William
Grey
Born in Grays Thurrock, Essex, England
Ancestors 
Son of Henry Grey
and Isolda (Bardolf) de Grey
Brother of
Richard Grey and John (Grey) of Shirland
[spouse(s) unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Richard (Grey) de Grey
Died
at about age 77
in Sandiacre, Derbyshire, England
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Biography
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William de Grey of Sandiacre, was the third son of:[1]
He was the father of:
- Richard of Sandiacre (d. 1298),[1]
- m. Lucy [. . .].[1]
Property
Sandiacre...[2]
- "in the hundred of Morleston and Litchurch and in the deanery of Derby, lies about nine miles and a half from Derby, on the borders of Nottinghamshire, and about half a mile from the Nottingham road.
- The manor of Sandiacre was held under the King, at the time of taking the Domesday Survey by Toli and Osmund. In the early part of Henry III's reign, it was the property of William, a younger son of Henry de Grey (ancestor of the Greys of Codnor and Wilton.) This William, or a son of the same name, had a grant from King Henry III., in 1268, of a market at Sandiacre on Wednesdays, and a fair for eight days at the festival of St. Giles.[4]
Research Notes
- Parents previously marked as "uncertain" changed to "confident". There is ample evidence that Richard Grey of Codnor was son of Henry and Isolde[5] and was an older brother of William Grey of Sandiacre[6].
- Lundy (2014), citing Mosley, 2003, asserts that his wife was named "Amice [. . .],"[1] but Cawley (2006), states that she's unknown.[1] Cawley is referring to William of Sandiacre, but Lundy to William of Cavendish: probably a different person - see below.
Conflated identity
It is unlikely that William of Sandiacre is the same person as William Grey of Grey's Hall in Cavendish, Suffolk. Crabbe (1877), states that the parentage of Wllliam of Cavendish is uncertain, and thought it was more likley that the Greys of Cavendish & Merton descended from early Greys in Suffolk.[7]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Cawley, C. (2006). "Henry de Grey of Grays Thurrock," in Medieval Lands. FMG.ac. Web.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lysons, Daniel, and Samuel Lysons. "Parishes: Sandiacre - Swarkston." Magna Britannia: Volume 5, Derbyshire. London: T Cadell and W Davies, 1817. 246-275. British History Online. Web. 24 September 2020. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/magna-britannia/vol5/pp246-275.
- ↑ Lundy, D. (2014). Sir John de Grey #604849. The Peerage.com. Web.
- ↑ Chart. Rot. 53 Hen. III. It appears that the market and fair had not been used in 1330. Quo Warranto Roll.
- ↑ 'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Henry III, File 3', in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 1, Henry III, ed. J E E S Sharp (London, 1904), pp. 10-14. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol1/pp10-14 [accessed 22 November 2020].
- ↑ Robert Thoroton, 'Parishes: Landford', in Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire: Volume 1, Republished With Large Additions By John Throsby, ed. John Throsby (Nottingham, 1790), pp. 367-369. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/thoroton-notts/vol1/pp367-369 [accessed 22 November 2020].
- ↑ Crabbe, G. (1877). Muniments at Merton Hall, Norfolk, II: Muniments Relating to the Family. The Norfolk Antiquarian Miscellany, p. 9. Walter Rye, Ed. Archive.org. eBook.
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References - Oxford Dictionary National Biography - "Hugh Bardolf died 1203" by J.H. Round and revised by Ralph Turner, "The Aristocracy of Norman England " by Judith A. Green, Oxford Dictionar National Biography – "Grey family [per. 1325-1523]" by R. Ian Jack
The origins of the male line of this family is obscure with Henry I de Grey [died 1219] as the confirmed patriarch of two prominent baronial families. Very little is known of Henry de Grey other than that he married Isolda, a granddaughter of Hugh I Bardolf [died 1176] and his wife Isabel, her mother their second daughter. Isolda appears to have been the only child of her unknown parents, both being deceased prior to 1225 when the estates of acquired during their lifetimes by Hugh I de Bardolf and his eldest son Hugh II de Bardolf [died 1203] were inherited by the heirs of the latter's five sisters following the death of their younger brother in 1225. Henry was the acquire the manor of Thurrock by purchase, was holding the manor of Codnor in 1201 and granted the manor of Grimston by 1216 as of the inheritance of his wife. Henry and Isolda were the parents of three sons, Richard, the eldest, who became the patriarch of the family of Codnor, John, their second son, became the patriarch of the families of Wilton and Ruthin, whilst William the he youngest son, becoming the patriarch of the family of Sandiacre, with the male line extinct before the reign of Edward III.