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Birth:          ABT 1176 Rotherfield Greys, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England
Death:          1219 Codnor, Derbyshire, England

Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_de_Grey
Sir Henry de Grey of Grays Thurrock, Essex (1155–1219), was a favourite courtier of 
King John of England.
Family[edit]

Sir Henry was the son of John de Grey[1] (born Thurrock, Essex, c. 1140 and married 
c. 1157) and probably a great-grandson of Anchetil de Greye (b. circa 1100) of 
Rotherfield Greys, a grandson of Anchetil de Greye (c. 1052 – 1086+), one of the 
companions of William the Conqueror. Sir Henry was the progenitor of the 
considerable number of noble houses bearing the name Grey or Gray; Sir Henry's 
descendants in the direct male line went on to be ennobled with no less than eighteen 
peerages, including eleven substantive baronies, a viscountcy, four earldoms (Kent, 
Tankerville, Stamford and Grey), a marquessate and two dukedoms. Sir Henry's 
descendants through the female line are countless but include the Barons Audley, 
Barons Revelstoke, Barons Northbrook, Barons Howick, Barons Dacre, Barons 
Willoughby de Eresby, Earl of Lindsey, the Earls of Malmesbury, Earls of 
Westmoreland, Earls of Essex, Earls of Durham, Earls of Cromer, Earls of Elgin, Earls 
of Bridgewater, the Earls of Ashburnham, the Marquesses of Lindsey and the Dukes of 
Somerset and Ancaster, amongst many others.

Life[edit]

In 1195 he had been granted the Manor of Thurrock in Essex which later became 
known as 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.[2] Before 1201 he was also granted the Manor of Codnor, Derbyshire, and in 
1216 was also granted by King Henry III of England the Manor of Grimston in 
Nottinghamshire.

Marriage and issue[edit]

Around 1199 he married at Thurrock, Essex, Isolda Bardolf (Hoo, Kent, c. 1168 - bef. 
18 June 1246), also known as Iseaude, sister and co-heiress of Robert Bardolf of 
Codnor in 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 of Codnor Derbyshire, ancestor of the Barons Grey of Codnor
Sir John de Grey of Shirland Derbyshire, ancestor of the Barons Grey of Wilton and 
Barons Grey of Ruthyn,[3] and through the Ruthyn Greys he was ancestor of John 
Grey of Groby, the first husband of Elizabeth Woodville, who later married Edward IV. 
In this connection, Sir John was the ancestor of the Viscounts Lisle, the Grey 
Marquesses of Dorset and of Lady Jane Grey. It is from Sir John's descendants the 
Greys of Wilton that Gray's Inn takes its name.
William de Grey of Cavendish, Suffolk, of Landford, Nottinghamshire and of Sandiacre, 
Derbyshire, ancestor of the Greys of Merton, Norfolk and a remote ancestor of the 
Barons Walsingham
Robert de Grey, ancestor of the Barons Grey of Rotherfield
Henry de Grey
Hugh de Grey (born Chillingham, Northumberland, c. 1203), father of John de Grey, 
born in Scotland, and grandfather of Thomas de Grey of Heton[citation needed] 
(Heton, Northumberland, circa 1266 - Angus, Scotland, 1310), whose son Sir Thomas 
Grey (chronicler) of Heaton (circa 1297 - bef. 12 March 1343/1344) was taken 
prisoner by the Scots at Bannockburn and who was the ancestor of all three creations 
of the Earls of Tankerville, and the Earls Grey
unknown de Grey, father of Eve de Grey who married Walter Beke of Eresby 
Lincolnshire and was ancestor of the Barons Willoughby de Eresby
Walter de Grey, Archbishop of York 1216-1255

After his death his widow remarried Reynold de Meurdre.
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jweber&id=I05656
Henry de Grey; bought the Manor of Thurrock, Essex (later called Thurrock Grey) from 
Isaac the Jew and his son Josce; held the Manor of Codnor, Derbys by 1201; granted 
by Henry III 1216 the Manor of Grimston, Notts. [Burke's Peerage]

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In the 6th year of King Richard I [1195], that monarch conferred the manor of 
Thurrock, co. Essex (afterwards called Thurrock Grey), upon Henry de Grey, which 
grant was confirmed by King John, who vouchsafed, by special charter, to permit the 
said Henry de Grey to hunt the hare and fox in any land belonging to the crown, save 
the king's own demesne-parks. In the 1st Henry III [1216], he had also a grant of the 
manor of Grimston, co. Nottingham, and having afterwards m. Isolda, niece and 
heiress of Robert Bardolf, shared in the inheritance of his lands. By this lady Henry de 
Grey had issue, Richard, John, William, Robert, Walter, and Henry. [Sir Bernard 
Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., 
London, England, 1883, p. 247-248, Grey, Baron Grey, of Codnor, co. Derby]

Parents
DE GREY Henry (ABT 1148 - AFT 1195)
OF YORKSHIRE Hawise (ABT 1155 - )

Siblings
DE GREY Henry (ABT 1176 - 1219)
DE GREY Robert (ABT 1180 - )

Marriage To BARDOLF Isolda (Iseude) (ABT 1176 - 18 Jun 1246)
    m.  

Notes

Parents
BARDOLF Hugh "the Elder" (ABT 1149 - ABT 1176)
DE CONDET Isabel (ABT 1140 - )

Children by BARDOLF Isolda (Iseude) ABT 1176 - 18 Jun 1246
DE GREY Richard (1 Dec 1202 - 8 Sep 1271)
DE GREY Hugh (ABT 1203 - )
DE GREY John (ABT 1205 - Mar 1266)
DE GREY William (ABT 1210 - AFT 1268)

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