Grey, Richard (b. ABT 1393, d. AUG 1442)

Given Name: Richard

Death: AUG 1442

Change: Date: 9 Feb 2003

Given Name: Blanche

Change: Date: 9 Feb 2003

Given Name: John

Death: 27 MAY 1444

Change: Date: 9 Feb 2003

Source: (Individual)
Abbreviation: Faris
Title: David Faris, Plantagenet Ancestry of Seventeenth-Century Colonists: The D
escent from the Later Plantagenet Kings of England, Henry III, Edward I
, Edward II, and Edward III, of Emigrants from England and Wales to the N
orth American Colonies before 1701 (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical P
ublishing Company, 1996)
escent from the Later Plantagenet Kings of England, Henry III, Edward I
, Edward II, and Edward III, of Emigrants from England and Wales to the N
orth American Colonies before 1701
escent from the Later Plantagenet Kings of England, Henry III, Edward I
, Edward II, and Edward III, of Emigrants from England and Wales to the N
orth American Colonies before 1701. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical P
ublishing Company, 1996.

Given Name: John

Death: 27 AUG 1439

Change: Date: 9 Feb 2003

Source: (Individual)
Abbreviation: DNB

Source: (Individual)
Abbreviation: Faris
Title: David Faris, Plantagenet Ancestry of Seventeenth-Century Colonists: The D
escent from the Later Plantagenet Kings of England, Henry III, Edward I
, Edward II, and Edward III, of Emigrants from England and Wales to the N
orth American Colonies before 1701 (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical P
ublishing Company, 1996)
escent from the Later Plantagenet Kings of England, Henry III, Edward I
, Edward II, and Edward III, of Emigrants from England and Wales to the N
orth American Colonies before 1701
escent from the Later Plantagenet Kings of England, Henry III, Edward I
, Edward II, and Edward III, of Emigrants from England and Wales to the N
orth American Colonies before 1701. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical P
ublishing Company, 1996.

Given Name: Constance

Death: NOV 1437

Change: Date: 9 Feb 2003

Source: (Individual)
Abbreviation: RD500
Title: RD500

Source: (Individual)
Abbreviation: Faris
Title: David Faris, Plantagenet Ancestry of Seventeenth-Century Colonists: The D
escent from the Later Plantagenet Kings of England, Henry III, Edward I
, Edward II, and Edward III, of Emigrants from England and Wales to the N
orth American Colonies before 1701 (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical P
ublishing Company, 1996)
escent from the Later Plantagenet Kings of England, Henry III, Edward I
, Edward II, and Edward III, of Emigrants from England and Wales to the N
orth American Colonies before 1701
escent from the Later Plantagenet Kings of England, Henry III, Edward I
, Edward II, and Edward III, of Emigrants from England and Wales to the N
orth American Colonies before 1701. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical P
ublishing Company, 1996.

Given Name: Henry

Death: 22 MAY 1455 St. Albans, Hertfordshire

Change: Date: 9 Feb 2003

Source: (Individual)
Abbreviation: RD500
Title: RD500

Source: (Individual)
Abbreviation: Faris
Title: David Faris, Plantagenet Ancestry of Seventeenth-Century Colonists: The D
escent from the Later Plantagenet Kings of England, Henry III, Edward I
, Edward II, and Edward III, of Emigrants from England and Wales to the N
orth American Colonies before 1701 (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical P
ublishing Company, 1996)
escent from the Later Plantagenet Kings of England, Henry III, Edward I
, Edward II, and Edward III, of Emigrants from England and Wales to the N
orth American Colonies before 1701
escent from the Later Plantagenet Kings of England, Henry III, Edward I
, Edward II, and Edward III, of Emigrants from England and Wales to the N
orth American Colonies before 1701. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical P
ublishing Company, 1996.

Given Name: Eleanor

Death: AFT 1472

Change: Date: 9 Feb 2003

Given Name: John

Death: 12 MAY 1388

Change: Date: 9 Feb 2003

Given Name: Joan

Death: AFT 1383

Change: Date: 9 Feb 2003

Source: (Individual)
Abbreviation: Faris
Title: David Faris, Plantagenet Ancestry of Seventeenth-Century Colonists: The D
escent from the Later Plantagenet Kings of England, Henry III, Edward I
, Edward II, and Edward III, of Emigrants from England and Wales to the N
orth American Colonies before 1701 (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical P
ublishing Company, 1996)
escent from the Later Plantagenet Kings of England, Henry III, Edward I
, Edward II, and Edward III, of Emigrants from England and Wales to the N
orth American Colonies before 1701
escent from the Later Plantagenet Kings of England, Henry III, Edward I
, Edward II, and Edward III, of Emigrants from England and Wales to the N
orth American Colonies before 1701. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical P
ublishing Company, 1996.

Given Name: Henry

Death: 22 APR 1396

Change: Date: 9 Feb 2003

Source: (Individual)
Abbreviation: Faris
Title: David Faris, Plantagenet Ancestry of Seventeenth-Century Colonists: The D
escent from the Later Plantagenet Kings of England, Henry III, Edward I
, Edward II, and Edward III, of Emigrants from England and Wales to the N
orth American Colonies before 1701 (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical P
ublishing Company, 1996)
escent from the Later Plantagenet Kings of England, Henry III, Edward I
, Edward II, and Edward III, of Emigrants from England and Wales to the N
orth American Colonies before 1701
escent from the Later Plantagenet Kings of England, Henry III, Edward I
, Edward II, and Edward III, of Emigrants from England and Wales to the N
orth American Colonies before 1701. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical P
ublishing Company, 1996.

Given Name: Elizabeth

Death: 10 JAN 1401

Change: Date: 9 Feb 2003

Given Name: Philip

Change: Date: 9 Feb 2003

Source: (Individual)
Abbreviation: Faris II
Title: David Faris, Plantagenet Ancestry of Seventeenth-Century Colonists, 2nd E
d. (Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1999.)
d.
d. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1999.

Page: pp. 332-336.

Given Name: Margaret

Death: 30 DEC 1429

Change: Date: 9 Feb 2003

Source: (Individual)
Abbreviation: DNB

Source: (Individual)
Abbreviation: Faris
Title: David Faris, Plantagenet Ancestry of Seventeenth-Century Colonists: The D
escent from the Later Plantagenet Kings of England, Henry III, Edward I
, Edward II, and Edward III, of Emigrants from England and Wales to the N
orth American Colonies before 1701 (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical P
ublishing Company, 1996)
escent from the Later Plantagenet Kings of England, Henry III, Edward I
, Edward II, and Edward III, of Emigrants from England and Wales to the N
orth American Colonies before 1701
escent from the Later Plantagenet Kings of England, Henry III, Edward I
, Edward II, and Edward III, of Emigrants from England and Wales to the N
orth American Colonies before 1701. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical P
ublishing Company, 1996.

Given Name: Reynold

Death: 18 OCT 1440

Change: Date: 9 Feb 2003

Source: (Individual)
Abbreviation: Faris
Title: David Faris, Plantagenet Ancestry of Seventeenth-Century Colonists: The D
escent from the Later Plantagenet Kings of England, Henry III, Edward I
, Edward II, and Edward III, of Emigrants from England and Wales to the N
orth American Colonies before 1701 (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical P
ublishing Company, 1996)
escent from the Later Plantagenet Kings of England, Henry III, Edward I
, Edward II, and Edward III, of Emigrants from England and Wales to the N
orth American Colonies before 1701
escent from the Later Plantagenet Kings of England, Henry III, Edward I
, Edward II, and Edward III, of Emigrants from England and Wales to the N
orth American Colonies before 1701. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical P
ublishing Company, 1996.

Given Name: Margaret

Change: Date: 9 Feb 2003

Note: John Holland, Duke of Exeter, owed his position in life to the fact that subsequent to his father's death, his mother married Edward, the Black Prince, heir to the throne of England. He was thus the half brother of King Richard II, with whose fortunes and disasters he was closely linked.

He was made a Knight of the Garter in 1381 and was that year with the King in the Tower (then a royal residence) when the Commons rose, as was his brother Thomas (No. XXX), but neither went out to Mile End with the King. The following December he was appointed by the King to go to Calais to meet his bride, Anne of Luxemburg, and to escort her to England.

Holland was capable of great physical violence and in 1384 (according to Walshingham's Historia Anglicana) he ordered butchered a Carmelite Friar that the King and the Duke of Lancaster had entrusted to his custody. The following year, on the way to attack Scotland with King Richard, one of Holland's archers was slain by Ralph Stafford, son of Hugh, Earl Stafford, after a quarrel. Holland wanted revenge and the evening after the event rode out to confront Ralph Stafford, who was coming to see him to make amends. When they crossed on the rode, Holland murdered him. Earl Stafford, naturally demanded vengeance, and the King ordered Holland's lands seized. His mother, who was, of course, also the King's mother, implored his pardon and when the King refused, she is said to have died from grief. Finally, it was arranged that Holland would fund, in perpetuity, three chaplains to say mass for the soul of Ralph Stafford.

He soon had restitution of his property and in 1386 married Elizabeth Plantagenet, daughter of John of Gaunt and sister of the future King Henry IV. At this time he received a considerable grant of land from the King and was sent to Spain as constable for his father-in-law, who was pursuing his claims to the throne of Castile. In Spain Holland's feats of valor on the battlefield and his skill in jousting was highly praised by the contemporary chronicler Jean Froissart.

On his return to England in 1387 he was created Earl of Huntingdon at the request of the Commons of the "Admirable Parliament" and an "immense" grant of lands was made to him. In 1389 he was made Constable of England for life and soon afterwards was made admiral of the fleet in the western seas and constable of Tintagel castle and of Brest, in Brittany, then in English hands.

In 1394 he was made Constable of Conway Castle and the same year he undertook a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, but was back in England by the following year and it is unclear that he ever reached the Holy Land.

In 1397 he took an active part in the King's quarrel with the Duke of Gloucester (No. XXX), the King's uncle, who was murdered at Calais, and Richard Fitzalan, 4th Earl of Arundel (No. XXX) who was executed after a sham trial. For his support he was created Duke of Exeter, granted the furniture out of the forfeited Castle of Arundel, and his post of Chamberlain of England, which he already held for life, was made hereditary in his family. At this time his London residence was Pultney House, where he lived and entertained in great style.

He accompanied the King's disastrous expedition to Ireland in 1399 and on his return, was sent to negotiate with Henry, Earl of Derby, his brother-in-law, who was attempting to depose the King. Upon Henry's accession in October 1399, Holland was called to account before Parliament for his part in the murder of the Duke of Gloucester. His lands and titles that had been granted after the Duke's arrest were forfeited. He thus reverted to the title of Earl of Huntingdon.

The following year he entered into a conspiracy to restore Richard II to the throne, with Thomas Despencer and his nephew Thomas, Earl of Kent. The plot failed and he fled through Essex but was captured at Pleshey by the Countess of Hereford. There he was beheaded in the presence of Thoams Fitzalan, Earl of Arundel, whose father had been judicially murdered with Holland's connivance.

His head was exposed at Pleshey until the King, on his sister's (Huntingdon's widow) appeal, ordered it buried with the rest of his remains.

He is supposed to have introduce the use of the rack into England and that is why this instrument of torture is sometimes known as the Duke of Exeter's daughter.

Source: (Individual)
Abbreviation: DNB

Source: (Individual)
Abbreviation: Faris
Title: David Faris, Plantagenet Ancestry of Seventeenth-Century Colonists: The D
escent from the Later Plantagenet Kings of England, Henry III, Edward I
, Edward II, and Edward III, of Emigrants from England and Wales to the N
orth American Colonies before 1701 (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical P
ublishing Company, 1996)
escent from the Later Plantagenet Kings of England, Henry III, Edward I
, Edward II, and Edward III, of Emigrants from England and Wales to the N
orth American Colonies before 1701
escent from the Later Plantagenet Kings of England, Henry III, Edward I
, Edward II, and Edward III, of Emigrants from England and Wales to the N
orth American Colonies before 1701. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical P
ublishing Company, 1996.

Given Name: John

Death: 9 JAN 1400 Pleshey Castle, Essex

Change: Date: 9 Feb 2003

Source: (Individual)
Abbreviation: DNB

Source: (Individual)
Abbreviation: Faris
Title: David Faris, Plantagenet Ancestry of Seventeenth-Century Colonists: The D
escent from the Later Plantagenet Kings of England, Henry III, Edward I
, Edward II, and Edward III, of Emigrants from England and Wales to the N
orth American Colonies before 1701 (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical P
ublishing Company, 1996)
escent from the Later Plantagenet Kings of England, Henry III, Edward I
, Edward II, and Edward III, of Emigrants from England and Wales to the N
orth American Colonies before 1701
escent from the Later Plantagenet Kings of England, Henry III, Edward I
, Edward II, and Edward III, of Emigrants from England and Wales to the N
orth American Colonies before 1701. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical P
ublishing Company, 1996.

Given Name: Elizabeth

Death: 24 NOV 1425

Change: Date: 9 Feb 2003

Source: (Individual)
Abbreviation: Faris
Title: David Faris, Plantagenet Ancestry of Seventeenth-Century Colonists: The D
escent from the Later Plantagenet Kings of England, Henry III, Edward I
, Edward II, and Edward III, of Emigrants from England and Wales to the N
orth American Colonies before 1701 (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical P
ublishing Company, 1996)
escent from the Later Plantagenet Kings of England, Henry III, Edward I
, Edward II, and Edward III, of Emigrants from England and Wales to the N
orth American Colonies before 1701
escent from the Later Plantagenet Kings of England, Henry III, Edward I
, Edward II, and Edward III, of Emigrants from England and Wales to the N
orth American Colonies before 1701. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical P
ublishing Company, 1996.

Source: (Individual)
Abbreviation: RD500
Title: RD500

Given Name: Henry

Death: 21 JUL 1403 Shrewsbury, Shropshire

Change: Date: 9 Feb 2003

Source: (Individual)
Abbreviation: Faris
Title: David Faris, Plantagenet Ancestry of Seventeenth-Century Colonists: The D
escent from the Later Plantagenet Kings of England, Henry III, Edward I
, Edward II, and Edward III, of Emigrants from England and Wales to the N
orth American Colonies before 1701 (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical P
ublishing Company, 1996)
escent from the Later Plantagenet Kings of England, Henry III, Edward I
, Edward II, and Edward III, of Emigrants from England and Wales to the N
orth American Colonies before 1701
escent from the Later Plantagenet Kings of England, Henry III, Edward I
, Edward II, and Edward III, of Emigrants from England and Wales to the N
orth American Colonies before 1701. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical P
ublishing Company, 1996.

Source: (Individual)
Abbreviation: RD500
Title: RD500

Given Name: Elizabeth

Death: 20 APR 1417

Change: Date: 9 Feb 2003

Source: (Individual)
Abbreviation: Faris
Title: David Faris, Plantagenet Ancestry of Seventeenth-Century Colonists: The D
escent from the Later Plantagenet Kings of England, Henry III, Edward I
, Edward II, and Edward III, of Emigrants from England and Wales to the N
orth American Colonies before 1701 (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical P
ublishing Company, 1996)
escent from the Later Plantagenet Kings of England, Henry III, Edward I
, Edward II, and Edward III, of Emigrants from England and Wales to the N
orth American Colonies before 1701
escent from the Later Plantagenet Kings of England, Henry III, Edward I
, Edward II, and Edward III, of Emigrants from England and Wales to the N
orth American Colonies before 1701. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical P
ublishing Company, 1996.

Given Name: Ralph

Death: 21 OCT 1425 Raby Castle, Durham

Change: Date: 9 Feb 2003