Grey, John (1396 - 1430)

Biographical Overview

Parents

Titles - 1
Properties - 8
Total events naming patron - 1
Troupes - 1
Bibliographic Sources - 2
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Born / Died

Birth Date: by 1396
Death Date: 1430-09-14

Parents

Father: Grey, Richard (1371 - 1418)

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. FitzGerald, Elizabeth (1398 - 1452)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: n.d.
    Union ended: n.d.

Primary Title

5th Baron Grey (of Codnor)

Titles

  • 5th Baron Grey (of Codnor)
    Assumed 1418-08-01
    Vacated 1430-09-14

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
JP, Derbyshire 1421/2 1425
JP, Nottinghamshire 1423 n.d.
JP, Herefordshire 1423 n.d.
JP, Essex 1423 n.d.
JP, Kent 1423 n.d.
JP, Shropshire 1423 n.d.
JP, Lincolnshire 1423 n.d.
JP, London 1423 n.d.
JP, Lincolnshire 1424 n.d.
JP, London 1424 n.d.
JP, Nottinghamshire 1424 n.d.
JP, Herefordshire 1424 n.d.
JP, Essex 1424 n.d.
JP, Kent 1424 n.d.
JP, Shropshire 1424 n.d.
JP, Lincolnshire 1424/5 n.d.
JP, Shropshire 1426 n.d.
JP, London 1426 n.d.
Lieut, Ireland 1426/7-3-15 ca. 1430 (held office for 3 years)
JP, Essex 1427 n.d.
JP, Herefordshire 1427 n.d.
JP, Kent 1427/8 n.d.
JP, Herefordshire 1427/8 n.d.
JP, Lincolnshire 1427/8 n.d.
JP, Kent 1428/9 n.d.
JP, Essex 1429 n.d.
JP, Derbyshire 1429 n.d.

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Codnor Castle, Derbyshire
    Patrimony

Lands

  • Derbyshire
  • Essex
  • Kent
  • Leicestershire
  • Lincolnshire
  • Northamptonshire

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1426-1427 Booth Hall, Shrewsbury , Shropshire Lord Grey's Entertainers

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lord Grey's Entertainers Grey, John (1396 - 1430) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

Bibliographic Sources

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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. 01/05/2005 (http://www.oxforddnb.com)