Sir Walter de Grey, of Rotherfield

Sir Walter de Grey was born at & Somerton, Oxfordshire, Upton in Badsworth, Yorkshire, England. He married Isabel Dunston, daughter of William de Dunston and Mary Wake. Sir Walter de Grey died in 1267.

Family Isabel Dunston d. bt 1304 - 1305

Children

1. Richard de Grey d. a 1250
2. John de Grey d. 1266
3. Sir Robert de Grey+2 d. b 27 May 1295

notes

d. bef 5 Jan 1266/7

his uncle and namesake, the Archbishop of York, extended to him his bounty by a grant of all his lands in Gilesford, in Kent, Brighthelmstone, in Sussex, with Herdewyke and Coges, co. Oxford which he had by assignment from Joan and Alice, the daus. and co-heirs of Robert De Arsic, Baron of Coges, and likewise the residue of the manor of Rotherfield, together with divers other lordships. [Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, England, 1883, p. 247, Grey, Barons Grey, of Rotherfield, co. Oxford]

src: tudorplace.com.ar/Grey1.htm

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b)         ROBERT de Grey of Rotherfield, Oxfordshire ([before 1195]-before 1 May 1246).  “Hawisia de Grey vidua” donated “ecclesiam de Cornewell” to Oseney abbey, for the souls of “Johannis de Grey fratris mei quondam Norwicensis Episcopi”, with the consent of “Dni. Roberti de Grey filii et heredis mei”, by undated charter, dated to [19 Oct 1214/Feb 16][503].  Robert’s giving consent in this charter indicates that he was of age, and therefore probably not born much later than [1195].  Exemptions were granted to "Hawise mother of W. archbishop of York" which the king had also granted to "Robert de Gray and his heirs for the land of Rutherefeld which the said archbishop had of the gift of Eve de Gray and gave to the said Robert" dated 9 Mar 1240[504].  m BEATRIX de Saint-Luce, daughter of WILLIAM de Saint-Luce & his wife Avice de Sculcoates.  The Chronicle of Meaux, in Yorkshire, names "Aviciam" as daughter of “Benedictus de Sculcottes”, adding that she married “Willelmus de Seynt Luce” by whom she had “Beatricem” who married “Robertus de Gray”[505]. 

Robert & his wife had children: 

i)          WALTER de Grey of Rotherfield (-before 8 Jun 1267).  The Chronicle of Meaux names "Walterum" as the son of “Robertus de Gray” and his wife[506].  m ISABEL de Duston, daughter of WILLIAM de Duston of Duston, Northamptonshire & his wife --- (-after before 6 Dec 1304).  Inquisitions following a writ dated 19 Apr "55 Hen III", after the death of "William de Duston alias de Dustune", record that Ditton in Kent was given to “William de Duston, grandfather of Isabel de Grey, in free marriage...until it should come to the 4th degree”, noting that “the said William...had 3 daughters his heirs who were under age when their father died...Walter sometime archbishop of York...afterwards had the wardship of the heirs, married them and assigned to each her share of the inheritance” and that “Isabel the eldest daughter...married Walter de Grey [and] is in seisin of two parts...”[507].  Inquisitions following a writ dated 6 Dec "33 Edw I", after the death of "Isabel de Grey ", name “John de Grey her nepos aged 30 is her next heir”[508]. 

Walter & his wife had one child: 

(1)       ROBERT de Grey (-before 27 May 1295).  The Chronicle of Meaux names “Robertum” as son of "Walterum", son of “Robertus de Gray” and his wife[509].  Inquisitions following a writ dated 27 May "23 Edw I", after the death of "Robert de Grey, alias de Gray, Le Gray", name “John his son aged 23 and more [...his first born son aged 28 and more] is his next heir”[510].  m (before 1273) JOAN de Valoignes, daughter of THOMAS de Valoignes & his wife --- (-before 6 Sep 1312). 

References

• http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p503.htm#i... Cites
• [S3969] Unknown author, The Complete Peerage, by Cokayne, Vol. VI, p. 144; OFHS Newsletter, March 1995, p. 10.
• [S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 553-554.
• “Notices relative to the early history of the town and port of Hull;” by Frost, Charles, 1781?-1862 (1827). Page 28-29. Archive.org Note X, page 43. Archive.org