2nd Baron Grey of Codnor Richard Codnor de Grey

Abt 1281 - 1334  (53 years)

• Name	Richard Codnor de Grey  [1, 2, 3]
  Title	2nd Baron Grey of Codnor
  Birth	Abt 1281	Codnor, Derbyshire, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Constable
  Eden	104th great grandson of Adam and Eve
  Death	10 Mar 1334	Codnor, Derbyshire, England   [1]
  Burial	Codnor, Derbyshire, England   [1]
  Person ID	I15164	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	1st Baron Grey of Codnor Henry de Grey,   b. 1256, Derbyshire, England d. 1 Sep 1308, Aylesford, Kent, England (Age 52 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Eleanor de Courtenay,   b. 1266, Okehampton, Devon, England d. 6 Jun 1301, Codnor, Derbyshire, England (Age 35 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F5244	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Joan FitzPayn,   b. 1286, Codnor, Derbyshire, England d. 18 Oct 1335, Aylesford, Kent, England (Age 49 years)
  Marriage	1300	Monmouthshire, Wales
  Children	1. Sir Robert FitzPayne de Grey,   b. 1321, Somerset, England d. 31 May 1393, Somerset, England (Age 72 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F5535	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Abt 1281 - Codnor, Derbyshire, England Marriage - 1300 - Monmouthshire, Wales Death - 10 Mar 1334 - Codnor, Derbyshire, England Burial - - Codnor, Derbyshire, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Ancestors

  ~Eden-Richard Codnor de Grey On Our Path to the Garden of Eden (104th great grandson of Adam and Eve) Richard Grey, 2nd Baron Grey of Codnor (died 1335), of Codnor Castle, was an English soldier and diplomat.

  
  

  Old World

  _Richard Grey

  
  

• Sources

  [S6040] FindAGrave Old World, Richard de Grey 1281-1335. 2nd Baron of Grey of Codnor https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/177337334/richard-de_grey [S54] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT : Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Ancestry Family Trees. [S856] Wikipedia: Richard Grey, Richard de Grey, 2nd Baron Grey of Codnor. Grey was the eldest son of Henry Gray, 1st Baron Grey of Codnor (died 1308) and Eleanor de Courteney. Richard succeeded to his fathers titles in 1308, upon Henry's death. Richard was one of the barons who at the assembly of Stamford on 6 August 1309, signed a letter of remonstrance to the pope on the abuses in the church. He was employed in the Scottish wars in 1311, fought during the English defeat of the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314,[1] and again in 1319-20 during the unsuccessful siege of Berwick and other confrontations against the Scots in the Scottish Marches. During the baronial revolt against King Edward II of England, known as the Despenser War, he assisted Roger Mortimer and the Marcher Lords, who attacked and plundered the Welsh possessions of royal favourite Hugh le Despenser, the younger. For these attacks, Richard was pardoned by Parliament in August 1321.[2] Together with John Giffard and Robert de Shirland, they testified to the claim of Bartholomew Badlesmere that Despenser, the younger was a traitor.[3] Misled by false letters, the rebels attempted to place Gray, Giffard and Shirland firmly on their side,[4] however from the end of 1321 Gray was firmly on the side of Edward II, who took action against the baronial opposition. Richard served with the royal army, which pursued the rebels under the command of Thomas of Lancaster to the north of England. Grey remained in the favour of the king, who visited him after the victory over Lancaster in March 1322 at Grey's castle at Codnor, Derbyshire. ...Richard married Joan, daughter of Robert FitzPayne, Lord FitzPayne and Isbella de Clifford. Jane Grey, married firstly William de Harcourt and secondly Ralph de Ferrers. John Grey (died 1392), married firstly Alianora and secondly Alice de L’isle, had issue. Robert Grey (died 1393), married Elizabeth Bryan, had issue. His son Robert, took his mothers maiden name and became known as Robert FitzPayne. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Grey,_2nd_Baron_Grey_of_Codnor