest son and others as hostages. According to Welsh writers, he was forced to marry Joan, daughter of Owain Glyn Dwr. ^[1][2]
• In the words of Richardson: "He was about to go abroad in 1417. He went to France with the king in 1425."^[1][2]

Family

m. Margaret de Ros Nov 1378 Ruthin, Denbighshire, Wales. (b. 1363 Stoke Albany, Northamptonshire - d. 1413 Ruthin, Denbighshire, Wales.)

Issue:

1. Eleanor (1382 - 1433)
2. Thomas GREY (b.1384 Ruthin)
3. Sir John GREY K.G. (1386 - 27 Aug 1439) m. Constance Holland. (p. Elizabeth Plantagenet and John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter) Issue.
4. Pernel GREY (b.1390 Ruthin)
5. Margaret (1395 - 1426) m. William Bonville, 1st Baron Bonville. (They were great-grandparents of Cecily Bonville m. Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Dorset, descendant of Reginald Grey by second marriage)
6. Elizabeth 1405 - 1437) m.1 Robert Poynings, 5th Baron Poynings (2 sons); m.2 Sir George Browne. Issue: 5

m.2 Joan de Astley (1379 Astley, Warwickshire - 12 Nov 1448 in Ruthin, Denbighshire, Wales; p. Sir William de Astley, 5th Baron Astley and Catherine de Willoughby.)

Issue:

1. Sir Edward de Grey, Lord Ferrers of Groby (c.1415/16- 18 Dec 1457) m. Elizabeth Ferrers of Groby. Issue: 5 (son: John Grey, 1st Baron Grey of Groby, first husband of Elizabeth Woodville)
2. John de Grey Esquire was born 1417 and died 8 Dec 1447.
3. Eleanor (b.1419)
4. Elizabeth (b.1421 Ruthin) m. Sir William Calthorpe. Issue.
5. Robert de Grey, Esq. (1423 - Jun 1460) m. Eleanor Lowe. Issue.
6. Constance (b.1425 Ruthin)

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9} Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham, 2nd edition (Salt Lake City: the author, 2011), Vol. II, pp. 274-277, GREY 7
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9} Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham, 2nd edition (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), Vol. III, pp. 126-130, GREY 11.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6} Cokayne, George Edward, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct, or Dormant (London: St. Catherine Press, 1910.), 1:284, 5:358, 6:155-158 (Grey of Ruthin=Main article), 6:351 (Hastings), 9:605, 10:396-7 (Pembroke).

• Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis W Reference: 26 May 2003 Title: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999
• Craig, F. N., "Ralegh of Farnborough," NEHGR 145:1 (Jan 1991) (New England Historic, Genealogical Society.), p. 13, Los Angeles Public Library.
• Faris, David, Plantagenet Ancestry of Seventeenth-Century Colonists (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1999. [2nd Edition]), pp. 37, 63, 159, 314, Los Angeles Public Library, Gen 974 F228 1999.
• Metcalfe, Walter Charles, The Visitations of Essex by Hawley, 1552; Hervey, 1558; Cooke, 1570; Raven, 1612; and Owen and Lilly, 1634 (London: Mitchell and Hughes, 1879.), p. 542, Los Angeles Public Library, Gen 942.005 H284 v.14.
• Lewis, Marlyn. Sir Reynold Grey.
• Richardson, Douglas, Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2004.), pp. 42, 45, 58, 127, 211, 235, 482, Family History Library, 942 D5rd.
• Roskell, John Smith, The History of Parliament: The House of Commons 1386-1421 (Stroud, Gloucestershire: Alan Sutton Pub. Ltd., 1992.), 2:284, Family History Library, 942 D3hp 1386-1421.
• Transactions of the Leicestershire Archaeological Society (FHL BRITISH Film #1,426,227.), 12:209, Family History Library.
• Weis, Frederick Lewis, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700 (7th ed., Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1992.), 93A-32, 93B-32, 257-37, Los Angeles Public Library, Gen 974 W426 1992.
• Wikipedia: Reynold Grey, 3rd Baron Grey of Ruthin

Acknowledgements

Magna Carta Project

Reynold Grey is documented by Douglas Richardson as a descendant of Surety Baron Henry de Bohun and as ancestor of a number of Gateway Ancestors. See Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd edition, 2011, Vol. II pp.274-5.

Reynold Grey appears in Magna Carta Ancestry in a Richardson-documented trail from Gateway Ancestor Matthew Clarkson to Magna Carta Surety Baron Henry de Bohun (vol. I, pages 483-486 CLARKSON). This trail has not yet been developed on WikiTree by the Magna Carta Project. The profiles on the trail can be seen in the Magna Carta Trail section of the Gateway's profile.

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