Grey

The Greys of Rotherfield traced their Oxfordshire estate to the Norman knight Anchetil de Greye, recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as lord of Rotherfield. Their principal seat was Greys Court at Rotherfield Greys, and they later held the barony of Bedale through the marriage of Sir John de Grey to Katherine FitzAlan, co-heiress of Lord FitzAlan.

John de Grey, born in 1300, fought in the Scottish and French wars of Edward III and became Lord Steward of the royal household. Summoned to parliament from 1338, he became the first Baron Grey of Rotherfield and in 1348 was among the founding knights of the Order of the Garter.

His son and grandson succeeded as barons, but when the fourth baron died without issue in 1388 the barony fell dormant, while the Rotherfield lands passed through heiresses to other houses.