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Birth:          ABT 1148 Rotherfield Greys, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England
Death:          AFT 1195 Grays Thurrock, Orsett, Essex, England

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http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jweber&id=I11884
Manor of Grays Thurrock, Essex:

In 1066 Ailmar held 3 hides and 42 a. in Thurrock, to which manor belonged also 9 
sokemen holding 3 hides. In 1086 the manor was held in demesne by William Peverel 
(of Nottingham). It included 5 sokemen with 1½ hides. Gilbert, a man of Odo, bishop of 
Bayeux, held 1½ hide less 10 a. That tenement was also recorded under Stifford, 
where it was said to be held of Odo by Gilbert's successor Ralf, son of Turold of 
Rochester. It presumably represented the lands of the other 4 sokemen of 1066. It 
was also stated in 1086 that 20 a. which had belonged to the manor before the 
Conquest were held by Anschetil, a man of the bishop of London, whose main holding 
was in Little Thurrock.

William Peverel's holding became the manor of GRAYS THURROCK, which comprised 
most of the parish. The tenancy-in-chief descended through the Peverels to the 
Ferrers family, earls of Derby, later to the dukes of Lancaster, and finally to the Crown. 
In 1141 the Empress Maud gave it to Aubrey de Vere, earl of Oxford, but the grant 
was evidently abortive.

In 1190 the demesne tenancy was held by Isaac son of Josce the Rabbi, a Jew, who 
had bought it from the Ferrers family. By 1194 it was in the king's hand, having been 
seized from Josce, son of Isaac. In 1195 the king confirmed it to Henry de Grey, who 
had bought it from Josce. The Grey family, from whom the manor took its prefix, 
retained possession until the early 16th century. Sir Henry de Grey (d. 1308), 
greatgrandson of the purchaser, became the first Lord Grey of Codnor. Henry de Grey, 
the 7th lord, died childless in 1496. By a previous settlement the manor of Grays 
Thurrock passed for life to his widow Catherine. About 1497 she caused a sensation 
at court by marrying Lord William de la Pole (d. 1539), a penniless youth 30 years 
younger. De la Pole was holding the manor in 1499 and 1500. In 1502 he was 
imprisoned on suspicion of treason, and apparently spent the rest of his life in the 
Tower. Grays Thurrock seems to have been seized by the Crown, which was holding it 
in 1511. [Victoria County History, A History of the County of Essex: Volume 8, W. R. 
Powell (editor), Beryl A. Board, Nancy Briggs, J. L. Fisher, Vanessa A. Harding, Joan 
Hasler, Norma Knight, Margaret Parsons, 1983, pp. 35-56]

NOTE: I may have an extra Henry in the line, but my reasoning, Henry (d. 1308 1st 
Lord Grey of Codnor) was a great-great grandson.

Parents
DE GREY Anschitel (ABT 1118 - )
DE REVIERS Matilda (Eva) (ABT 1128 - )

Siblings
DE GREY John (ABT 1146 - BEF 1195)
DE GREY Henry (ABT 1148 - AFT 1195)

Marriage To OF YORKSHIRE Hawise (ABT 1155 - )
    m.  

Notes


Children by OF YORKSHIRE Hawise ABT 1155 - 
DE GREY Henry (ABT 1176 - 1219)
DE GREY Robert (ABT 1180 - )

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