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1. de Grey, Thomas II
   1. de Beyle, Agnes
      1. Grey, Thomas III
         1. de Pressene, Margaret
            1. de Grey, Ivetta
            2. Grey, Elizabeth
            3. Grey, Thomas
            4. Gray, Joan
            5. Grey, Agnes

Ancestors

Grey, Thomas III *about 1323 +before 1369-10-22

de Grey, Thomas II
*about 1280
+before 1343-03-12

de Grey, Thomas I
*about 1252
+1310

de Grey, John
*about 1225
+after 1267

, Lucy
*about 1230
+...

*
+...

de Beyle, Agnes
*about 1290
+after 1322

Source References

1. H. Schluckbier: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=schluck&id=I9416&style=TABLE My Little Obsession
2. G8CM-VSN FamilySearch.org
3. The Peerage, Sir Thomas Grey
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        Sir Thomas Grey1
        M, #158498, b. circa 1328, d. before 22 October 1369
        Last Edited=8 Aug 2008
        Sir Thomas Grey was born circa 1328 at Heton, Northumberland, EnglandG.2 He was the son of Sir Thomas de Grey and Agnes de Beyle.1,2 He married Margaret de Pressene, daughter of William de Pressene.1 He died before 22 October 1369.2
        He wrote the book Scalacronica.1
        Child of Sir Thomas Grey and Margaret de Pressene
        Sir Thomas Grey+1 b. 1359, d. 26 Nov 1400

      • Citation:

        Citations
        [S37] BP2003 volume 2, page 1660. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]
        [S125] Richard Glanville-Brown, online , Richard Glanville-Brown (RR 2, Milton, Ontario, Canada), downloaded 17 August 2005.

        https://www.thepeerage.com/p15850.htm#i158498

4. Wikipedia -Thomas Grey
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        Sir Thomas Grey or Gray (d. before 22 October 1369) of Heaton Castle in the parish of Cornhill-on-Tweed, Northumberland, was the son of Sir Thomas Grey, an eminent soldier in the Anglo-Scottish wars in the reigns of Edward I and Edward II, and his wife, Agnes de Bayles. He was the author of the English chronicle, the Scalacronica.

        Family
        Thomas Grey, author of the Scalacronica, was the son of Sir Thomas Grey of Heaton (d. before 12 March 1344) and his wife Agnes de Bayles.[1]
        Grey had four sisters, who according to Andy King married John de Eure, William de Felton, William Heron, and Gerard Salvayn.[2]

        Grey's father served almost continuously during the Anglo-Scottish wars in the reigns of Edward I and Edward II. In May 1297 Grey's father was left for dead on the field when William Wallace attacked Lanark, but recovered, and was active in various campaigns in the ensuing years. In May 1303 the elder Grey was captured by the Scots at Melrose Abbey, and after his release was at the siege of Stirling Castle the following spring, where he rescued Henry de Beaumont, with whom he was closely associated for much of his career.[3] Later, at Bannockburn, Grey's father was taken prisoner by the Scots in a skirmish on 23 June 1314, the day before the main battle. He was constable of Norham Castle from 1319 to 1331, and appears to have died shortly before 12 March 1344.[4]

        Career
        Grey had already been knighted before his father's death,[5] and according to King, likely served in Scotland alongside his father in the 1330s, and may have had his first experience of war in August 1332 as part of a private expedition into Scotland mounted by a group of noblemen and gentry known as the "Disinherited", which culminated in a battlefield victory at Dupplin Moor.[6]

        In June 1338 Grey took out letters of protection to accompany William Montagu, 1st Earl of Salisbury on a military expedition to Flanders, and in 1340 served on the Scottish Marches.[7]

        In March 1344 "in consideration of his good service beyond the seas as well as within", Grey was made warden of the manor of Middlemast Middleton in Coquetdale, which had come into the King's hands by forfeiture, and was also the recipient of several other smaller grants. On 8 January 1345 he was appointed Constable of Norham Castle, and on 10 April of that year had livery of the family manor of Heaton. According to King, Grey also acquired a great deal of additional land, and left his estate much better than he found it, and was likely the builder of Heaton Castle.[8]

        In 1345 Grey received letters of protection to accompany an expedition to Sluys, which ultimately came to nothing, and in October 1346 fought at the Battle of Neville's Cross, for which he and others received personal letters of thanks from King Edward III.[9]

        In August 1355, during a sally from Norham Castle, Grey and one of his sons were ambushed and captured at Nesbit by the Scots.[10] As is this case with most military encounters, this clash of arms did not meet the definition of a "battle", though it is frequently referred to as one Battle of Nesbit Muir. Grey was held captive at Edinburgh Castle, and before 25 November 1356 wrote to King Edward III pleading for help in paying his ransom. He had been released by 15 August 1357, and in October 1357 was given custody of John Gray, one of the hostages for the ransom of King David of Scotland.[11] According to Archer, in August 1359 Grey is thought to have accompanied King Edward's eldest son and heir, Edward, the Black Prince, to France. Grey was made Warden of the East Marches in October 1367, and is thought to have died sometime before 22 October 1369.[12]

        Writings
        While in captivity at Edinburgh, Grey started to write the Scalacronica, a chronicle in Anglo-Norman French[13] in five parts, which relates both universal and English history from the earliest times.[14] He was released in 1356 and continued to work on it back in England up until the year 1362.[15] The chief historical value of the work is in the parts dealing with the reigns of King Edward I, King Edward II, and King Edward III which draw on the personal experience of both the author and his father as soldiers in the Anglo-Scottish and French wars during those reigns.[16]

        Marriage and issue
        In about 1353 Grey married Margaret de Presson,[17] the daughter and heiress of William de Presson[18] of Presson, Northumberland. They had at least one son and three daughters:
        Ivetta Grey (born 1350 Wark-on-Tweed) of Heaton, who married William Clopton of Wickhambrook(d.1377), [Buckenham Castle records]
        Sir Thomas Grey (1359 – 26 November 1400) of Heaton, who married Joan de Mowbray (d.1410), sister of Thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk,[19] and daughter of John de Mowbray, 4th Baron Mowbray (d. 17 June 1368) and Elizabeth de Segrave.
        Elizabeth Grey (d. 11 August 1412), who married Philip Darcy, 4th Lord Darcy of Knaith (d. 24 April 1399).[20]
        Agnes Grey (d. 25 October 1420), who married Sir Thomas Umfraville (d. 12 February 1391).[21]

      • Citation:

        References[edit]
        Archer, Thomas Andrew (1890). Gray, Thomas (c.1369?). Vol. 23. Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1890. pp. 21–2. Retrieved 17 October 2012.
        King, Andy (2005). "Scaling the Ladder: The Rise and Rise of the Grays of Heaton, c.1296-c.1415". In Liddy, Christian D. (ed.). North-east England in the Later Middle Ages. Woodbridge: Boydell Press. pp. 57–74.
        King, Andy (2005b). Sir Thomas Gray's Scalacronica, 1272–1363. Woodbridge: The Boydell Press.
        Maxwell, Herbert, trans. (1907). Scalacronica; The reigns of Edward I, Edward II and Edward III as Recorded by Sir Thomas Gray. Glasgow: James Maclehose & Sons. Retrieved 17 October 2012.
        Richardson, Douglas (2011). Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, ed. Kimball G. Everingham. Vol. II (2nd ed.). Salt Lake City. ISBN 1449966381[self-published source]
        Richardson, Douglas (2011). Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, ed. Kimball G. Everingham. Vol. III (2nd ed.). Salt Lake C

        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Grey_%28chronicler%29

5. Our royal, titled, noble and commoner ancestors - Sir Thomas Grey, Constable of Norham
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        Sir Thomas Grey, Constable of Norham1,2,3,4,5,6,7
        Last Edited 4 Apr 2020
        M, #22428, d. 1369
        Father Sir Thomas Grey, Constable of Norham b. c 1280, d. c 12 Mar 1344
        Mother Agnes de Beyle
        Sir Thomas Grey, Constable of Norham was born at of Heton, Northumberland, England. He married Margaret Pressene, daughter of William de Pressene.2,3,4,5,6,7 Sir Thomas Grey, Constable of Norham died in 1369.
        Family
        Margaret Pressene
        Children
        Joan Grey+8
        Elizabeth Gray+2,5 b. c 1353, d. 11 Aug 1412
        Sir Thomas Grey, Constable of Norham, Steward, Sheriff, Escheator, & Chief Justice of the episcopal liberty of Norhamshire & Islandshire, Earl Marshal+9,3,6 b. c 1359, d. 26 Nov 1400 or 3 Dec 1400
        Agnes Grey+4,7 b. c 1364, d. 25 Oct 1420

      • Citation:

        Citations
        [S6962] Unknown author, The Complete Peerage, by Cokayne, Vol. IV, p. 62; Plantagenet Ancestry of 17th Century Colonists, by David Faris, p. 116; Wallop Family, p. 387.
        [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 26.
        [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 254-255.
        [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 118.
        [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. II, p. 389.
        [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 106-107.
        [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. IV, p. 17-18.
        [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 570-571.
        [S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 353-354.

        https://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p747.htm#i22430

6. Thomas Grey le Fitz (d. bef. 22 Oct 1369) | WikiTree.com
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        Sir Thomas "chronicler, of Heaton" Gray le Fitz formerly Grey aka Grai
        Born 1328 in Cornhill on Tweed, Northumberland, Englandmap
        Son of Thomas Grey and Agnes (Beyle) de Bayles
        Brother of Unknown (Grey) Felton, Margaret (Grey) de Eure, Isabella (Grey) Heron and David Grey [half]
        Husband of Margaret (Pressene) Presfen — married about 1353 [location unknown]

        Father of Elizabeth (Grey) Darcy, Thomas (Grey) de Grey, Joan (Gray) Cromwell and Agnes (Grey) Umfreville
        Died before 22 Oct 1369 before age 41 in Northumberland, England

        Biography

        This profile is part of the Gray Name Study.
        Sir Thomas Gray of Wark (d. Oct 1369), authored the Scalacronica.[1]

        Thomas "chronicler" Grai of Heton, Knt.[2] or Gray le Fitz,[3] (d. bef. 22 Oct 1369),[4] started writing the Scalacronica while imprisoned at Edinburgh Castle from c. 1355 - 56. He finished the work in 1362.[5]

        Thomas was the son of:

        Sir Thomas Gray of Heaton, Cornhill-on-Tweed par., Northumb. (d. abt or bef. 1344), constable of Norham temp. Edw. II.[5][2][2][4][6]
        and Agnes de Bayles or Beyle.[3][2]
        He served as the Constable of Norham in c. 1345,[3] and was knighted at the Battle of Nesbit Moor in c. 1355.[7]

        Marriage
        According to Liddy (2005), Thomas married Margaret de Presfen.[3][8]

        children
        sons:

        1. ...[citation needed][1]
        2. Thomas (b. c.1359 - 30 Nov 1400).[1][2][5]
        daughters:

        Elizabeth (d.11 Aug 1412)[6]
        m. Sir Philip Darcy, 4th Lord Darcy of Knayth (21 May 1352 - 09 Dec 1411 or d. 24 April 1399)[7][8]
        Military
        aft. Jun 1338 - bef. 1340: served in Flanders.[3]
        Oct 1346: Battle of Neville's Cross[3]Received letter of thanks from Edward III
        Oct 1355: captured by Scots at Nesbit,[3][9]
        1359-60: French expedition of Edward III
        Property
        Ogle (1902), states that, "Sir Thomas Grey of Heton, who married Margaret Presfen, before his death in 1369, placed Robert Ogle (1351-1409) in the entail of his property."[10]

        Death
        After Thomas died, his wife Margaret remarried to John Lilburn of Lilburn (d. 1399/1400).[11]

        Sources
        ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Roskell, J.S., Clark, L. & Rawcliffe, C. (1993). "Gray, Sir Thomas (c.1359-1400), of Heaton in Wark, Northumb.," in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1386-1421. HOP. Web.
        ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Archer, T.A. (1890). "Gray, Thomas (d.1369?)." Dictionary of National Biography, Vol. 23. Wikisource. [1]
        ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 Liddy, C.H. (2005). "The rise of the Grays of Heaton, c.1296 - 1415." North-east England in the Later Middle Ages. Boydell Press. [2].
        ↑ 4.0 4.1 Wikipedia: Thomas Grey (chronicler)
        ↑ 5.0 5.1 King. A. (1998). Sir Thomas Gray's Scalacronica: A Medieval chronical and its historical and literary context. Dept. of History, Univ. of Durham. Durham eTheses. PDF.
        see also: Scalacronica in French,[3] & English. [4]
        ↑ Wikipedia: Thomas Grey (constable) (d. bef. 1344).
        ↑ Wikipedia: Battle of Nesbit Moor (1355)
        ↑ 8.0 8.1 Wikipedia: Thomas Grey (chronicler)#Marriage_and_issue
        ↑ Space: Northumbrian Casualties and Prisoners of War 1296–1402
        ↑ Ogle, H.A. (1902). Ogle & Bothal, p. 39.
        ↑ Hodgson, J.C. (1900, August 29). Proof of age of heirs to estates in Northubm. in reigns of Hen IV, V & VI. Archaeologia Aeliana, 22, p. 119. Google Books.
        Lundy, D. The Peerage. Web.[8]
        Weis, F.L. (2004). Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists who Came to America Before 1700, 8th ed, p. 95. Genealogical Publishing Co. Google Books.Biography

        This profile is part of the Gray Name Study.
        Sir Thomas Gray of Wark (d. Oct 1369), authored the Scalacronica.[1]

        Thomas "chronicler" Grai of Heton, Knt.[2] or Gray le Fitz,[3] (d. bef. 22 Oct 1369),[4] started writing the Scalacronica while imprisoned at Edinburgh Castle from c. 1355 - 56. He finished the work in 1362.[5]

        Thomas was the son of:

        Sir Thomas Gray of Heaton, Cornhill-on-Tweed par., Northumb. (d. abt or bef. 1344), constable of Norham temp. Edw. II.[5][2][2][4][6]
        and Agnes de Bayles or Beyle.[3][2]
        He served as the Constable of Norham in c. 1345,[3] and was knighted at the Battle of Nesbit Moor in c. 1355.[7]

        Marriage
        According to Liddy (2005), Thomas married Margaret de Presfen.[3][8]

        children
        sons:

        1. ...[citation needed][1]
        2. Thomas (b. c.1359 - 30 Nov 1400).[1][2][5]
        daughters:

        Elizabeth (d.11 Aug 1412)[6]
        m. Sir Philip Darcy, 4th Lord Darcy of Knayth (21 May 1352 - 09 Dec 1411 or d. 24 April 1399)[7][8]
        Military
        aft. Jun 1338 - bef. 1340: served in Flanders.[3]
        Oct 1346: Battle of Neville's Cross[3]Received letter of thanks from Edward III
        Oct 1355: captured by Scots at Nesbit,[3][9]
        1359-60: French expedition of Edward III
        Property
        Ogle (1902), states that, "Sir Thomas Grey of Heton, who married Margaret Presfen, before his death in 1369, placed Robert Ogle (1351-1409) in the entail of his property."[10]

        Death
        After Thomas died, his wife Margaret remarried to John Lilburn of Lilburn (d. 1399/1400).[11]

        Sources
        ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Roskell, J.S., Clark, L. & Rawcliffe, C. (1993). "Gray, Sir Thomas (c.1359-1400), of Heaton in Wark, Northumb.," in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1386-1421. HOP. Web.
        ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Archer, T.A. (1890). "Gray, Thomas (d.1369?)." Dictionary of National Biography, Vol. 23. Wikisource. [1]
        ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 Liddy, C.H. (2005). "The rise of the Grays of Heaton, c.1296 - 1415." North-east England in the Later Middle Ages. Boydell Press. [2].
        ↑ 4.0 4.1 Wikipedia: Thomas Grey (chronicler)
        ↑ 5.0 5.1 King. A. (1998). Sir Thomas Gray's Scalacronica: A Medieval chronical and its historical and literary context. Dept. of History, Univ. of Durham. Durham eTheses. PDF.
        see also: Scalacronica in French,[3] & English. [4]
        ↑ Wikipedia: Thomas Grey (constable) (d. bef. 1344).
        ↑ Wikipedia: Battle of Nesbit Moor (1355)
        ↑ 8.0 8.1 Wikipedia: Thomas Grey (chronicler)#Marriage_and_issue
        ↑ Space: Northumbrian Casualties and Prisoners of War 1296–1402
        ↑ Ogle, H.A. (1902). Ogle & Bothal, p. 39.
        ↑ Hodgson, J.C. (1900, August 29). Proof of age of heirs to estates in Northubm. in reigns of Hen IV, V & VI. Archaeologia Aeliana, 22, p. 119. Google Books.
        Lundy, D. The Peerage. Web.[8]
        Weis, F.L. (2004). Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists who Came to America Before 1700, 8th ed, p. 95. Genealogical Publishing Co. Google Books.

      • Citation:

        https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Grey-43

7. Thomas III Grey, "Find A Grave Index"
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        Name Thomas III Grey
        Death Date Oct 1369
        Birth Date 1323
        Event Type Burial
        Event Place Norham, Northumberland Unitary Authority, Northumberland, England
        Cemetery St. Cuthbert's Churchyard
        Photograph Included N
        Note Contains Biography

        ---

        Son and heir.
        PROPERTY: Had livery of the manor of Heton in Norhamshire {New Heaton, Norham, Northumberland, England}, 1344.
        Sir Thomas Grey or Gray (d. before 22 October 1369) of Heaton near Norham, Northumberland, was the son of Sir Thomas Grey, an eminent soldier in the Anglo-Scottish wars in the reigns of Edward I and Edward II, and his wife, Agnes de Bayles. He was the author of the English chronicle, the Scalacronica.
        Grey had already been knighted before his father's death, and according to King, likely served in Scotland alongside his father in the 1330s, and may have had his first experience of war in August 1332 as part of a private expedition into Scotland mounted by a group of noblemen and gentry known as the 'Disinherited', which culminated in a battlefield victory at Dupplin Moor.
        Grey was taken prisoner in late 1355 and held captive at Edinburgh Castle, and before 25 November 1356 wrote to King Edward III pleading for help in paying his ransom. He had been released by 15 August 1357, and in October 1357 was given custody of John Gray, one of the hostages for the ransom of King David of Scotland. According to Archer, in August 1359 Grey is thought to have accompanied King Edward's eldest son and heir, Edward, the Black Prince, to France. Grey was made Warden of the East Marches in October 1367, and is thought to have died some time before 22 October 1369. Wikipedia

      • Citation:

        "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK1Z-G52D : 11 January 2022), Thomas III Grey, ; Burial, Norham, Northumberland Unitary Authority, Northumberland, England, St. Cuthbert's Churchyard; citing record ID 142812107, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.