John Grey

Also known as: [Iohn] Greie / sir Iohn Graie / sir Iohn Greie · Family: Grey · Role: knight · First appears: Richard II 48

Life events

• 1412 · Henry IV sent an English force to aid John the Fearless against his French opponents.(Henry IV 25)
  • With: Henry IV John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy Thomas FitzAlan, Earl of Arundel Gilbert Umfreville, Earl of Angus Robert Umfreville John Oldcastle, Lord Cobham William Porter
  • “sent to the duke of Burgognie, Thomas earle of Arundell, Gilbert Umfreuill earle of Angus (commonlie called the earle of Kime) sir Robert Umfreuill, vncle to the same Gilbert, sir Iohn Oldcastell lord Cobham, sir Iohn Greie, and William Porter, with twelue hundred archers.”
• c. 1483 · John Grey was slain in battle against Edward IV.(Edward V 13 · 📍 Barnet heath by saint Albons)
  • “But litle while inioied he that knighthood: for he was at the same field slaine.”
• c. 1483 · Elizabeth Woodville was married to John Grey.(Edward V 13)
  • With: Elizabeth Woodville
  • “this dame Elizabeth hir selfe, being in seruice with quéene Margaret, wife vnto king Henrie the sixt, was maried vnto one [Iohn] Greie an esquier”
• c. 1483 · Henry VI knighted John Grey on the battlefield.(Edward V 13)
  • With: Henry VI
  • “whome king Henrie made knight vpon the field that he had on [Barnet heath by saint Albons] against king Edward.”

Richard II 48

• child: Roger Grey, Lord Ruthin “Roger Greie lord of Ruthine sonne of sir Iohn Greie”

Henry IV 25

• sworn: Henry IV “sent to the duke of Burgognie, Thomas earle of Arundell, Gilbert Umfreuill earle of Angus (commonlie called the earle of Kime) sir Robert Umfreuill, vncle to the same Gilbert, sir Iohn Oldcastell lord Cobham, sir Iohn Greie, and William Porter, with twelue hundred archers”
• allies with John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy “where they found the duke of Burgognie, of whom they were ioifullie receiued, & from thence he appointed them to go vnto Peron”

Edward IV 4

• married with Elizabeth Woodville “where the duchesse of Bedford then soiourned, wife to sir Richard Wooduile lord Riuers, on whome was then attendant a daughter of hirs, called the ladie Elizabeth Graie, widow of sir Iohn Graie knight, slaine at the last battell of saint Albons, as before ye haue heard.”
• child: Thomas Grey, Marquess of Dorset “sir Thomas Graie sonne to sir Iohn Graie the quéenes first husband, was created marques Dorset”

Edward V 13

• married with Elizabeth Woodville (The text identifies Elizabeth Greie as married to John Grey.) “Howbeit, this dame Elizabeth hir selfe, being in seruice with quéene Margaret, wife vnto king Henrie the sixt, was maried vnto one [Iohn] Greie an esquier”
• sworn: Henry VI (Henry VI made John Grey a knight.) “was maried vnto one [Iohn] Greie an esquier, whome king Henrie made knight vpon the field that he had on [Barnet heath by saint Albons] against king Edward.”
• enemies with Edward IV “whome king Henrie made knight vpon the field that he had on [Barnet heath by saint Albons] against king Edward.”

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Extracted from the original text of Holinshed's Chronicles — the reigns Shakespeare dramatized. Made with Rho MD.