John Gray (or Grey), K.G., 1st Count of Tancarville, younger son of Thomas Grey, Knt., of Heaton, Northumberland, etc. and Joan de Mowbray,[1] was born after 1384.[2][3][4]
In August 1415, John was granted the lands that his brother, Thomas (deceased), had forfeited.[4] He fought at the Battle of Agincourt on 25 October 1415.[4] In 1417, John was Captain of Mortagne and the king granted John the castle and lordship of Tilly in Normandy in November of that year.[2][4] John was created a Knight of the Garter about 1418/9.[4][5] On 31 January 1418/9 he was given the comte of Tancarville in Normandy in tail male,[2][4] (Earl of Tankerville).[5] In March of that year he was appointed joint commissioner to treat with the French ambassadors. He served as Captain of Mantes in 1419 and as Captain of Harfleur in 1420.[2] He was also appointed hereditary grand chamberlain of Normandy and governor of Tournay.[5] He was 6th Lord of Powys, in right of his wife,[6] but only held the title for a week, as John died eight days after his father-in-law.[5]
John married Joan de Cherleton,[1] elder daughter and co-heiress of Edward Cherleton (or Charleton), K.G., 5th Lord Cherleton) and his first wife, Eleanor Holland.[2][3][4] Joan was born about 1400/1 (aged 21 in 1421, aged 24 in 1425).[2][3] The date of their marriage is unknown and is estimated. They had one son:
Henry Grey, Knt., 2nd Count of Tancarville,[3] born about 1418/9, died 13 January 1449/50, married Antigone of Gloucester and had issue[2]
John was killed 22 March 1420/1 in the Battle of Baugé in Anjou, France,[2][3] and his son Henry was his heir.[4] His widow, Joan, died 17 September 1425.[2][3][4]
Sources
↑ 1.01.1 Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. 2nd edition. Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2011, vol. II, page 254-255 GRAY 7.ii.
↑ 2.02.12.22.32.42.52.62.72.8 Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd edition, vol. I, page 428, CHERLETON 10, Joan de Cherleton.
↑ 3.03.13.23.33.43.5 Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2013, vol. III, page 588.
↑ 4.04.14.24.34.44.54.64.74.8 Cokayne, George Edward and H.A. Doubleday et. al eds. Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Vol. VI: Gordon to Hurstpierpoint, 2nd edition. (London, 1926). Online at FamilySearch.org, pages 136-138: Grey of Powis
↑ 5.05.15.25.3 Hope, Sir William Henry St. John. The Stall Plates of the Knights of the Order of the Garter, 1348-1485. (A. Constable and Co., Westminster, 1901). Online at Google Books, plate XXVIII.
Richardson, Douglas. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. 2nd edition. (Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2011). See also WikiTree's source page for Magna Carta Ancestry.
Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. (Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2013). See also WikiTree's source page for Royal Ancestry.
See also:
Richardson, "Royal Ancestry", (2013), vol. II, page 143.
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I agree the profile might benefit from being rewritten. Unless I have misread it, the Early Life section is showing him as brother of Henry Grey, Grey-291, not his wife's parents as having a son Henry. His own son is shown as a different Henry Grey, Grey-118. That accords with the relationship links on WT.
I have difficulty following the minimalist style of this profile, but it seems to me that it's showing his wife's parents as having issue: Henry - which is his son? I also don't see that his parents are noted with a citation? oops - sorry... found them. They're under "Early Life"
Any objection if I rewrite the biography without all the abbreviations?
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Any objection if I rewrite the biography without all the abbreviations?
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