Nielsen Hayden genealogy
Walter de Grey, Archbishop of York
Abt 1180 - 1255 (~ 75 years)
Generation: 1
Generation: 3
1. Walter de Grey, Archbishop of York was born about 1180 (son of (Unknown husband of Hawise de Grey) and Hawise de Grey); died on 1 May 1255 in Fulham, London, England; was buried on 15 May 1255 in York Cathedral, York, Yorkshire, England. Notes:
Chancellor to King John from 1205 to 1214. Archbishop of York from 1215 to 1255, in which capacity he began the building of York Minster.
2. (Unknown husband of Hawise de Grey) (Unknown married Hawise de Grey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Hawise de Grey (daughter of (Unknown de Grey)). Children:
- Robert de Grey died between 25 Sep 1240 and 12 Jun 1245.
- Eve de Grey died after 1233.
- 1. Walter de Grey, Archbishop of York was born about 1180; died on 1 May 1255 in Fulham, London, England; was buried on 15 May 1255 in York Cathedral, York, Yorkshire, England.
Generation: 3
6. (Unknown de Grey) Notes:
John Watson, 2 Dec 2010 post to SGM:
From memory (which gets worse over the years). Robert de Grey, holder of Rotherfield in 1166, had two or possibly three younger brothers, Anketil (II), William and probably Thomas. I would think that the more likely candidates for the father of John de Grey bishop of Norwich and his sister Hawise are either William or Thomas. Hawise married a Mr. somebody-or-other and had at least three children, Robert, Walter (Abp. York) and Eve (married Wm. Brito). Her children took their mother's name of de Grey - probably to stop the family name dying out - her two sons, Robert and Walter being the only male heirs of Anketil (I) de Grey who held Rotherfield at Domesday. Anketil (II)'s heir was his granddaughter Eve, daughter of his son John, who married Ralph Murdac. In this scenario - Robert and Walter de Grey would be the first cousins of Eve Murdac.
Now if we could only work out who Mr. somebody-or-other was, the picture would be complete.Children:
- 3. Hawise de Grey
- John de Grey, Bishop of Norwich died in 1214.