Sir John De Grey 
Sir John was born about 1205 in Shireland, Derbyshire, England. Sir John's father was Sir Henry De Grey and his mother was Isolda (Iseude) Bardolf. His paternal grandparents were John de Grey and Elena De Clare; his maternal grandparents were Hugh Bardolf and Isobel Aquillion. He had six brothers and a sister, named Richard, Hugh, William, Robert, Archbishop of York, Henry and Joan. He was the fourth oldest of the eight children.General Notes
Sheriff of Buckingham; Chief Justice of Chester; Governor of Dover Castle; Constable of Gannock Castle
Sir John De Grey, was sheriff of Buckingham and Bedford in 1233. He was summoned with horse and arms to attend King Henry III. into Flanders in 1241. He married the Lady Joane, widow of Pauline Pevere. He was very loyal to the King and held many high offices and died in 1265.
SIR JOHN DE GREY held the office of Sheriff for the counties of Buckingham and Bedford (1233.) Made an expedition into Flanders with King Henry III in 1241. In 1252, he was appointed governor of Northampton Castle and the next year was made Stewart of all Gascony. Four years later he was nominated to the governorship of Shrewsbury Castle, and constable of that of Dover. In 1262 he was Sheriff of Herefordshire and governor of Hereford Castle. The next year he had custody of all the lands of Anker de Frescheville, in the counties of Nottingham and Derby He was appointed Sheriff of Nottingham and Derby. He died in 1265 and was succeeded by his son, Reginald.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.~ 1033 in Croy, Piccardy, Normandy, France
- b.~ 1098 in Rotherfield, Oxfordshire, England
- b.~ 1057 in Normandy, France
- b.~ 1131 in Rotherfield, Oxfordshire, England
- b.~ 1099
- b.~ 1123 in Thurrock, Essex, England
- b.1085 in Redviers, Normandy, France d.08 Sep 1117 in Exeter, Devonshire, England
- b.1113 in Devonshire, England d.Jun 1155
- b.1080 in Nottingham, England d.27 May 1156
- b.~ 1142 in Hocknorton, Oxforshire, England
- b.1090
- b.1120
- b.~ 1171 in Codner, Derbyshire, England d.1219 in Thurrock, Essex, England
- b.~ 1055 in Clare, Suffolk, England d.1117
- b.~ 1084 in Hertford, Hertfordshire, England d.15 Apr 1136 in Abargavenny, Gwent, Wales, slain by the Welsh
- b.~ 1060 in Clermont, Beauvais, France
- b.1116 in Tunbridge Castle, Tunbridge, Kent, England d.1173 in Oxford, England
- b.~ 1070 in Briquessart, Livry, France d.JAN 1127/28 in Chester, Cheshire, England
- b.~ 1094 in Gernon Castle, Normandy, France d.1136
- b.~ 1074 in Mercia, England d.1136
- b.~ 1174 in Tunbridge Castle, Kent, England
- b.~ 1100 in Harcourt, Eure, France
- b.1132 in Buckenham, Norfolk, England d.24 Dec 1193 in Norfolk, England
- b.~ 1102
- b.~ 1205 in Shireland, Derbyshire, England d.18 MAR 1265/66
- b.~ 1090 in Ravensworth, Yorkshire, England
- b.~ 1109 in Bradewe, Norfolk, England d.> 1174
- b.~ 1125 in Great Carlton, Lincoln, England
- b.~ 1156 in Thurrock, Essex, England
- b.~ 1168 in Hoo, Kent, England d.18 Jun 1246
- b.~ 1130
- b.~ 1155 in Thurrock, Essex, England
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They had a daughter named Hawise.
They had a son named Reginald.
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Children
Reginald De Grey
Reginald was born about 1237 in Wilton, Herefordshire, England. He died on April 5th, 1308.
They had a daughter named Emma.
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