 Complete the following phrase:  Grey was the eldest son of Henry Gray, 1st Baron Grey of Codnor died 1308 and Eleanor de Courteney. Richard succeeded to his fathers titles in 1308, upon Henrys death. Richard was one of the barons who at the assembly of Stamford on 6 August 1309, signed a letter of remonstrance to the pope on the abuses in the church. He was employed in the Scottish wars in 1311, fought during the English defeat of the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314, and again in 131920 during the unsuccessful siege of Berwick and other confrontations against the Scots in the Scottish Marches. During the baronial revolt against King Edward II of England, known as the 