Sir John de Grey 
John was born in 1205 in Shirland, England.1 John's father was Henry de Grey and his mother was Isolda de Bardolf. His paternal grandparents were John de Grey and Eleanor de Clare; his maternal grandparents were Hugh Bardolf and Isabel de Condet. He had four brothers named Richard, Hugh, Robert and John. He was the third oldest of the five children. He died at the age of 61 on March 18th, 1266 in Shirland, Derbyshire, England.2 Death Notes
D: 18 MAR 1266/67
General Notes
John (Sir) [2nd son], of Shirland, Derbys; Justice of Chester. [Burke's Peerage]
Chief Justice of Chester.
Governor of Dover Castle.
Constable of Gannock Castle
Title: The Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr, 5th Edition, 1999
Page: 51-3
Title: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999
Page: 187-4
Title: Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley Editor-in-Chief, 1999
Page: 1226
Text: no date given
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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.1085 in Rotherfield, Oxfordshire, England
- b.1110 in Rotherfield, Oxfordshire, England
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- b.1135 in Rotherfield, Oxfordshire, England
- b.1114 in Cornwell, Oxfordshire, England
- b.1150 in Thurrock Grey, Essex, England d.1198 in Standlake, Witney, Oxfordshire, England
- b.1060 d.08 Sep 1107
- b.1102 in Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England d.04 Jun 1155 in Quarr, Isle of Wight
- b.1069 in Nottinghamshire, England d.27 Mar 1156
- b.1139 in Hocknorton, England
- b.1117 in Hocknorton, England d.1155
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- b.1176 in Turrock, England d.1219
- b.1065 in Clare, England d.1117 in England
- b.1085 in Hertford, England d.15 Apr 1136 in Abergavenney, Monmouth, Wales
- b.1065 in Northamptonshire, England d.1117
- b.1116 d.1173
- b.1070 in Briquessart, Livry, France d.Jan 1128 in Chester, England
- b.1098 in Hertford, England d.1142
- b.1074 in Kendal Castle, Westmoreland, Cumbria, England d.1136
- b.1154 in Tunbridge Castle, Kent, England
- b.1067 d.1130
- b.1110 d.1154
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- b.1135 in Burkenham, Field Dalling, Norfolk d.24 Dec 1195 in Norfolk, England
- b.1109
- b.1205 in Shirland, England d.18 Mar 1266 in Shirland, Derbyshire, England
- b.1040 in Brittany, France d.1120 in Ravensworth, Richmond, North Riding, Yorkshire, England
- b.1080 in Ravensworth, Richmond, North Riding, Yorkshire, England d.1161
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- b.1122 in Ravensworth, Richmond, North Riding Yorkshire, England d.1174 in Great Carlton, Louth, Lincolnshire, England
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- b.1140 in Great Carlton, Lincolnshire, England
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- b.1182 in Turrock, England d.18 Jun 1246
- b.1057 in Conde, Hainault, Belgium
- b.1082 in Wickhambreux, Kent, England d.1130 in South Carlton, Eagle & Skellingthorpe, Lincolnshire, England
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- b.1108 in Thorngate Castle, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England d.1141
- b.1070 in Glentham & Caenby, Lincolnshire, England
- b.1088 in Glentham & Caenby, Lincolnshire, England
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- b.1140 in Thorngate Castle, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England
- b.1050 d.Jan 1089
- b.1070 in Briquessart, Livry, France d.Jan 1128 in Chester, England
- b.1053 in Avranches, Normandy, France d.1084 in Ewyas Harold, Herefordshire, England
- b.1098 in Hertford, England d.1142
- b.1036 in Yorkshire, England d.1114 in Kendal Castle, Westmoreland, Cumbria, England
- b.1074 in Kendal Castle, Westmoreland, Cumbria, England d.1136
- b.1040 in Mercia, England d. in Spalding, Lincolnshire, England
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Details of John's family with Lady Joane Peyvre
Details of John's family with Emma de Glanville
Details of John's family with Emma de Cauz
1 http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=tamer&id=I7851&style=TABLE
2 http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=clcaldwell&id=I016832&style=TABLE
Further source/citation:
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=clcaldwell&id=I003384
2 http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=clcaldwell&id=I016832&style=TABLE
Further source/citation:
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=clcaldwell&id=I003384
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