Lordship Title of Tingrith or Dixwells

County: Bedfordshire
Parish: Tingrith
History from: Pre-Conquest (1066)
History to: 1762

Documented history: Yes

Domesday Book: Yes
Interesting Facts:

Become the 21st Lord and Lady of Tingrith or Dixwells

1st Lord – A thegn (nobleman) of King Edward the Confessor.

2nd Lord – Nigel de Albini

3rd Lord – Sir John Grey was a soldier who was appointed High Sheriff of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire.  Later he was appointed High Sheriff of Herefordshire.

4th Lord – Reginald Grey was High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and the royal forests and Constable of Chester, Northampton and Nottingham Castles.  Reginald was appointed one of three commanders by King Edward I to campaign against Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, Prince of Wales.  After their success he was granted Ruthin Castle.  Reginald was summoned to Parliament as Baron de Grey de Wilton.  He attended King Edward I at the Battle of Falkirk.

5th Lord – John Grey was appointed one of the 21 Lord Ordainers.  John fights at the Battle of Bannockburn in which the English suffer a heavy defeat.  Despite this he was appointed Justice of North Wales and Governor of Caernarfon Castle.

6th Lord – Roger Grey accompanied Edmund Earl of Kent on the Scottish campaign in 1327.  Roger goes on to fight in both Scotland and France.

8th Lord – Reginald Grey was appointed Governor of Ireland.  He was a member of the Council that governed England during King Henry V’s absence in France.

9th Lord – Sir Edmund Grey was appointed Lord High Treasurer of England.  He was created Earl of Kent and appointed Chief Justice of the county of Merynnyth, North Wales and Constable of Harlech.

10th Lord – Sir George Grey was sent to France to fight with Emperor Maximilian.  He then fought in a royal army defeating Cornish rebels at the battle of Deptford Bridge.

11th Lord – Richard Grey is created a Knight of the Garter.  Sir Richard served as a captain in the English army fighting in France.

12th Lord – George Bredyman, a groom in the royal household, became Keeper of the Palace of Westminster.

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