Richard Grey, 4th Baron Grey of Codnor
The Lord Grey of Codnor | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Chamberlain of the Household | |
| In office 1404–1413 | |
| Monarch | Henry IV |
| Preceded by | Sir Thomas Erpingham |
| Succeeded by | The Lord FitzHugh |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. 1371 |
| Died | 1 August 1418 |
| Resting place | Aylesford Priory, Kent, England |
| Nationality | English |
| Occupation | Soldier and diplomat |
Richard Grey, 1st or 4th Baron Grey of Codnor[note 1] (c. 1371 – 1 August 1418)[3] was an English soldier and diplomat. He was made Chamberlain and governor of Roxburgh Castle, now Floors Castle.
Military and diplomatic service
In 1400 he was appointed
From 1412 he was constantly employed on diplomatic missions. In 1413 he was one of the ambassadors to treat for a marriage between Henry, Prince of Wales, and Anne, daughter of John, Duke of Burgundy. Next year he was one of those appointed to procure a prolongation of the truce with France, and one of the ambassadors to negotiate a marriage between Henry V and Catherine of France. In August 1415 he was employed to negotiate a truce with Robert Stewart, Duke of Albany, regent of Scotland, and shortly after was made Warden of the Eastern Marches. In 1418 he was Governor of the Castle of Argentan in Normandy.
Grey was summoned to parliament on 17 September 1397, and was made a Knight of the Garter in about 1404.
He died on 1 August 1418, possibly in France, and was buried at Aylesford Priory in Kent.[3]
Family
Grey was the son of Henry de Grey (died 1379), and succeeded his grandfather John de Grey 3rd Baron Grey of Codnor (1305–1392) in the Grey of Codnor barony. In 1387 he married Elizabeth, daughter of Ralph Basset of Sapcote, who died after 1446 and they had two sons and three daughters: John (c. 1396–1430), who succeeded as fifth baron; Henry (c. 1405–1443), who succeeded his brother as sixth baron; Elizabeth, who married John la Zouche; Eleanor, who married Thomas Newport; and Lucy, who married Rowland Lenthall.[4] The barony fell into abeyance between the three sisters following the death of the seventh baron; the termination of the abeyance in 1989 was granted in the favour of a descendant of Lucy.[1][2]
Notes
- ^ Grey has been historically referred to as the fourth holder of the Grey of Codnor barony. The barony fell into abeyance following the death of the seventh baron in 1496; the termination of the abeyance in 1989 held that there was no evidence that the first three barons sat in Parliament and that the barony should be dated 1397.[1][2]
References
- ^ a b "HL Deb 27 July 1989 vol 510 cc1569-77. Barony of Grey of Codnor". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). 27 July 1989. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
- ^ a b "Grey (of Codnor), Baron (E, 1397)". Cracroft's Peerage. Heraldic Media. Archived from the original on 14 May 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
- ^ doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/11556. Retrieved 30 May 2011.required.)
{{cite encyclopedia}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) (Subscription or UK public library membership - ^ Burke, John (1831). A general and heraldic dictionary of the peerages of England, Ireland, and Scotland, extinct, dormant, and in abeyance. London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley. p. 235. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
- Bibliography
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Kingsford, Charles Lethbridge (1890). "Grey, Richard de". In Stephen, Leslie; Lee, Sidney (eds.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 23. London: Smith, Elder & Co.- Mosley, Charles (1999). Burke's Peerage and Baronetage in Great Britain and Ireland. Vol. 1 of 2 vols. London: Genealogical Publishing Ltd.
- Cokayne, George E.; Gibbs, Vicary; Doubleday, Harry (1949). The Complete Peerage of Great Britain and Ireland. London: St Catherine's Press.
