page_title: Reynold Grey, 3rd Baron Grey of Ruthin
section_title: Rebellion of Owain Glyndŵr
hierarchical_section_title: Reynold Grey, 3rd Baron Grey of Ruthin / Rebellion of Owain Glyndŵr
caption_attribution_description: English: Coat of Arms - Hastings, Earls of Pembroke, and Barons Hastings. Blazon: Quarterly, 1st and 4th: Or a maunch gules (for Hastings); 2nd and 3rd: Barry of argent and azure, an orle of martlets gules (for Pembroke).
context_page_description: Reynold Grey, 3rd Baron Grey of Ruthin, a powerful Welsh marcher lord, succeeded to the title on his father's death in July 1388.
context_section_description: In 1410 after a long legal dispute, the younger Reginald won the right to bear the arms of the Hastings family, but rather than the undifferenced arms which were born by the Hastings of Sutton he won the right to the higher status quartered arms born by his deceased cousin the Earl of Pembroke: Hastings quartering Valence. Since he had gained the right to bear these arms from his claim through his paternal grandmother, he displayed Quarterly 1 & 4: Grey de Ruthyn; 2 & 3: Hastings quartering Valence. (Sir John de Grey displayed the new family arms with a label argent for difference from his father's arms). More important from a financial perspective, he gained title to certain properties of the estate.
  De Grey enjoyed the favour both of Richard II and Henry IV, and his chief military exploits were against the Welsh, during the rebellion of Owain Glyndŵr.. Reynold de Grey was responsible for issuing and enforcing royal demands in the Northern March, such as calling the local nobility and gentry and their men to Royal and military service.  He was already in a long-running legal dispute with Glyndŵr, claiming a tranche of Glyndwr's land as his own.  Under King Richard II the case had been found in favour of Glyndŵr, but on the usurpation of King Henry IV of England Lord Grey seized the land.  Early in September 1400, Henry IV left Newcastle and traveled south to Northampton, which he reached by 19th.  There news reached the King of the quarrel that had broken out between Grey and Glyndŵr.  Grey was a member of the King's Council.
  Glyndŵr responded in law early in 1400 but his case was not granted a hearing, instead it was asked of Glyndŵr that he grant Lord Grey further concessions.  De Grey also delayed summoning Glyndŵr's quota or levy of men for service in Scotland until the last moment, making it impossible for Glyndŵr to respond as requested or even send an explanation for his absence and the lack of his levy.  Such an act as refusal or failure to respond to an order of the King was deemed a treasonous act.  Glyndŵr's estates were deemed forfeit until he could prove his loyalty or receive due punishment.  On 16 September Owain and brothers had taken up arms and burned Grey's property, for three days the Welsh band ravaged the countryside of Flintshire and Denbighshire.  On 24 September, Glyndwr's forces were encircled at Welshpool and defeated.
  De Grey now invited Glyndŵr to a reconciliation meeting, but arrived with a large force, attempting to surround Glyndŵr and making his intentions clear.  Glyndŵr escaped with his life and went into hiding, confirming himself a traitor in English eyes.  King Henry confiscated the estates of Glyndŵr's supporters, and granted them to John Beaufort, his half-brother.  The rebellion spread after initial successes for the Welsh and by 1402 it was gathering momentum. Lord Grey was captured by Glyndŵr's forces in an ambush near Ruthin in January.
  A ransom of 10,000 marks was asked for him and Lord Grey was asked to swear an oath never to bear arms against Glyndŵr again.  King Henry IV sent eleven knights to treat with Glyndŵr and then complied with the ransom, ordering the selling of a manor in Kent to raise the monies in mid 1402.  On 22 June, Glyndwr had captured another important hostage, Edmund Mortimer.
  Lord Grey then would have been expected to repay the amount over time as best he could and any outstanding debt would be borne by his family. In August, Glyndwr went south into the Marches. The King however held Grey in better view than Mortimer, whom he considered a troublemaker. While Grey and Earl of Northumberland were loyal; it was clear that Hotspur intended to join Glyndwr's rebellion.
  Hotspur had refused to surrender the Scots prisoner, earl of Douglas to the King, and had demanded that Edmund Mortimer be purchased his freedom. Henry was furious that his power should be challenged in this way. The King wrote to Grey and other leading nobles on 23 November 1409, demanding that all officers who were entreating with Glyndwr should cease forthwith. The rebellion had failed after
caption: Arms of Hastings, Earls of Pembroke: Hastings quartering Valence
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