DEGREY, Lord Grey of Codner, Steward of Aquitaine, Constable of Nottingham Castle Richard
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Name DEGREY, Richard Title Lord Grey of Codner, Steward of Aquitaine, Constable of Nottingham Castle Birth 1281 Codnor, Derbyshire, England Gender Male Death 10 Mar 1335 Codnor, Derbyshire, England Patriarch & Matriarch DEGREY, John, b. 1225, Derby, Derbyshire, Englandd. 5 Jan 1272, Broxmouth, Roxburghshire, Scotland
(Age 47 years) (Grandfather)
ST JOHN, Agnes d. 1281 (Grandmother)Person ID I653 My Genealogy Last Modified 15 Jul 2024
Father DE GREY, Baron Henry, b. 1255, Codnor, Derbyshire, England d. 1 Sep 1308, Aylesford, Kent, England
(Age 53 years)
Relationship natural Mother DECOURTENAY, Eleanor, b. 1254, Okehampton, Devon, England d. 6 Jun 1301, Codnor, Derbyshire, England
(Age 47 years)
Relationship natural Marriage 1281 Devon, England Family ID F47 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family FITZPANE, Joane, b. 1287, Codnor, Derbyshire, England d. 1335, Aylesford, Kent, England
(Age 48 years)
Marriage 1303 - Monmouthshire, England
Children 1. GREY, Lady Jane, b. 1302, Castle Codnor, Derby, Derbyshire, England d. 6 Jun 1369, Ellenhall, Staffordshire, England
(Age 67 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
▻ HARCOURT, Sir William de m. 1318Family ID F159 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 15 Jul 2024
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Notes - Richard De Grey was a special favourite of King John and in return for his services in the later years of King John’s life, Richard was awarded the ‘Right of Presentation’ to Heanor church and lands in Leicestershire.
During the reign of Henry III, Richard was made Governor of the islands of Guernsey and Jersey in 1226. Then ten years later in 1236, he became Sheriff of Northumberland.
Richard and his brother John were among the few Lords and nobles who supported Henry III’s plan to invade the Holy land in another crusade. This earned them the gratitude of the King at a level not normally given to Barons their age and Richard was made Constable of Dover Castle and Warden of the Cinque Ports.
Richard was also made custodian of the castles at Bamburgh and Newcastle-on-Tyne. In 1238 he was made Constable of Kenilworth and in the following year Sheriff of Essex and Hertford and Constable of the Tower of London, where he was responsible for storing money and goods of the order of Cluny for the King. In 1238 Richard founded the Carmelite friary in Aylesford, Kent with friars he brought to England on his return from the Holy Land.
- Richard De Grey was a special favourite of King John and in return for his services in the later years of King John’s life, Richard was awarded the ‘Right of Presentation’ to Heanor church and lands in Leicestershire.