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John de Gray

Male 1268 - 1323  (55 years)


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  1. 1.  John de Gray was born in 1268 in England; died on 28 Oct 1323 in England; was buried on 18 Nov 1323.

    John married Anne de Ferrers about 1285. Anne (daughter of Sir William de Ferrers of Groby and Anne le Despenser) was born about 1268 in England; died about 1323 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Joan de Gray  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1283 in Drayton Basset, Staffordshire, England.

    Family/Spouse: Maud Bassett. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 3. Roger de Gray  Descendancy chart to this point died on 6 Mar 1352.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Joan de Gray Descendancy chart to this point (1.John1) was born about 1283 in Drayton Basset, Staffordshire, England.

    Joan married Ralph Basset on 17 Mar 1304 in Drayton Basset, Staffordshire, England. Ralph (son of Ralph Basset, Lord Basset of Drayton and Hawise de Gray) was born about 1279 in Drayton Basset, Staffordshire, England; died on 28 Oct 1343 in Staffordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 4. Ralph Basset  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1305 in Drayton Basset, Staffordshire, England; died in 1335 in England.

  2. 3.  Roger de Gray Descendancy chart to this point (1.John1) died on 6 Mar 1352.

    Roger married Elizabeth Hastings on 1310 to 1315 in Wales. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 5. Juliana Gray  Descendancy chart to this point died on 1 Dec 1361 in England.
    2. 6. Reynold de Gray, Lord Gray of Ruthin  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1325 in Wales; died on 4 Aug 1388.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Ralph Basset Descendancy chart to this point (2.Joan2, 1.John1) was born about 1305 in Drayton Basset, Staffordshire, England; died in 1335 in England.

    Ralph married Alice Audley on 22 May 1334 in Heleigh Castle, Staffordshire, England. Alice (daughter of Nicholas Audley, Lord Audley and Joan de Martin) was born in Heleigh Castle, Staffordshire, England; died before 1359 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 7. Sir Ralph Basset, KG, Lord Basset of Drayton  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1335 in Drayton Basset, Staffordshire, England; died on 10 May 1390 in Drayton Basset, Staffordshire, England; was buried in Lichfield Cathedral, Lichfield, Staffordshire, England.

  2. 5.  Juliana Gray Descendancy chart to this point (3.Roger2, 1.John1) died on 1 Dec 1361 in England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Last Full Review: 1 Feb 2021

    Juliana married Sir John Talbot on Yes, date unknown. John (son of Richard Talbot and Joan Mortimer) was born on 29 Sep 1319 in Richard's Castle, Herefordshire, England; died on 20 Sep 1355. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 8. John Talbot  Descendancy chart to this point was christened on 3 May 1337 in Herefordshire, England; died on 18 Feb 1375 in England.

  3. 6.  Reynold de Gray, Lord Gray of Ruthin Descendancy chart to this point (3.Roger2, 1.John1) was born about 1325 in Wales; died on 4 Aug 1388.

    Notes:

    Death: His death date could have been 28 July 1388.

    Reynold married Eleanor le Strange before 31 Oct 1353. Eleanor (daughter of John le Strange, Lord Strange and Ankaret le Boteler) died on 20 Apr 1396 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 9. Ida de Gray  Descendancy chart to this point died on 1 Jun 1426 in England.
    2. 10. Sir Reynold de Gray, Lord Gray  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1323 in Wales; died on 4 Aug 1388.


Generation: 4

  1. 7.  Sir Ralph Basset, KG, Lord Basset of DraytonSir Ralph Basset, KG, Lord Basset of Drayton Descendancy chart to this point (4.Ralph3, 2.Joan2, 1.John1) was born in 1335 in Drayton Basset, Staffordshire, England; died on 10 May 1390 in Drayton Basset, Staffordshire, England; was buried in Lichfield Cathedral, Lichfield, Staffordshire, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • General Information: He was the 4th Lord Basset of Drayton. According to Burke (1866) This nobleman was distinguished in arms during the reigns of Edward III and Richard II, and was honored with the Garter, in consequence of which his achievement is still to be seen in one of the stalls of the chapel at Windsor.
    • Title(s): 25 Feb 1342/43; On 25 February 1342/43 he succeeded as the 4th Lord Basset of Drayton.
    • Military: 8 Jan 1355/56; He was in the Army of the Black Prince at Bordeaux on 8 January 1355/56.
    • Land/House: 6 Jun 1355/56, Drayton Basset, Staffordshire, England; On 6 June 1355/56 he received livery of his grand-father's lands in Drayton Basset, England.
    • Offices Held: 25 Dec 1357; On 25 December 1357 he was summoned to parliament. That parliament dissolved on 6 December 1389.
    • Knighted: 1368; He was knighted a Knight of the Garter in 1368.
    • Legal: 30 Oct 1386; On 30 October 1386 he was a deponent in the Scrope and Grosvenor controversy giving his age as 51.
    • Will: 16 Jan 1390; On the 13th of Richard II, he made his will directing his body to be buried in the Litchfield Cathedral near the alter of St. Nicholas. His estates to go to Sir Hugh Shirley, his nephew, son of his sister, Isabel, upon the condition that he assume the surname and arms of Basset. If this did not happen, the estate was to pass to his cousin, Edmund, Lord Stafford. Other authorities have differing outcomes with Lord Stafford being out of the equation. He directed that his heir would have use of his great velvet bed during his life, and four silver basins, with two ewers whereupon his arms were engraved. Six silver dishes, two silver pots, and four charges as well all marked with his arms. His executors were Walter Skyelaw, Bishop of Durham; Richard Scrope, Bishop of Chester; and Sir Richard Scrope. The will was proved 13 January 1390/91.
    • Last Full Review: 1 May 2020

    Notes:

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    Birth:
    He was 8 years old in 1343.

    Died:
    On his death, the Barony Basset of Drayton became dormant, or possibly fell into abeyance between the heirs of his two great-aunts.

    Ralph married Joan Beauchamp about May 1338. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Family/Spouse: Jeanne de Bretagne. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 11. Jane Basset  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1378 in Glastonbury, Somersetshire, England.

  2. 8.  John Talbot Descendancy chart to this point (5.Juliana3, 3.Roger2, 1.John1) was christened on 3 May 1337 in Herefordshire, England; died on 18 Feb 1375 in England.

    Family/Spouse: Catherine. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 12. Elizabeth Talbot  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1364 in England; died on 3 Aug 1407 in England.

  3. 9.  Ida de Gray Descendancy chart to this point (6.Reynold3, 3.Roger2, 1.John1) died on 1 Jun 1426 in England.

    Family/Spouse: John Cockayne of Hatley. John died on 22 May 1429 in Hatley, Cambridgeshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 13. Elizabeth Cockayne  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1395 in Hatley, Cambridgeshire, England; died in Fen Ditton, Cambridgeshire, England.

  4. 10.  Sir Reynold de Gray, Lord Gray Descendancy chart to this point (6.Reynold3, 3.Roger2, 1.John1) was born in 1323 in Wales; died on 4 Aug 1388.

    Reynold married Margaret de Ros in 1378 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 14. Margaret Gray  Descendancy chart to this point


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