Arms of Grindlay (Senior Branch): Quarterly, or and az, a cross quarterly erm. and of the first, betw. four pheons counterchanged of the field.
Country
United Kingdom
Earlier spellings
Gre(n)deley, Gren(e)ley(e), Gren(e)lay, Grynelay, Grenelie(s), Grenelaw(e), and others
Etymology
Englisċ: "green / valley clearing"
Place of origin
Kingdom of Northumbria
Founded
c.850; 1174 years ago (850)
Founder
Hereweald and Æðel of Grēneleāh / Gryndeleā
Titles
Baronets, Knights, Manorial Lords (Lairds)
Motto
Non Degener (Not Degenerated)
Estate(s)
Various (see Houses and estates)
Branches
List
Grindlay of Balsall Heath, Bordesley, and Edgbaston
Grindlay of Clarborough and Carlton-in-Lindrick
Grindlay of Greenlaw, Haltwhistle, and Corstorphine
Grindlay of Northill
Grindlay of Malpas and Stowe-by-Chartley
Grindlay of Ticehurst
The Grindlay family (Old English: [compound] Grēne/Grynde + Leāh/Leā) is an Anglo-Scottish knightly family of medieval origin.[1][2][3]
The family now has two primary branches, one in the English Midlands and the other in the former Scottish Marches, with a small presence in Ireland, North America, New Zealand, and South Africa.[2][3] The family established themselves as landed lords,[4][5][6][7] knights,[2][8][9][10] and gentry,[11][12][13][14] but more recently were prominent British bankers (see Grindlays Bank),[15][16] officials,[17][18] industrialists,[19][20] soldiers,[21][22][23] and freemasons during the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries.[24][25]
As an armigerous family whose position arose from feudal manorial lordships and knightly service, the Grindlay family rank among the British minor nobility or noblesse d'épée.[2][7][26]
^Harrison, Henry (1969). Surnames of the United Kingdom: A Concise Etymological Dictionary. London: Clearfield. p. 176. ISBN 9780806301716.
^ abcdGreenlee, Ralph Stebbins (1908). Genealogy of the Greenlee Families in America, Scotland, Ireland and England. Privately Printed.
^ abBurchinal, Beryl Modest (1990). The Ganss-Gans Genealogy, 1518-1990: Ancestors in Germany and Descendants in Pennsylvania of George Baltzer Gans, 1684-1760, Germany-Pennsylvania, the Immigrant Ancestor. Suburban Print. & Publishing Company and Penn State Book Binding Company.
^Pigot, J (1837). Pigot & Co's National Commercial Directory of the whole of Scotland and of the Isle of Man: with a General Alphabetical List of the Nobility, Gentry and Clergy of Scotland. Pigot & Co. pp. 678, 806. The Right Hon. Lord Grindley of Rannoch
^Nisbet, Alexander (1816). A System of Heraldry. William Blackwood. p. 270.
^Burke, John (1837). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of The Landed Gentry or Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, enjoying territorial possessions or high official rank, but uninvested with heritable honours. Henry Colburn. p. 292.
^ abFiennes, Sir Ranulph (2014). Agincourt: My Family, the Battle and the Fight for France. Hodder and Stoughton. ISBN 9781444792102.
^"The 1100 Year History of The 'de Greneleye' Family". www.greenlyhistory.com.
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^The English Ancestry of Thomas Gridley of Windsor and Hartford, Connecticut (1612 - 1655). Thomas Boslooper, PhD.
^McAnlis, Virginia Wade (1994). The Consolidated Index to the Records of the Genealogical Office Dublin, Ireland. National Library of Ireland.
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^"RBS Heritage Hub". Grindlays Bank Ltd (1828-1958), established in London, was a past constituent of NatWest.
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^"Coventry City Council Public Report". Coventry City Council. 14 July 2015. Archived from the original on 4 October 2015. [The Right Worshipful the Lord Mayor of Coventry, Alderman] Alfred Robert Grindlay CBE, JP
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^Kimberley, Damien (2012). Coventry's Motorcar Heritage. History Press Limited.
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^Campbell Esq., Lawrence Dundas (1804). Asiatic Annual Register. London. p. 166.
^"History of Stivichall Lodge". www.stivichall-lodge.org.uk.
^"Reports of Masonic Meetings" (PDF). The Freemason. 13 (600): 395. 1880.
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