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Reference: 6 MAR 2014 09:48:31
Changedatetime: 12:10:57
Note: Hawise de Grey’s husband is NOT John de Gray.
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GEN MED ARCHIVES:
From: John P. Ravilious
Subject: Re: Walter de Grey, Archbishop of York and Chancellor
Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2010
I am not aware of any documentary evidence providing the name of Walter de Grey's father. There is evidence that - whoever the Archbishop's father was - he was not the lord of Rotherfield. Also, it is almost certain his name was not (de) Grey, unless adopted following his marriage. There is record of a grant by King Henry III in which the Archbishop's mother is named, and which also indicates that Rotherfield came from Eva de Grey (relationship not stated) to the Archbishop, who then granted it to his brother Robert. From the Calendar of Charter Rolls, dated at Windsor, 9 Mar 1239/40: ' Grant to Hawise, mother of W. archbishop of York, that she and her heirs and her men, and the men of her heirs, shall be quit of shires and hundreds and suit of shires and hundreds, aids of sheriffs, reeves, and bailiffs, of view of frank-pledge and of murder, all which the king has also granted to Robert de Gray and his heirs for the land of Rutherefeld, which the said archbishop had of the gift of Eve de Gray, and gave to the said Robert.' [Cal. Charter Rolls, 11 Hen III, p. 18, mem. 20] As to the relationship of Walter de Grey to John de Grey, Bishop of Norwich, it is certain that John de Grey was the Archbishop's uncle. However, he was the _maternal_ uncle of the Archbishop, and brother of Hawise de Grey. There was a charter of Hawise de Grey in favour of Oseney abbey in which she explicitly identified her son Robert and her brother the Bishop, and to which Archbishop Walter was a witness: ' Hawisia de Grey vidua, pro animabus omnium antecessorum et consanguineorum, et precipue pro anima Johannis de Grey fratris mei quondam Norwicensis Episcopi, assensu Dni. Roberti de Grey filij et heredis mei, concessi et quantum ad patronam pertinet dedi Deo et Sce. Marie de Oseney et canonicis ibidem Deo servientibus ecclesiam de Cornewell ad donationem meam pertinentem in puram et perpetuam eleemosinam. Testibus Dno. Waltero de Grey, Wygorniensi Episcopus filio meo, &c.' [Blomefield, Norfok I:478, cites 'Mss. penes P. L. Norroy, p. 15, excerpt. e Cartis per Ric. St. George.'] ---------
Changedate: 12 DEC 2015
Changedatez: 2015-12-12T00:00:00.000Z
Referencetype: Creation Date
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