John Grey KG (aft. 1384 - 1421)

Born after 1384 in England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Joan (Cherleton) Grey — married about 1416 in England

Descendants

Died 22 Mar 1421 before age 37 in Anjou, France

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John Gray is in a trail badged by the Magna Carta Project to surety baron William de Mowbray (see text below).

Biography

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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. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} 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. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8} Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd edition, vol. I, page 428, CHERLETON 10, Joan de Cherleton.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5} 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. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8} 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. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3} 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.
6. ↑ Wikipedia: John Grey, 1st Earl of Tankerville

• 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.
• Wikipedia: Earl of Tankerville
• Some Corrections and Additions to the Complete Peerage: Volume 6.
• Cousin of Soldier Ralph Grey.
• GPS of Baugé en Anjou, France (47° 32′ 31.2″ N, 0° 6′ 10.8″ W).

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Magna Carta Project

This profile was reviewed and approved for the project 1 Apr 2020 by Thiessen-117.

John Grey KG is a descendant of Magna Carta Surety Baron William de Mowbray and is named in Magna Carta Ancestry in a Richardson-documented trail from Mowbray to Gateway Ancestor Rowland Ellis (vol. II, pages 110-111 ELLIS). This trail was developed by David Douglass in 2018 and was reviewed, approved and badged by the Magna Carta Project in March/April 2020. See the Magna Carta Trails on Rowland Ellis' profile to view the profiles in that trail.

John Grey KG also appears in a trail between Gateway Ancestor Thomas Lloyd and Magna Carta Surety Baron William de Mowbray. This trail was badged in December 2021. See the trail in the Magna Carta Trails section of the Gateway's profile.

See Base Camp for more information about Magna Carta trails. See the project's glossary for project-specific terms, such as a "badged trail".