John Grey
English nobleman and soldier; (1380s - 1439)
About John Grey
Lived 1380 – 1439 (aged 58–59). John Grey was an English.
Reginald Grey Pedigree of Grey of Groby displayed within Bradgate Hall ruins.
Sir John Grey (c. 1387 – 27 August 1439), English nobleman and soldier, of Ruthin, Denbighshire, Wales, Badmondisfield (in Wickhambrook), Suffolk, Great Gaddesden, Hertfordshire, etc., second but eldest surviving son and heir apparent of Sir Reginald Grey, 3rd Baron Grey de Ruthyn by his 1st wife, Margaret Roos. He was also Captain of Gournay. He was Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in 1427-28, acting mainly through the Bishop of Meath as his Deputy.
Biography He travelled with the king to France in 1415 and 1417. He fought at the Battle of Agincourt and was invested as the 151st Knight of the Garter on 5 May 1436. Constance Grey, who married Sir Richard Herbert.
Constance, Countess Marshal, died 12 (or 14) Nov. 1437, and was buried in a chapel at St. Katherine by the Tower, London by her brother, John Holland, Duke of Exeter.
Death Sir John Grey died on 27 August 1439, in his father's lifetime.
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Who was John Grey?
English nobleman and soldier; (1380s - 1439)
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John Grey was born in 1380.
When did John Grey die?
John Grey died in 1439.
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John Grey was English.
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