# Henry de Grey > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Henry_de_Grey > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Henry_de_Grey.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_de_Grey > Source revision: 1355107675 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|English knight}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}} {{other people|Henry Grey|Henry Grey (disambiguation)}} [[File:Grey.svg|thumb|210px|[Arms](/source/Coat_of_arms) of Grey: Barry of six Argent and Azure]] '''Henry de Grey''' of [Grays Thurrock](/source/Grays_Thurrock), [Essex](/source/Essex) (1155–1219) was a [favourite](/source/favourite) [courtier](/source/courtier) of King [John of England](/source/John_of_England). ==Life== In 1195 he had been granted the [Manor](/source/Manor_(feudal_Europe)) of Thurrock in [Essex](/source/Essex) which later became known as [Grays Thurrock](/source/Grays_Thurrock) (or simply Grays), which he bought from Isaac the Jew and his son Josce. To commemorate this connection, on 11 June 2013 (the 808th anniversary of the charter), a green Thurrock heritage plaque was unveiled to de Grey.[https://www.yourthurrock.com/2013/06/14/commemorating-the-norman-knight-henry-de-grey/ Your Thurrock] Before 1201 he was also granted the Manor of [Codnor](/source/Codnor), [Derbyshire](/source/Derbyshire), and in 1216 was also granted by King [Henry III of England](/source/Henry_III_of_England) the Manor of [Grimston](/source/Grimston%2C_Nottinghamshire) in [Nottinghamshire](/source/Nottinghamshire). ==Marriage and issue== Around 1199 he married at Thurrock, Essex, Isolda Bardolf ([Hoo](/source/Cliffe-at-Hoo), [Kent](/source/Kent), c. 1168 - bef. 18 June 1246), also known as Iseaude, sister and co-heiress of Robert Bardolf of [Codnor](/source/Codnor) in [Derbyshire](/source/Derbyshire), and daughter of Hugh Bardolf of Codnor, Derbyshire (son of Hugo Bardol, born in 1125), and Isobel Aquillion, by whom he had these sons: *Sir [Richard de Grey](/source/Richard_de_Grey) of Codnor Derbyshire, ancestor of the [Barons Grey of Codnor](/source/Baron_Grey_of_Codnor) *[Sir John de Grey](/source/Sir_John_de_Grey) of Shirland Derbyshire, ancestor of the [Barons Grey of Wilton](/source/Baron_Grey_de_Wilton) and [Barons Grey of Ruthyn](/source/Baron_Grey_of_Ruthyn),{{Cite book|url=https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=aB0IAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&authuser=0&hl=en&pg=GBS.PA230|title = A general and heraldic dictionary of the peerages of England, Ireland, and Scotland, extinct, dormant, and in abeyance. England|year = 1831|publisher = H. Colburn & R. Bentley}} and through the Ruthyn Greys he was ancestor of [John Grey of Groby](/source/John_Grey_of_Groby), the first husband of [Elizabeth Woodville](/source/Elizabeth_Woodville), who later married [Edward IV](/source/Edward_IV). In this connection, Sir John was the ancestor of the [Viscounts Lisle](/source/Edward_Grey%2C_1st_Viscount_Lisle), the Grey [Marquesses of Dorset](/source/Marquess_of_Dorset) and of [Lady Jane Grey](/source/Lady_Jane_Grey). It is from Sir John's descendants the Greys of Wilton that [Gray's Inn](/source/Gray's_Inn) takes its name. *William de Grey of [Cavendish](/source/Cavendish%2C_Suffolk), [Suffolk](/source/Suffolk), of [Landford](/source/Landford), [Nottinghamshire](/source/Nottinghamshire) and of [Sandiacre](/source/Sandiacre), Derbyshire, ancestor of the Greys of [Merton, Norfolk](/source/Merton%2C_Norfolk) and a remote ancestor of the [Barons Walsingham](/source/Baron_Walsingham) *Robert de Grey, ancestor of the [Barons Grey of Rotherfield](/source/Baron_Grey_of_Rotherfield) *Henry de Grey *Hugh de Grey (born [Chillingham](/source/Chillingham%2C_Northumberland), Northumberland, c. 1203), father of John de Grey, born in Scotland, and grandfather of [Thomas de Grey of Heton](/source/Thomas_Grey_(of_Heaton)){{Citation needed|date=December 2015}} (Heton, Northumberland, circa 1266 - [Angus, Scotland](/source/Angus%2C_Scotland), 1310), whose son Thomas (circa 1297 - bef. 12 March 1343/1344) was father of Thomas de Grey The Chronicler who was taken prisoner by the Scots at [Bannockburn](/source/Bannockburn) and who was the ancestor of all three creations of the [Earls of Tankerville](/source/Earl_of_Tankerville), and the [Earls Grey](/source/Earl_Grey) *unknown de Grey, father of Eve de Grey who married [Walter Beke](/source/Antony_Bek_(bishop_of_Durham)) of Eresby Lincolnshire and was ancestor of the [Barons Willoughby de Eresby](/source/Baron_Willoughby_de_Eresby) *[Walter de Grey](/source/Walter_de_Grey),{{citation needed|reason=not son of Henry per his wp article|date=November 2018}} [Archbishop of York](/source/Archbishop_of_York) 1216-1255 After his death his widow remarried Reynold de Meurdre. ==Sources== * L. G. Pine, The New Extinct Peerage 1884-1971: Containing Extinct, Abeyant, Dormant and Suspended Peerages With Genealogies and Arms (London, U.K.: Heraldry Today, 1972), p. 136. * Charles Mosley, editor, [Burke's Peerage](/source/Burke's_Peerage), Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 2, p. 1665. * G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume II, p. 89. * The Peerage of England: Containing a Genealogical and Historical Account of ...Vol. 2 By Arthur Collins ===Notes=== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Grey, Henry de}} Category:12th-century births Category:1219 deaths Category:12th-century English people Category:13th-century English people Category:Medieval English knights Category:People from Grays, Essex Henry de Grey --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Henry de Grey](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_de_Grey) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_de_Grey?action=history)). 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