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Grey, John (1396 - 1430)

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Born / Died

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

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

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

Siblings

Male

  • Grey, Henry (1405 - 1444)

Female

  • Grey, Elizabeth ( - )
  • Grey, Eleanor ( - )
  • Grey, Lucy ( - )

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
JP, Derbyshire 1421/2 1425
JP, Nottinghamshire 1423
JP, Lincolnshire 1423
JP, London 1423
JP, Shropshire 1423
JP, Kent 1423
JP, Herefordshire 1423
JP, Essex 1423
JP, Herefordshire 1424
JP, Shropshire 1424
JP, Kent 1424
JP, Nottinghamshire 1424
JP, Essex 1424
JP, London 1424
JP, Lincolnshire 1424
JP, Lincolnshire 1424/5
JP, Shropshire 1426
JP, London 1426
Lieut, Ireland 1426/7 -3 -15 1430 held office for 3 years
JP, Essex 1427
JP, Herefordshire 1427
JP, Lincolnshire 1427/8
JP, Kent 1427/8
JP, Herefordshire 1427/8
JP, Kent 1428/9
JP, Essex 1429
JP, Derbyshire 1429

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Codnor Castle, Derbyshire
    Patrimony

Lands

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

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - 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.