Sir Richard de Grey; called to Parliament 4 March 1308/9-2 3 Feb 1334/5 but under the more rigorous rules of evidenc e required today the lack of proof of an actual sitting ha s been held to militate against the ascription of an actua l peerage creation; pardoned 1321 for any action of his hos tile to Edward II's favourites, the Despensers; Steward o f Gascony 1324; Constable of Nottingham Castle 1325-30. [B urke's Peerage]GREY (of Codnor)
BARONY BY WRIT.
II. 1308. 2. Sir Richard de Grey, Lord Grey (of Codnor), s. and h. [of Sir Henry de Grey] by 1st wife [Eleanor de Courtenay], was b. about 1281 or 1282.(f124) The King took his homage and he had livery of his father’s lands 29 Oct. 1308. He was sum. to Parl. from 4 Mar. (1308/9) 2 Edw. II to 23 Feb. (1334/5) 9 Edw. III, by writs directed _Ricardo de Grey_,(h124) and had the usual summonses for Military Service.(i124) On 20 Aug. 1321 he had a pardon for any part taken against the Despensers. He was Steward of Gascony in 1324.(b125) On 14 Dec. 1325 he was constable of Nottingham Castle, and had respite of his account of the issues thereof, 8 Oct. 1327, when going on service to the marches of Scotland. He had a pardon, 20 Apr. 1327, for the escape from the castle of Hugh de Audley the younger.(e125) On 26 Oct. 1330 he was ordered to deliver up Nottingham Castle, and on 1 Dec. 1330, for his and his ancestors’ good service, he had a grant of the custody of the manor of Overstone, co. Northampton, for 7 years (regranted from 5 Nov. 1331 for 7 years) at a rent of £35 12s. 11 ¾d., and on 30 Jan. 1330/1 he had a grant of pontage on the river Medway near his manor of Aylesford for repair of the bridge. On 5 Jan. 1333/4 he had a grant to him and his heirs of a weekly market and yearly fair at his manor of Denby, co. Derby, and free warren in demesne lands of Upton and Tunworth, Hants.(i125) He m. Joan, da. of Sir Robert FitzPayn, Lord FitzPayn, by Isabel, da. of Sir John de Clifford, of Frampton-on-Severn, co. Gloucester, and sister and coh. of Sir Richard de Clifford, of the same.(j125) He d. shortly before 10 Mar. 1334/5. His widow survived him.

(f124) _Inq. p. m._ on is father, where his age varies from 26 to 27. (h124) There is proof in the Rolls of Parl. of his sitting. He was a receiver of petitions (England and Wales) Mich. 14 Edw. II, and a trier of petitions from Gascony, Ireland, &c., Hilary 6 Edw. III (_Rot. Parl._, vol. i, p. 365a, and vol. ii, p. 68a). On 14 Oct. 1313 he was staying in Parl. by the King’s command (_Cal. Close Rolls_).
(i124) On 4 Mar. 1314/5 he was allowed to set against the £800 due him for the wardship of the lands late of Richard Basset, granted 8 Oct. 1314 (_Cal. Fine Rolls_), the sum of £480 17s. 11 ½d. due to him, £329 6s. 8d. being recompense for his horses lost in the Scottish war and £7 11s. 3 ½d. for his _certum_ for the said war, wages of his men-at-arms, his fee and those of his knights and their winter robes, and £50 for recompense for his great horse of his own riding lost in the war, and 25 marks for fees for himself and companion in eighth year and £13 6s. 8d. for winter robes for himself and knights for eighth year (_Cal. Close Rolls).
(b125) Syllabus of Rymer’s _Fœdera_. Having refused to do homage for Gascony, the King sent over his brother, the Earl of Kent, . . . Sir Richard de Grey of Codnor and Sir Nicholas [de Grey], his brother. (Chron. and Mem., Henry Knighton, vol. i, p. 430).
(e125) _Cal. Patent Rolls_. By a letter dated from Codnor, 11 Oct. (apparently 1328), to the bailiffs and commonalty of Hereford, it appears that he was Lieutenant of Thomas, Earl of Norfolk, Marshal of England. (P.R.O., _Anc. Corresp._, 37/38).
(i125) _Cal. Charter Rolls_. Though Codnor in Derby was the principal residence, Richard de Grey appears to have visited Thurrock in Essex, as on 3 Dec. 1330 he complained of persons besieging him in his manor of Thurrock, breaking doors, &c. (_Cal. Patent Rolls_). (j125) See under FitzPayn, Barony by writ. His younger son, Robert de Grey, became FitzPayn, and on him was settled FitzPayn property, with remainder to his brother Gilbert de Grey.

Richard De Grey served in the Scottish wars of Edward II’s reign and in March 1322 King Edward II visited Codnor Castle. Richard De Grey held the office of Constable of Nottingham castle from 1325-1328. During the seventh year of King Edward III’s reign , Richard was summoned to Newcastle to march with Edward against the Scots. However due to old age Richard’s eldest son John went in his place. Richard De Grey died while John was fighting in the north and so John De Grey became the new lord of Codnor castle.