Anchetil de Greye

Anchetil de Greye (c. 1046 – after 1086) was a Norman chevalier, and a vassal of William FitzOsbern, 1st Earl of Hereford, who was one of the great magnates of early Norman England, and one of the very few proven companions of William the Conqueror known to have fought at the Battle of Hastings in 1066.

Anchetil is regarded as the ancestor of the Grey family, who attained a range of titles in the United Kingdom, including Queen of England (1553), Queen of Ireland (1553), Earl of Tankerville (1419, 1695), Earl of Huntingdon (1471), Marquess of Dorset (1475), Baron Grey of Powis (1482), Duke of Suffolk (1551), Baronet Grey of Chillingham (1619); Baron Grey de Wilton (1295), Baron Ferrers of Groby (1299), Baron Grey of Codnor (1299, 1397), Baron Grey de Ruthyn (1324), Baron Grey of Werke (1623/4), Earl of Stamford (1628), Viscount Glendale (1695), Baronet Grey of Howick (1746), Baron Walsingham (1780), Baron Grey of Howick (1801); Viscount Howick (1806), Earl Grey (1806) and Baronet Grey of Fallodon (1814).

Landholdings An entry in the Domesday Book of 1086, for the manor of Radford in the hundred of Radford, Oxfordshire (one of six manors held by Anchetil de Greye), reads: Ide(m) Anschtall(us) de Grai ten(et) III hid(ae) in Radeford... ("the same Anchetil de Greye holds 3 hides in Radford...") Anchetil is listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as the lord of six Oxfordshire manors; he is listed according to his Latinised name Anschtallus de Grai. The manors held by Anchetil de Greye were as follows: Anchetil was also the tenant of Standlake, seemingly a part of Brighthampton. ), which is said to derive its name from Anchetil de Greye, and which would have been within the domain of William I. There is also a possible connection to the eastern French town of Gray. that means "Turgis' son" (from Thorgisl "hostage of Thor"), another clue he was from Normandy.