John de Grey, 2nd Baron Grey de Rotherfield

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John de Grey
Baron Grey de Rotherfield
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Arms of John de Grey, 2nd Baron Grey of Rotherfield
Spouse(s) Katherine FitzAlan
Avice Marmion
Issue
Sir John de Grey, 3rd Baron Grey of Rotherfield
Sir Robert de Grey
Maud Grey
Sir John Marmion
Father Sir John de Grey
Mother Margaret de Odingsells
Born 9 October 1300
Rotherfield, Oxfordshire, England
Died 1 September 1359
Rotherfield, Oxfordshire, England
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Arms of Sir John de Grey, KG
Founder Garter Knight

John de Grey, 2nd Baron Grey de Rotherfield, KG (9 October 1300[1] – September 1359[1]) was an English soldier and courtier. John was the son and heir of Sir John de Grey, 1st Baron Grey de Rotherfield,[2] by Margaret who was daughter William de Odingsells and the granddaughter of Ida II Longespee.[3]

John de Grey of Rotherfield was a founding member of the Most Noble Order of the Garter. He is often confused with John Grey of Codnor, who bore the same coat of arms (Barry argent and azure).

By December 1349,[1] John was Lord Steward of the Royal Household of King Edward III. He distinguished himself well in the Scotch and French wars. He was summoned to parliament often from 1338 to 1357, and is regarded as having become Baron Grey of Rotherfield.[1]

Family

He married firstly, shortly before 1313,[1] Katherine Fitzalan, daughter and coheir of Bryan FitzAlan, Lord FitzAlan of Bedale, Yorkshire and had a single son and heir:

  • Sir John de Grey, 3rd Baron Grey de Rotherfield.[2]

He married secondly Avice, daughter of John Marmion, Baron of Winteringham, a descendant of John of England.[1][4] by whom he had the following issue:

  • John de Grey aka Marmion, (d.s.p. 1385)[4] m. Elizabeth St. Quintin (b.1341)[5]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Henry Summerson, ‘Grey, John, first Lord Grey of Rotherfield (1300–1359)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, September 2004; online edn, January 2008. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/11544
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  3. Richardson, D. (2011) Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study ... pg 642 (via Google)
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Peerage of England
Preceded by
John de Grey, 1st Baron Grey de Rotherfield
Baron Grey of Rotherfield
1338–1359
Succeeded by
John de Grey