Robert (Grey) de Grey Esq (abt. 1422 - bef. 1460)

Born about 1422 in England

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Descendants

Died before 20 Jun 1460 before about age 38 in Nailstone, Leicestershire, England

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Biography

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Robert Grey, Esq. of Enville & Whittington (in Kinver), Staffs. (d. bef. 20 Jun 1460), was a younger son of:^[1]

• Joan Astley,
• and her second husband, Reginald, Lord Grey of Ruthin.

Robert Grey, Esq., Sheriff of Staffordshire was born circa 1422 at of Enville & Whittington in Kinver, Staffordshire, England.^[2]

• Father Sir Reynold (Reginald) Grey, 3rd Baron Grey of Ruthyn, Governor of Ireland, Lord of Hastings & Wexford^[3] b. c 1362, d. 18 Oct 1440
• Mother Joan Astley^[4] d. 3 Sep 1448 or 12 Nov 1448

Marriage

Sometime before 1447, he married Eleanor Lowe (b. c. 1425), d. & h. of:^[1][5]

• Humphrey Lowe, Esq. of Enville, Staffs.^[1]
• and Alice, dau. of William Botoner of Withybrook, Warwick.^[1]

children

Robert and Eleanor had four children, including two sons and two daughters.^[1]

• (s. & h.) Humphrey, Esq. of Enville & Whittington (in Kinver), Staffs. (b. abt. 1448, age 12 in 1460 - d. 11 Dec 1499).^[1]

m. Anne, dau. of Sir William Fielding, Knt. & Agnes [. . .].^[1]

• 2. Henry^[1]
• Anne^[1]
• Rebecca.^[1]

Property

• Nailstone, Leics.^[1]
• Wooton, Northants.^[1]
• Barford, Beds.^[1]

Death

Robert Grey, Esq., Sheriff of Staffordshire died before 20 June 1460 at of Nailstone, Leicestershire, England.^[6]

Notes

“Mekil-Hall … Henry III. gave it to William de Valentia Earl of Pembroke, his half brother, together with the advowson, and liberty of a gallows, hanging all persons convicted of felony within the manor. His son, Aymer de Valentia succeeded, and built a large house, or hall, called Mekil-Hall, or the great-hall, from which the manor assumed the name, and as this Earl often resided here, he founded the free chapel of St. Dunstan near to it, for a custos, to be perpetually resident, and perform service for his family. On the death of this Earl, it came to his Countess, Mary, daughter of Gu de Chattelon Earl of Pem Paul in France, foundress of Denny abbey in Cambridgeshire, and of Pembroke-hall in Cambridge; on the death of this lady, 1376, it came to John de Hastings Earl of Pembroke, a minor, as heir to the Valentia family; from the Hastings family it came by descent to Reginald Lord Grey of Ruthyn, who by Eleanor, daughter of John Lord Strange, had Reginald his son, Lord Grey who by his second lady, Joan, daughter and sole heir of William Lord Astley, had Edward Lord Grey of Groby, and Robert Grey, of Whitington in Staffordshire, Esq. to whom his father gave this manor; Robert, by Eleanor, daughter and heir of Sir Humphrey Lowe, Knt. had Humphrey Grey, Esq. who died seized in the 15th year of Henry VII. and by Anne, daughter of Sir William Fielding, Knt. had Sir Edward Grey of Whitington, who by his first lady Joice, daughter of John Horde, of Bridgenorth, in Shropshire, had Thomas Grey of Envile, in the said county, Esq. “^[7]

“These Greys do derive themselves from Robert, third son of Reginald lord Grey of Ruthen, and second son of Joan his wife, the only daughter and heir of William lord Astley; which Reginald was the son of Reginald, and Eleanor daughter of John lord Strange of Blackmere; which Reginald was the son of Roger lord Grey of Ruthen, and Isabel the daughter and heir of John Hastings earl of Pembroke; which Roger was second son of John lord Grey of Wilton, and eldest son of Maud, his second wife, daughter of Raufe lord Basset of Drayton.”^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12} Richardson, D. (2011). "Robert Grey, Esq. of Enville and Whittington (in Kinver), Staffordshire," in Plantagenet Ancestry, 2nd ed., p. 535. Google Books.
2. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 211.
3. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 126-127
4. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 274-275
5. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 276.
6. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 483
7. ↑ An essay towards a topographical history of the county of Norfolk ... By Francis Blomefield, p. 497
8. ↑ A survey of Staffordshire, containing the antiquities of that county by ... By Sampson Erdeswick, p. 381

• Lewis, M. (2013, July 28). Robert Grey, Esq., Sheriff of Staffordshire #61552, b. circa 1422, d. before 20 June 1460. ORTNCA. Web.

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