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Grey, Richard (1371 - 1418)

Born / Died

Birth Date: 1371
Death Date: 1418-08-01

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Type: marriage
    Union began: 1378
    Union ended: n.d.

Offspring

  1. Mother unknown
    Male offspring: Grey, John (1396 - 1430)

Primary Title

  • 4th Baron Grey (of Codnor)

Titles

  • 4th Baron Grey (of Codnor)
    Assumed: 1392-12-14
    Vacated: 1418-08-01

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
JP, Derbyshire 1399
Governor, Ross 1400
Admiral of the Fleet, England 1401 -4 -20 Admiral from the mouth of the Thames to the North
JP, Derbyshire 1401
JP, Essex 1402
Justice, South Wales 1403 -11 -28
JP, Kent 1403/4
JP, Leicestershire 1404
JP, Essex 1404
JP, Derbyshire 1404
JP, Essex 1404/5 1407
Keeper, Derbyshire 1405
Keeper, Brecknockshire 1405
Lieut, Brecknockshire 1405 -10
Lieut, Herefordshire 1405 -10 Office purview also included adjacent Marches of Wales
Lieut, South Wales 1405 -12 -2 1405/6 -02 -1
JP, Leicestershire 1405/6 1408
JP, Kent 1405/6 1407
JP, Derbyshire 1405/6 1408
Constable, Nottinghamshire 1406 -11 -1
Master Forester, Nottinghamshire 1406 -11 -1
Justice, South Wales 1407 -9 -6
JP, Derbyshire 1409/10
JP, Essex 1410 1414
JP, Kent 1411
JP, Leicestershire 1411/12 1414
JP, Kent 1412/13 1414
JP, Derbyshire 1413
JP, Derbyshire 1414/15
Warden, Marches of Wales 1415 Held jointly
JP, Kent 1415/16
JP, Essex 1415/16

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Codnor, Derbyshire

Lands

  • Derbyshire
  • Essex
  • Hampshire
  • Kent
  • Leicestershire
    Acquired: 1378
    Via marriage
  • Lincolnshire
    Acquired: 1378
    Via marriage
  • Northamptonshire
  • Nottinghamshire
  • Radnorshire: Cefn Llys, Cnwclas & Knighton Lordships
    Acquired: 1405/6
  • Rutland
    Acquired: 1378
    Via marriage
  • Staffordshire
    Acquired: 1378
    Via marriage

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Boothall, Gloucester, Gloucestershire Lord Codnor's Minstrel/s

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lord Codnor's Minstrel/s Grey, Richard (1371 - 1418) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

Bibliographic Sources

  • The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. 1887–98 (8 vols); 1910–59 (13 vols). 6 vols. Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1982
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.