See also
| Husband: | Thomas + GREY (1328-1369) | |
| Wife: | Margaret + of PRESSENE (1330-1383) | |
| Children: | Thomas + of GREY (1359-1400) | |
| Agnes + of GREY (1365-1420) | ||
| Marriage | 1353 | Hetton, Islandshire, Northumberland, England |
| Name: | Thomas + GREY | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Father: | Thomas + of GREY (1299-1343) | |
| Mother: | Agnes + of BEYLE (1305- ) | |
| Birth | 1328 | Hetton, Islandshire, Northumberland, England |
| Occupation | Knight | |
| Title | Sir | |
| Death | 22 Oct 1369 (age 40-41) | |
| Name: | Margaret + of PRESSENE | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Father: | - | |
| Mother: | - | |
| Birth | 1330 | Preston, Northumberland, England |
| Death | 1383 (age 52-53) | Preston, Northumberland, England |
| Name: | Thomas + of GREY | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Spouse: | Joan + of MOWBRAY (1361-1402) | |
| Birth | 1359 | Hetton, Islandshire, Northumberland, England |
| Occupation | Knight | |
| Title | Sir | |
| Death | 26 Nov 1400 (age 40-41) | |
| Burial | 3 Dec 1400 | Wark-on-Tweed, Northumberland, England |
| Name: | Agnes + of GREY | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Spouse: | Thomas + of UMFREVILLE (1361-1391) | |
| Birth | 1365 | Heaton Castle, Northumberland, England |
| Death | 25 Oct 1420 (age 54-55) | Holmside, Durham, England |
Sir Thomas Grey of Heton[1] (near Norham), Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, (c.1328—1369) was an English chronicler.
He was a son of the Sir Thomas de Grey of Heaton (circa 1297 - bef. 12 March 1343/1344), who was taken prisoner by the Scots at Bannockburn, and his wife Agnes (possibly Agnes de Beyle, born Heton, Northumberland, c. 1301), married circa 1327.
Grey was paternal grandson of Thomas de Grey of Heton (Heton, Northumberland, circa 1266 - Angus, Scotland, 1310), in turn son of John de Grey, born in Scotland, grandson of Hugh de Grey (born Chillingham, Northumberland, c. 1203), and great-grandson of Henry de Grey and Isolda Bardolf.
[edit] LifeThomas is known to have been present at the Battle of Neville's Cross in 1346. In 1355, whilst acting as Warden of Norham Castle, he was made a prisoner, and during his captivity in Edinburgh Castle he devoted his time to studying the English chroniclers, Gildas, Bede, Ranulf Higdon and others. He was released from Scotland in 1357, and was appointed Warden of the East March in 1367. He died some time before 22 October 1369. His work is called the Scalacronica, and was possibly so called from the scaling-ladder in the crest of the Greys. It is a chronicle of English history from the earliest times to about the year 1362, however its main value is for the reigns of Edward I and Edward II and part of that of Edward III when Grey was alive. It is especially noted for the account of the wars between England and Scotland, in which he and his father took part. The book was written in Anglo-Norman. Among the notable events and people covered, Grey includes William Wallace, Robert the Bruce, Bannockburn, Byland and Dupplin. He also makes some mentions of the troubles in England during the reign of Edward II. It is possible that Grey was present during some of these campaigns in the Hundred Years War with France, which his narration covers between 1355 and 1361.
[edit] Editions of The ScalacronicaSummarized by John Leland in the 16th century 1066 to the end, together with the prologue - edited for the Maitland Club by J. Stevenson (1836) 1274 to 1362 - translated into English by Sir Herbert Maxwell (Glasgow, 1907)[2]
The only extant manuscript is in Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, and has a gap extending from about 1340 to 1355. Grey's account of this period is only known from Leland's summary.
[edit] Marriage and issueAbout 1353 he married Margaret de Pressene (born Middleton, Northumberland, c. 1334), daughter of William de Pressene of Presson, Northumberland. They had one son:
Sir Thomas Grey of Heton, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, of Chillingham, Northumberland, and of Berwick, Hertfordshire (Heton, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, 1359 - 26 November 1400), who married circa 1381 Joan de Mowbray (Axholme, Lincolnshire, circa 1363 - after 30 November 1402), daughter of John de Mowbray, 4th Baron Mowbray and Elizabeth de Segrave, 5th Baroness Segrave, and had four sons and one daughter:
William Grey, who was Dean of York, Bishop of London in 1426 and Bishop of Lincoln in 1431
Sir Henry Grey of Ketteringham, Norfolk
Matilda or Maud Grey (1382 - 1451), wife of Sir Robert Ogle (Ogle Castle, Ogle, Northumberland, 1379 - 12 August 1435), by whom she had one daughter
John Grey, 1st Earl of Tankerville
Sir Thomas Grey, ringleader of the Southampton Plot.