Sir Thomas Grey, Kt., of Heaton

• Sir Thomas Grey, Constable of Norham, Steward, Sheriff, Escheator, & Chief Justice of the episcopal liberty of Norhamshire & Islandshire, Earl Marshal1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8
• M, #13849, b. circa 1359, d. 26 November 1400 or 3 December 1400
• Father Sir Thomas Grey, Constable of Norham3,5,7 d. 1369
• Mother Margaret Pressene3,5,7
• Sir Thomas Grey, Constable of Norham, Steward, Sheriff, Escheator, & Chief Justice of the episcopal liberty of Norhamshire & Islandshire, Earl Marshal was born circa 1359 at of Heaton in Norham, Doddington, Nesbit in Doddinton, & Westwood in Chatton, Northumberland, England; Age 10 in 1369.3,5,7 He married Joan Mowbray, daughter of Sir John de Mowbray, 4th Baron Mowbray and Elizabeth de Segrave, before 1384; They had 4 sons (Sir Thomas; Sir John; Henry, Esq; & William, Bishop of London & Lincoln) and 1 daughter (Maud, wife of Sir Robert Ogle).3,9,4,5,6,7,8 Sir Thomas Grey, Constable of Norham, Steward, Sheriff, Escheator, & Chief Justice of the episcopal liberty of Norhamshire & Islandshire, Earl Marshal died on 26 November 1400 or 3 December 1400.3,5,7
• Family Joan Mowbray b. c 1363, d. a 8 Jun 1407
• Children
  • Maud Grey+10,11,5,12,7,13 b. c 1382, d. a 1454
  • Sir John Grey, 1st Count of Tancarville, Captain of Mortagne, Mantes, & Harfleur+10,14,4,5,7,15 b. a 1384, d. 22 Mar 1421
  • Sir Thomas Grey, Sheriff of Northumberland, Constable of Bamburgh+3,5,7 b. 30 Nov 1384, d. 3 Aug 1415
  • William Grey, Dean of York, Bishop of London b. c 1388, d. c 1435
  • Henry Grey, Esq., Escheator of Norfolk & Suffolk5,7 b. c 1390, d. c 1464
• Citations
• [S3750] Unknown author, Magna Charta Sureties, 1215, 4th Ed., by F. L. Weis, p. 71; Plantagenet Ancestry of 17th Century Colonists, by David Faris, p. 116; Wallop Family, p. 387.
• [S11568] The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, by George Edward Cokayne, Vol. VI, p. 136.
• [S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 353-354.
• [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 428.
• [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 254-255.
• [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 207.
• [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 106-107.
• [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. IV, p. 187.
• [S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 531.
• [S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 353.
• [S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 396.
• [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 390.
• [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 281.
• [S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 454.
• [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 587.
• From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p461.htm#i... ___________________
• Sir Thomas Grey1
• M, #158494, b. 1359, d. 26 November 1400
• Last Edited=8 Aug 2008
• Sir Thomas Grey was born in 1359 at Heton, Northumberland, England.2 He was the son of Sir Thomas Grey and Margaret de Pressene.1,2 He married Joan de Mowbray, daughter of John de Mowbray, 4th Lord Mowbray and Elizabeth de Segrave, Baroness Segrave, circa 1381.2 He died on 26 November 1400.2
• He lived at Berwick, Hertfordshire, England.1 He lived at Chillingham, Northumberland, England.1
• Children of Sir Thomas Grey and Joan de Mowbray
  • William Grey3
  • Sir Henry Grey3
  • Matilda Grey+3 b. 1382, d. 1451
  • Sir John Grey, 1st Comte de Tancarville+1 b. a 1384, d. 22 Mar 1420/21
  • Sir Thomas Grey+1 b. 30 Nov 1384, d. 3 Aug 1415
• Citations
• [S37] BP2003 volume 2, page 1660. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]
• [S125] Richard Glanville-Brown, online <e-mail address>, Richard Glanville-Brown (RR 2, Milton, Ontario, Canada), downloaded 17 August 2005.
• [S37] BP2003. [S37]
• From: http://www.thepeerage.com/p15850.htm#i158494 ___________________
• Thomas GREY (Sir Knight)
• Born: 1359, Heton, Northumberland, England
• Died: 26 Nov 1400
• Buried: 3 Dec 1400, Wark-Upon-Tweed, Northumberland
• Father: Thomas GREY (Sir Knight)
• Mother: Margaret De PRESSENE
• Married: Joan MOWBRAY (dau. of John Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk) ABT 1381
• Children:
  • 1. Thomas GREY of Heton (Sir Knight)
  • 2. John GREY (1º E. Tankerville)
  • 3. Maud GREY
  • 4. William GREY (Bishop of London)
  • 5. Henry GREY of Keteringham (Sir)
• From: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/GREY4.htm#Thomas GREY (Sir Knight)3 _____________________________
• GRAY, Sir Thomas (c.1359-1400), of Heaton in Wark, Northumb.
• Family and Education
• b.c. 1359, 2nd s. and h. of Sir Thomas Gray (d. Oct 1369) of Wark by Margaret (fl. 1389), da. of William Pressen of Middleton. m. by 1384, Joan, da. of John, 4th Lord Mowbray (1340-68) by Elizabeth (1338-bef. 1368), da. and h. of Thomas of Brotherton, earl of Norfolk (1300-38); and sis. of Thomas Mowbray, earl of Nottingham (cr. 1383), Earl Marshal (cr. 1386) and duke of Norfolk (cr. 1397), 4s. 1da. Kntd. by Nov. 1385.1
• Offices Held
  • Collector of taxes, Northumb. Nov. 1382, Nov. 1383, Dec. 1384.
  • Commr. to muster men at Berwick-upon-Tweed Nov., Dec. 1385; survey Bamburgh castle, Northumb. Feb. 1389, Dec. 1392; maintain order at Berwick-upon-Tweed Mar. 1389;2 hold a special assize in Newcastle-upon-Tyne July 1389;3 take oaths from Scots travelling through England Oct. 1389;4 of inquiry, co. Dur. c.1390 1390 (salmon poaching),5 Northumb. July 1393 (water supply at Bamburgh), July 1396 (evasions and concealments), Feb. 1397 (prohibited exports to Scotland); oyer and terminer, co. Dur. c.1391 (disorder on the estates of Ralph, Lord Lumley).6
  • Steward of Walter Skirlaw, bp. of Durham in co. Dur. and Northumb. c.1389-aft. 1391; constable of Norham castle and steward, sheriff, escheator and c.j. of the episcopal liberty of Norhamshire and Islandshire, Northumb. 20 Dec. 1395-d.7
  • Dep. warden of the east march for Thomas Mowbray, Earl Marshal c.1389-bef. 25 Nov. 1392.
  • Envoy to Scotland on various diplomatic missions 28 June, Dec. 1390, 12 Jan. 1392, 12 Feb. 1394, 16 Mar., 22 Sept. 1398, to Dec. 1399.8
  • J.p. Norththumb. 1 Feb. 1397-d.
• Sir Thomas Gray’s father and namesake is now chiefly remembered as the author of the Scala Cronica, a source valuable for Scottish history. His writing was based on first-hand experience, for he spent some time as a prisoner in Edinburgh, and was thus able to study the enemy at close quarters. By the terms of an entail made in February 1367, he settled his property upon his elder son, John, with successive remainders to his other boy, Thomas, and his three daughters, one of whom married Philip, Lord Darcy. The legitimacy of his offspring was evidently a cause of some concern to the knight, for in the following year he obtained a papal instrument confirming his marriage to Margaret Pressen, who had in childhood been betrothed to one of Sir Thomas’s kinsmen. John Gray predeceased his father, who died in the autumn of 1369 when Thomas, now the next heir, was about ten years old. The boy thus stood to inherit impressive estates in Northumberland and the palatinate of Durham, which the family had built up over the previous century. In the former county the Grays owned the manors of Heaton in Wark, Doddington, Howick, Hawkhill, Earle, ‘Eworth’ and ‘Neverton’, together with land in Bamburgh, Middleton, Alnwick, Coldmartin and Lofthouse and tenements in Newcastle-upon-Tyne (which in our period were leased to Sampson Hardyng*). In addition, Sir Thomas and his wife had been jointly seised of the nine manors of Hetton, Newlands, Ancroft, Ross, Upsettlington, Cheswick, Allerdean, Felkington and Kybe, with their extensive appurtenances along the Scottish border and three fisheries on the river Tweed, all of which they had occupied as feudal tenants of the bishop of Durham’s lordship of Norhamshire. The bishop was, moreover, overlord of the lands in and around Elstob, Sedgefield and Urpeth which formed the bulk of their shared possessions in the palatinate. The widowed Lady Gray was consequently assured not only of the customary third of her late husband’s property but also of a handsome jointure and, inevitably, a number of eager suitors. In the event, she took two more husbands, the first of whom was Robert, son of Ralph, Lord Neville. By 1378, however, she had married the second, the northern knight Sir John Lilburn, upon whom she settled a life interest in her own estates in Teviotdale in Roxburghshire. Not until her death, then, which occurred after 1389, did the young Thomas Gray succeed to the bulk of his inheritance, although he did at least obtain custody of Heaton and the other properties in which his mother retained no further interest once he came of age.9
• Thomas may have entered these estates as early as 1377, for in that year he received a royal pardon, possibly because of irregularities in his succession. He performed his first official duties, in November 1382, as a collector of taxes for the government; and three years later (by which time he had been knighted) he offered sureties in the court of Chancery on behalf of his brother-in-law, Philip, Lord Darcy, and two of his followers who had become embroiled in a dispute in Lincolnshire with certain tenants of Richard II’s queen, Anne of Bohemia. Sir Thomas established an even more valuable baronial connexion on his marriage, in about 1384, to Joan, the sister of Thomas Mowbray, the recently created earl of Nottingham. This alliance clearly reflects the prestige and importance of the Grays as a gentry family, and it naturally brought about a marked improvement in Sir Thomas’s personal status. By now a figure of some consequence on the border, he appeared on the list of northern gentry to whom warnings were sent, in July 1386, about the need to preserve the threatened truce with Scotland. Despite the problems caused by enemy raids and outbreaks of violence even in peacetime, he was evidently anxious to consolidate his holdings on the border, since in March 1388 he contracted to farm six fisheries belonging to the Crown on the river Tweed for the next ten years at an annual rent of 20 marks. Not surprisingly, in view of his mother’s position as one of Bishop Skirlaw’s leading tenants in Norhamshire, the principal offices of the episcopal liberty (which were customarily held in plurality by a prominent local figure, and which had already, in 1320, been occupied by his own grandfather) were granted to him in about 1389, for term of life. In October of that year Richard II recognized Sir Thomas’s growing influence by awarding him an annuity of £50, payable for life at the Exchequer. That he did not lack friends at Court is evident also from his appearance shortly afterwards as a mainpernor for Janico Dartasso, a young Gascon esquire of the King’s retinue.10
• Although from 1390 onwards Sir Thomas served on a number of diplomatic missions to treat for peace with the Scots, he lost none of his enthusiasm for illicit raiding parties into enemy territory. At an unknown date, for example, he and Sir William Swinburne* planned one such venture with some of the earl of Northumberland’s men and other local gentry eager for plunder. The capture of his mother by the Scots, late in the 1380s, may, paradoxically, have provided an impetus for more freebooting activities, both in retaliation and as a means of raising her not inconsiderable ransom. Sir Thomas’s experience of life on the border naturally made him an ideal choice as deputy when his brother-in-law, now the Earl Marshal, became warden of the east march in 1389; and even after Mowbray left office he continued to assist his successor, the earl of Northumberland, at ‘march days’ and other meetings with the Scots. But his horizons were gradually beginning to broaden, and in 1392 he agreed to act as an attorney for Lord Darcy while he was away in Ireland. The award to him and his wife of papal letters permitting them to hear mass in places currently under interdict, in December 1396, suggests, moreover, that they both accompanied the Earl Marshal abroad on a mission to France and the Low Countries in the following February. Sir Thomas was certainly on hand to join the other envoys in London, as he had just represented Northumberland in the House of Commons for the first time. Somewhat surprisingly, he did not attend the second 1397 Parliament, when his brother-in-law was created duke of Norfolk as a reward for his part in bringing about the downfall of the duke of Gloucester, the earl of Warwick and his own father-in-law, the earl of Arundel. Norfolk’s duplicity in betraying three of the Lords Appellant of 1388, who had at one time welcomed him into their ranks, was followed shortly by another display of treachery. His former ally, Henry of Bolingbroke, to whom he confided his fears as to King Richard’s good faith, showed little inclination to become involved in any further acts of conspiracy, and himself revealed Norfolk’s indiscretion. In doing so he played into the King’s hands, and set in train a dramatic series of events which led ultimately to his own banishment for ten years and Norfolk’s exile for life. On 3 Oct. 1398, just over a fortnight before he set sail, Norfolk obtained formal permission from King Richard for the setting up of an ‘entire and continuous council’ which was to do ‘all things necessary or fitting for the duke during his absence’. Sir Thomas was one of the nine persons initially appointed to this body, although by the end of the month he was back on the border, where he stood surety for the earl of Northumberland’s son, ‘Hotspur’, with regard to arrangements for the return of certain Scottish prisoners. Notwithstanding his attachment to the Percys, Sir Thomas remained on even closer terms with their rival, Ralph Neville, earl of Westmorland, to whom his mother was related by marriage. In September 1398 he obtained the earl’s castle and manor of Wark in exchange for certain other estates in Northumberland. The acquisition of this valuable stronghold consolidated his possessions on the Tweed and also gave him a suitably impressive residence there. It may, moreover, mark the date of his eldest son’s marriage to Westmorland’s daughter, Alice, which cemented the connexion between the two families. Another valuable alliance was forged, in May 1399, when Sir Thomas’s daughter, Maud, became the wife of (Sir) Robert Ogle*, a leading member of county society, upon whom he settled an estate in Lowick.11
• The return of Henry of Bolingbroke from exile in the summer of 1399 gave Sir Thomas a welcome chance to revenge his brother-in-law, Norfolk, by taking up arms against Richard II. Whatever personal animosity he may still have felt towards the duke, Bolingbroke was anxious to win the support of his men, and Sir Thomas remained at his side throughout the tense and difficult days leading to his coronation on 13 Oct. The death of Norfolk in Venice, just a week before, no doubt made it easier for Sir Thomas to commit himself wholeheartedly to the Lancastrian cause. In any case, the electors of Northumberland considered him admirably qualified to represent them when Parliament was summoned to witness Richard II’s deposition and the accession of Henry IV. The session had just begun when the Scots, taking advantage of the absence of so many northern landowners at Westminster, launched an unexpected attack. Wark castle fell in early October and was sacked by the enemy, who captured Gray’s younger children and some of his tenants, for whom they demanded ransoms of £1,000. Not only was the castle completely destroyed, but Sir Thomas also claimed (somewhat implausibly) to have been robbed of goods worth 2,000 marks. Although he was technically liable for a fine because of his failure to resist the Scots, he obtained a royal pardon absolving him from responsibility; and on 10 Nov., a few days before the Commons were dismissed, King Henry announced his intention of leading a punitive expedition across the border.12 He had by then confirmed Sir Thomas in his annuity of £50 (which was increased at the end of November to the sum of 100 marks) and had also granted him the custody of the late Sir Henry Heton’s property in Northumberland, together with the marriage and wardship of the young heir, thus helping to compensate him for his losses. As a particular mark of favour, Sir Thomas was permitted to join with the earl of Northumberland, his son, ‘Hotspur’, and other trusted supporters of the new regime in farming the estates of Edmund Mortimer, the son and heir of Roger, earl of March, whom Richard II had designated as his heir. It was a matter of great concern to King Henry that both the boy and his inheritance should be kept safely, and the rent of over £1,600 p.a. charged to Sir Thomas and his associates reflects the value of the land in question. Sir Thomas’s continued friendship with Northumberland in no way diminished his attachment to the earl of Westmorland, for whom he acted as a mainpernor in the following spring. Most of the northern lords and their followers were involved in Henry IV’s brief invasion of Scotland in August 1400, although none derived much profit from the exercise, and some were obliged to dig deep into their pockets. The King’s determination to improve defences along the border led him to place Sir Thomas in command of a retinue of 150 men for the protection of the east march. His contract began in early September, and by the time of his death, three months later, he was already owed over £193 in unpaid wages.13
• Although still a minor, Sir Thomas’s son and heir, Thomas, had already entered the royal household as an esquire to Henry IV, and the King was thus prepared to grant him custody of his inheritance before he came of age. The widowed Joan Gray obtained the customary third of her late husband’s estates, while also retaining control of the now considerably devalued property in and around Wark which had been settled upon her as a jointure during her lifetime. In her capacity as Sir Thomas’s executrix, she was obliged to fight a legal action over the wardship of Sir Henry Heton’s young daughters, although by the time the case reached the courts, in 1407, she could call upon the assistance of her second husband, Sir Thomas Tunstall. Despite all the preferment shown to him and his family by the house of Lancaster, Thomas Gray the younger became involved in the earl of Cambridge’s conspiracy to dethrone Henry V in favour of the above-mentioned earl of March; and in August 1415 he was executed for treason at Southampton. His brother, John, remained staunchly loyal to the Lancastrian cause, however, and was rewarded by the King with the county of Tancarville in France. He died at the battle of Baugé in 1421, and was the grandfather of Richard, 1st Lord Gray of Powis. Sir Thomas Gray’s third son, William, also pursued a distinguished career, becoming bishop of London in 1426 and then, five years later, bishop of Lincoln.14
• Ref Volumes: 1386-1421
• Author: C.R.
• Notes
• 1. CP, vi. 136; ix. 383-4, 596-604; C137/24/50; Arch. Aeliana n.s. xxii. 119; CPL, iv. 74; DKR, xlv. 201-2; Hist. Northumb. xiv. ped. facing p. 328; CCR, 1385-9, p. 95.
• 2. Rot. Scot. ed. Macpherson etc. ii. 76, 78, 96.
• 3. C66/328 m. 31v.
• 4. Cal. Scots. Docs. iv. no. 396.
• 5. DKR, xxxiii. 63.
• 6. Ibid. 60.
• 7. Ibid. 44, 60, 62, 63, 65; Misc. Gen. et Her. (ser. 5), ix (7), 232-3; Arch. Aeliana (ser. 4), xxi. 80-82.
• 8. Rot. Scot. ii. 107, 108, 114, 126, 142, 152; Cal. Scots. Docs. iv. no. 502.
• 9. CPL, iv. 74; Arch. Aeliana (ser. 4), xxi. 80-82; C137/24/50; DKR, xlv. 201-2; Cal. Scots. Docs. iv. no. 271; Hist. Northumb. xiv. ped. facing p. 328; CP, iv. 62.
• 10. C67/28B m. 10; CCR, 1385-9, pp. 95, 99-100, 414; Rot. Scot. ii. 84; CFR, x. 225, 302; CPR, 1388-92, p. 122; 1399-1401, p. 41.
• 11. Northumb. RO, Swinburne (Capheaton) mss, 1/80, 140; CPL, v. 62; CPR, 1391-6, p. 188; 1396-9, pp. 410, 422; CCR, 1392-6, pp. 32-33; Cal. Scots. Docs. iv. no. 510; Arch. Aeliana, n.s. xxiv. 118.
• 12. J.H. Wylie, Hen. IV, i. 81; Cal. Scots. Docs. iv. nos. 542-3; CPR, 1399-1400, p. 287.
• 13. CPR, 1399-1401, pp. 33, 41, 111; CFR, xii. 22, 59; E404/15/96, 304-5, 16/286-7, 387, 17/369; PPC, i. 125.
• 14. C137/24/50; DKR, xlv. 204-5; CPR, 1399-1401, p. 235; 1401-5, pp. 57, 182; CCR, 1399-1402, pp. 357, 379, 423; 1402-5, p. 11; Arch. Aeliana, n.s. xxii. 119; Cal. Scots. Docs. iv. no. 738; CFR, xii. 95; CP, vi. 136.
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Thomas GREY (AFN:9FGS-CT)  Pedigree  

Born:  1359  Place:  Of, Heton, Northumberland, England   

Christened:    Place:  Of, Wark-Upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England   

Died:  26 Nov 1400  Place:     

Buried:  Aft 3 1400 Dec  Place:     

Married:  Abt 1381  Place:     

Father:  Thomas GREY (AFN:9GG9-S3)  Family  

Mother:  Margaret De PRESSENE (AFN:9GG9-T8)   

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Wife's Name

Joan De (MOWBRAY) (AFN:9FGS-D1)  Pedigree  

Born:  Abt 1363  Place:  Of, Axholme, Lincolnshire, England   

Died:  Aft 30 1402 Nov  Place:     

Married:  Abt 1381  Place:     

Father:  John De MOWBRAY (AFN:8J5J-GH)  Family  

Mother:  Elizabeth De SEGRAVE (AFN:8J5J-HN)   

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1.  Sex  Name    

 F Maud GREY (AFN:B1PJ-1X)  Pedigree  

   Born:  Abt 1382   Place:  Of, Wark, England   

   Died:  Aft 21 1451 Aug   Place:  , , England   

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2.  Sex  Name    

 M John GREY (AFN:9FGS-F6)  Pedigree  

   Born:  Abt 1386   Place:  Of, Wark-Upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England   

   Died:  22 Mar 1420   Place:  Battle Of, Bauge, Anjou, France   

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3.  Sex  Name    

 M William GREY (AFN:18HS-VJ7)  Pedigree  

  Born:  Abt 1388   Place:  Of, Heton, Northumberland, England   

   Died:  Abt 1435   Place:    

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4.  Sex  Name    

 M Henry GREY (AFN:18HS-W54)  Pedigree  

   Born:  Abt 1390   Place:  Of, Keteringham, Norfolk, England   

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5.  Sex  Name    

 M Thomas GREY (AFN:9FGQ-QG)  Pedigree  

   Born:  30 Nov 1384   Place:  Castle, Alnwick, Northumberland, England   

   Died:  3 Aug 1415   Place:  North Gate, Southampton, Hampshire, England   

   Buried:    Place:  Beheaded  

Grey

Just another one of those English families with a long line of descent and a fair amount of documentation into which another line married, so unspectacularly and unspoken that it's believable, an early Ellyson, the probable emigrant—no matter that even that was more than 400 years ago. Leaving us with an 800-year heritage of the Greys. Pity the name wasn't Blue.

Generation No. 1 John Grey was born circa 1225 in Scotland, son of Hugh De Grey.

Thomas De Grey Andrew Gray, born circa 1253 in Broxmouth, Roxburghshire, married Ada Gifford, born circa 1257 in Yester, Peebleshire. Generation No. 2 Thomas de Grey was born circa 1266 in Heton, Northumberland, and died 1310 in Forfarshire, Scotland.

Thomas Grey Generation No. 3 Thomas Grey was born 1297 in Heton, Northumberland, and died before 12 March 1343/1344. Married Agnes De Beyle, born circa 1301 in Heton, Northumberland.

Thomas Grey Generation No. 4 Thomas Grey was born circa 1328 in Heton, Northumberland, and died before 22 October 1369 in Heton, Northumberland. Married Margaret De Pressene, born circa 1332 in Preston, Northumberland, daughter of William Pressene.

Thomas Grey Generation No. 5 Thomas Grey was born 1359 in Heton, Northumberland, and died 26 November 1400. Married Joan De Mowbray, born circa 1363 in Axholme, Lincolnshire, died after 30 November 1402, daughter of John de Mowbray and Elizabeth de Seagrave.

Maud Grey, born circa 1382 in Wark, England, and died after 21 August 1451, married Robert Ogle, son of Robert Ogle and Joan de (Heton) Heaton. He was born circa 21 May 1379 in Ogle Castle, Northumberland, and died 12 August 1435. Thomas Grey John Grey, married Joan Cherleton, daughter of Edward Cherleton and Eleanor de Holand. Generation No. 6 Thomas Grey was born 30 November 1384 in Castle Alnwick, Northumberland, and died 3 August 1415, beheaded apparently at North Gate, Southampton, Hampshire. Married Alica de Neville circa 1401, daughter of Ralph de Neville and Margaret de Stafford, born circa 1384 in Raby, Durham.

Ralph Grey Thomas II Grey, born circa 1404 in Heton, Northumberland, died circa 1426, married Isabel of Essex. Generation No. 7 Ralph Grey was born 9 September 1406 in Chillingham, Northumberland, and died 17 March 1443 in France. Married Elizabeth FitzHugh, born circa 1410 in Ravensworth, Yorkshire, and died after 22 June 1445, daughter of Henry FitzHugh and Elizabeth Grey.

Ralph Grey Generation No. 8 Ralph Grey was born circa 1432 in Chillingham, Northumberland, and died 15 July 1464 in Doncaster, Yorkshire. Married Jacquetta died 26 June 1469.

Edward Grey Generation No. 9 Edward Grey was born circa 1477 in England, and died 6 December 1533. Married Anne Gower was born circa 1510, daughter of Thomas Gower and Constance Forster.

Ralph Grey Generation No. 10 Ralph Grey was born 1529 in Chillingham, Northumberland, and died 17 December 1567 in Chillingham, Northumberland. Married Isabel Grey, born circa 1533 in Horton, Northumberland, and died before 11 July 1582, daughter of Thomas Grey and Dorothy Ogle.

Edward Grey Dorothy Grey, born circa 1554, married Robert Delaval, son of John Delaval and Anne Ogle, born circa 1552. Generation No. 11 Edward Grey was born 1550 in Morpeth Castle, Morpeth, Northumberland, and died 10 January 1627/1628. Married Catherine Le Strange, born circa 1552 in Hunstanton, Norfolk, daughter of Roger Le Strange and Anne Haydon.

Elizabeth Gray Generation No. 12 Elizabeth Gray was born 1591 in England, and died before 1658. Married Robert Ellyson, son of John Ellyson and Ellin Hamilton. He was born 7 September 1589 in Newton Reigny, Cumberland, and died 1656 in Virginia.

Robert Ellyson was born 1615 in Virginia, and died before 28 September 1671 in New Kent Co., VA. He married Elizabeth circa 1659. Not, as assumed for a long time the daughter of Thomas Gerrard and Susannah Snow of St. Mary's County MD and Westmoreland County VA. Alas alack, but we're all still here. go back | page up

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Sir Thomas GREY , of Heton & Wark (1,2,3)"With the crooked foot", Knight, of Heaton in Northumberland; M.P. for Northumberland. In 1398 he obtained the castle, manor, and lordship of Wark-on-Tweed from Ralph, Earl of Westmorland, in exchange for other manors.

Born:1359 (4) Died: circa1400 (5)

SIR JOHN GRAY or GREY, younger son of Sir Thomas GRAY, of Heton and Wark-on-Tweed, Northumberland (who d. 26 November or 3 December 1400) (c), by Joan, his wife (who was living 30 November 1402). [Complete Peerage VI:136-8, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

(c) He d. Thursday before, or Tuesday after, St. Andrew 2 Henry IV, according to the inquisitions taken in Northumberland and at Newcastle-on-Tyne, respectively. In 1398 he obtained the castle, manor, and lordship of Wark-on-Tweed from Ralph, Earl of Westmorland, in exchange for other manors. He, who was aged 10 in 1369, was son and heir of Sir Thomas Grey, of Heton (author of the "Scalacronica"), by Margaret, daughter and heir of William de Pressene, of Presson, Northumberland. The last-named Thomas, who d. shortly bef. Monday after St. Luke (22 Oct] 1369, had done homage to the Bishop of Durham, and had livery of the manor of Heton 10 Apr 1344. He was son and heir of Sir Thomas de Grey, of Heton in Islandshire, who d. shortly bef. 12 Mar 1343/4, by Agnes, his wife.

Father: Thomas III GREY , of Heton & Chillingham, Sir b: BEF 1323 in Heaton Castle, Wark-on-Tweed, Northumberland, England Mother: Margaret de PRESSENE b: ABT 1332 in Preston, Northumberland, England

Marriage (6) 1 Joan (Jane) de MOWBRAY b: ABT 1368 in Epworth, Isle of Axholme, Lincolnshire, England

Children

John GREY , of Wark-on-Tweed, KG, Sir b: AFT 1384 in Heaton Castle, Wark-on-Tweed, Northumberland, England

Maud GREY b: ABT 1386 in Heaton Castle, Wark-on-Tweed, Northumberland, England

Thomas GREY , of Heton, Sir b: ABT 1388 in Heaton Castle, Wark-on-Tweed, Northumberland, England

Catherine de GREY b: ABT 1398 in Heaton Castle, Wark-on-Tweed, Northumberland, England

Sources:

1. Title: Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr, 5th Edition, 1999 Page: 65-7

2. Title: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999 Page: 223-34

3. Title: Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom, by G. E Cokayne, Sutton Publishing Ltd, 2000, Page: X:29, VI:136

4. Title: Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom, by G. E Cokayne, Sutton Publishing Ltd, 2000, Page: VI:136 (c)

5. Title: Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom, by G. E Cokayne, Sutton Publishing Ltd, 2000. Page: VI:136, Text: 26 Nov or 3 Dec 1400

6. Title: Newsgroup: soc.genealogy.medieval, at groups - google.com Page: Brad Verity, 30 Jan 2002

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Sir Thomas GREY , of Heton & Wark (1,2,3)"With the crooked foot", Knight, of Heaton in Northumberland; M.P. for Northumberland. In 1398 he obtained the castle, manor, and lordship of Wark-on-Tweed from Ralph, Earl of Westmorland, in exchange for other manors.

Born:1359 (4) Died: circa1400 (5)

SIR JOHN GRAY or GREY, younger son of Sir Thomas GRAY, of Heton and Wark-on-Tweed, Northumberland (who d. 26 November or 3 December 1400) (c), by Joan, his wife (who was living 30 November 1402). [Complete Peerage VI:136-8, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

(c) He d. Thursday before, or Tuesday after, St. Andrew 2 Henry IV, according to the inquisitions taken in Northumberland and at Newcastle-on-Tyne, respectively. In 1398 he obtained the castle, manor, and lordship of Wark-on-Tweed from Ralph, Earl of Westmorland, in exchange for other manors. He, who was aged 10 in 1369, was son and heir of Sir Thomas Grey, of Heton (author of the "Scalacronica"), by Margaret, daughter and heir of William de Pressene, of Presson, Northumberland. The last-named Thomas, who d. shortly bef. Monday after St. Luke (22 Oct] 1369, had done homage to the Bishop of Durham, and had livery of the manor of Heton 10 Apr 1344. He was son and heir of Sir Thomas de Grey, of Heton in Islandshire, who d. shortly bef. 12 Mar 1343/4, by Agnes, his wife.

Father: Thomas III GREY , of Heton & Chillingham, Sir b: BEF 1323 in Heaton Castle, Wark-on-Tweed, Northumberland, England Mother: Margaret de PRESSENE b: ABT 1332 in Preston, Northumberland, England

Marriage (6) 1 Joan (Jane) de MOWBRAY b: ABT 1368 in Epworth, Isle of Axholme, Lincolnshire, England

Children

John GREY , of Wark-on-Tweed, KG, Sir b: AFT 1384 in Heaton Castle, Wark-on-Tweed, Northumberland, England

Maud GREY b: ABT 1386 in Heaton Castle, Wark-on-Tweed, Northumberland, England

Thomas GREY , of Heton, Sir b: ABT 1388 in Heaton Castle, Wark-on-Tweed, Northumberland, England

Catherine de GREY b: ABT 1398 in Heaton Castle, Wark-on-Tweed, Northumberland, England

Sources:

1. Title: Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr, 5th Edition, 1999 Page: 65-7

2. Title: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999 Page: 223-34

3. Title: Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom, by G. E Cokayne, Sutton Publishing Ltd, 2000, Page: X:29, VI:136

4. Title: Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom, by G. E Cokayne, Sutton Publishing Ltd, 2000, Page: VI:136 (c)

5. Title: Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom, by G. E Cokayne, Sutton Publishing Ltd, 2000. Page: VI:136, Text: 26 Nov or 3 Dec 1400

6. Title: Newsgroup: soc.genealogy.medieval, at groups - google.com Page: Brad Verity, 30 Jan 2002

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• Links
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_de_Mowbray,_4th_Baron_Mowbray
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Grey_(bishop_of_Lincoln)
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor_de_Mowbray
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Grey_(1384%E2%80%931415)
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Grey_(chronicler)
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Grey,_1st_Earl_of_Tankerville
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_Marshal
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogle_family
• https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Grey,_John_(d.1421)_(DNB00)

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Sir Thomas Gray av Heaton i Wark, Northumberland - "med den krokete foten"

• 1384 Thomas giftet seg med Joan og det førte til at han fikk en naturlig forbedring av sin personlige status. En kjenner til 5 barn
• 1385 Da han varutnevnt til Ridder tilbød han kausjonsansvar på vegne av sin svoger og to av hans tilhengere som hadde blitt involvert i en tvist med Richard II dronning Anne av Böhmen
• 1386 Han var en av adelsmennene i nord som det ble sendt advarsler om trusselen fra Skottland og viktigheten med å bevare våpenhvilen
• 1388 Til tross for urolighetene på grensen fikk han en kontrakt med 6 fiskebruk ved elven Tweed om at de måtte å betale en årlig rente på 20 merker i 10 år. I oktober samme år fikk Thomas Grey en anerkjennelse fra Richars II som betalte han 50 Pund i året resten av livet.
• 1390 Han var utsending ti Skottland for mange ulike diplomatiske oppdrag
• 1398 Thomas ble valgt når ble opprettet et råd på 9 personer som skulle gjøre " alle ting nødvendig eller passende for hertugen under hans fravær" når Rikard II forlot så landet for å føre et nytt felttog i Irland.
• 1398 I september fikk Thomas slottet, Manor og Wark-on-Tweed fra Ralph, jarl av Westmorland, i bytte for andre eiendommer
• 1399 Kongen blir avsatt og Sir Thomas kom i tjeneste til kong Henrik.
• 1400 Han døde av pest i Venezia, Italia