 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Grey aiva mwanakomana mukuru waHenry Gray, 1st Baron Grey weCodnor akafa muna 1308 naEleanor de Courteney. Richard akatsiva mazita ababa vake muna 1308, pakafa Henry. Richard akanga ari mumwe wavanamambo avo pamusangano weStamford musi wa6 Nyamavhuvhu 1309, vakasaina tsamba yekutsoropodza kuna papa pamusoro pekushungurudzwa muchechi. Akashandiswa muhondo dzeScotland muna 1311, akarwa panguva yekukundwa kweChirungu kweHondo yeBannockburn muna 1314, uye zvakare muna 1319-20 panguva yekukombwa kusingabudirire kweBerwick uye kumwe kunetsana neScotland muScottish Marches. Mukati mokumukira kwavabaroni kuna Mambo Edward II weEngland, kunozivikanwa seHondo yaDespenser, akabatsira Roger Mortimer uye Marcher Lords, avo vakarwisa uye vakapamba zvinhu zveWales zvehumambo hwaHugh le Despenser, mudiki. Nokuda kwokudenha uku, Richard akaregererwa neParamende muna August 1321. Pamwe chete naJohn Giffard naRobert de Shirland, vakapupurira kutaura kwaBartholomew Badlesmere kwokuti Despenser, muduku akanga ari mutengesi. Vanyengedzwa netsamba dzenhema, vapanduki vakaedza kuisa Gray, Giffard naShirland zvakasimba parutivi rwavo, asi kubva pakupera kwa1321 Gray akanga akasimba parutivi rwaEdward II, uyo akatora matanho kurwisa kupikisa kwebaronial. Richard akashanda muuto roumambo, iro rakadzingirira vapanduki vaitungamirirwa naThomas weLancaster kuchamhembe kweEngland. Grey akaramba achifarirwa namambo, uyo akamushanyira mushure mokukunda pamusoro peLancaster muna March 1322 paimba yaGrey paCodnor, Derbyshire. 