GREY. 105 GREY DE RUTHYN, or DE GREY. Barony by /. Roger de SnEt,(») ft s. of Jobn (Grey), Loud "Writ. Ghev de WiLT0N,( b ) being eldest s. of his second wife, Hand, said to be a da. ot Ralph (Basset), Lord Basset, b. about 1298, having v.p. 1. 131.4. served in the Scotch expedition 1318 and sat in the Pari, of York 1322, became on his father's death (1323-24), 17 E l. II., possessed of the Castle of Ruthyu, &c , iu the Welsh Marches, as also of considerable estates in Herts, Beds,(o) Bucks, &c., and was sum. to Parl.('>) as a Baron (LOUD DE GREY) from 30 Dec. (1324), 18 Ed. II., to 1.1 Nov. (1351), 25 Kd. III., by writs directed " Sofftro de Grey." He served in the French wars in 134.5. He m. Elizabeth, da. of John (Hastings), Lord Hastings, by his first wife, Isabel, da. of William (de Valence), Earl ok Pembroke. lie d. 6 March (1352/3), 27 Ed. 111. JL 1353. 2. Reginald (Grey), Lord Grey de Rttthyn, 2i but 1st surv. s. and h., aged 30 at his father's death in 1353. He was sum. to Pari, from 15 March (1353/4), 28 Ed. III., to 20 March (1387/8), 11 Kic. II., by writs directed " Reyinaldo Grey de kuthyn." He m. Eleanor, da. of John (Le Strange), Lord Strange de Black.mere, by Ankaret, da. of John Le Boteler, of Weimn. He d. July 1388. III. 13SS. 3. Reginald (Grey), Lord Grey de Ruthyn, s. and h., aged 20 in 1388 at his father's death. He was sum. to Parl.( d ) from G Oct. (1389), 13 llic. II., to 26 Sep. (1439), 18 Hen. "VI., by writs directed " Raj inaldo Grey de Ruthyn." He was, ou the death of his relative .John (Hastings), Earl of Pembroke, in 1391, found (thro' his grandmother, Elizabeth Hastings, abovementioned) to be his heir of the whole blood; 0 ) aud he thereupon, assumed the style of Lord Hastings^ 1 ) as also of Lord Weysford(s) [i,e., Wexford in Ireland.] In 1394 he accompanied the King into Ireland where, apparently, he prosecuted his (somewhat vague; claim to the Lordship of YYexford( h ) as part of his inheritance from the family of Hastings.-.') Iu 1 39S he was Cn. Gov. (as Lord Justice) of Ireland ; P.C. (") See p. 96, note " a," sub " Grey de Codnor," for some notice of this branch of the house of Grey. ( b ) Altlio' Wilton gave the designation to the older Barony (1295) enjoyed by the senior line of this branch, it appears that Uegiuald, the 1st Lord Grey de Wilton (grandfather of this Roger) was designated as Heginaldus de Grey, Dominus de Ruthyn " iu the celebrated letter of the Barons to the Pope iu 1301. ( c ) The manor of Wrest, co. Bedford, long the inheritance of his posterity is included therein ; also that of Hemiugford-Urey, co. Huntingdon, &c. (") There is proof in the rolls of Pari, of his sitting. ( p ) As such heir (so strong was the feeling at that time agaiust any succession by the half blood) he was allowed by a decision in 1410 of the Court of Chivalry to bear the arms of Hastings'; while the heir male (of the half blood) was prohibited from bearing them without some mark of difference. This celebrated trial lasted no less ( than nine years, 1401-10. O This claim was, however, never officially recognised, tho' the title was one of those attributed iu 1465 to his grandson and heir when er. Eail of Kent Iu 1610, however, the claim of Mr. Longueville (as heir general to this Lord Grey de Ruthyn) to the Barony of Hastings (as well as to that of Grey de Ruthyn) was decided agaiust him on the ground " that there cannot bo a possessio fratris in point of Honour," so that the sister of the whole blood could not inherit to the detriment of the younger brother of the half blood. (s) The third Lord Grey de Ruthyu is in 1425 described as "S r de Hastings, de Weysford et do Kuthyn " in tho rolls of Pari., vol. iv, p. 312, while to his grandson and heir, under the stylo of " Baro et Dominus (le Sastinyes, Waysford ct de Ruthyn " the title of Earl of Kent was confirmed 19 Aug. 1484, on an inspeximus of the charter of 30 May 1465, by which it had been grant ;d. It was again confirmed 18 Nov. 14S6. See " Creations, 14S3— 1646," in ap. 47th Rep. D.K. Pub. Records. ( h ) See vol. i, p. x, sub " Irish Peerage, &C., before the 16th century," for some account of the Honour of Wexford and its descent. It was, apparently, at this tirno and long afterwards, vested in the family of Talbot. (') In 4 Heu. VI. he advanced a claim of precedency iu right of these Baronies.
