GRA, Sir John (1384-1459), of North Ingleby, Lincs.

b. York 12 Oct. 1384, CIPM, xix. 139. His father’s fellow York MP John Howden† was his godfather. This article is a modified and abbreviated account of Gra’s career to that given in S.J. Payling, ‘A Disputed Mortgage’ in Rulers and Ruled ed. Archer and Walker, 118-34. s. and h. of Thomas Graa† (d.1405) of York by Maud (d.1391/2), da. and h. of Sir John Multon (d.1368) of Frampton, Lincs. m. (1) by 13 Aug. 1411, C.F. Richmond, John Hopton, 13 n. 47. Margaret (d.1429), da. of Sir Roger Swillington (d.1417) of Swillington, Yorks., by Joan, da. of Sir Robert Neville† (d.1413) of Hornby, Lancs., and sis. and h. of Sir John Swillington (d.1418); (2) by 9 Apr. 1431, Magdalen Coll. Oxf., Saltfleetby deeds, 5. Thomasina (d.1475), da. and h. of Thomas Fauconer† (d.1434) of London by Philippa, da. of John Halsham (d.1415) of Coombes, Suss., wid. of Sir Reynold Cobham (d.v.p.1428) of Sterborough, Surr.; Payling, 123; Reg. Chichele, ii. 609. s.p. Dist. 1411; Kntd. between June and Dec. 1415.