John Grey

- University of St Andrews Record ID: 6545

During the civil wars in Britain (1639-59) John Grey of Buildwas Abbey lost his lands and was expelled from England. Around 1643-4 he fled to Norway where he married Magdalene Bang, the daughter of a clergyman Gabriel Anderson Bang. Her father was the minister of Fjellberg parish and held several pieces of property. John became known as the count of Netteland, where he died circa 1666...........................................................................Statsarkiv, Bergen: L.H. Horton, Ancestral History of the Grey-Lason-Hjortaas family, (California, 1963), p.24.