GREY of Kent and Ruthin

Married: William BONVILLE of Shute (Sir Knight Sheriff of Devon)(b. 31 Aug 1393 - d. 18 Feb 1460/61) (m.2 Elizabeth Courtenay) ABT 12 Dec 1414

Children:

1. William BONVILLE(d. 30 Dec 1460) (m. Elizabeth Harrington)

2. Elizabeth BONVILLE(b. ABT 1415 - d. 14 Feb 1490/91) (m. William Talboys)

3. Margaret BONVILLE (m. William Courtenay of Powderham)

Alice GREY

Father: Reginald GREY (3° B. Grey of Ruthin)

Mother: Joan ASHLEY (B. Grey of Ruthin)

Married: John KNYVETT (Sir Knight)

Elizabeth GREY

Born: ABT 1407, Ruthin, Denbighshire, Wales

Died: 1437

Buried: White Friars, Norwich, Norfolk, England

Father:Reginald GREY (3° B. Grey of Ruthin)

Mother: Joan ASHLEY (B. Grey of Ruthin)

Married: William CALTHORPE of Burnham Thorpe (Sir Knight) ABT 1429, Ruthen, Denbigshire, Wales

Children:

1. John CALTHORPE (Sir Knight)

2. Amy CALTHORPE

3. Elizabeth CALTHORPE

4. George CALTHORPE

5. Thomas CALTHORPE

6. William CALTHORPE

Reynold GREY

Born: ABT 1401, Barwell, Leicestershire, England

Died: AFT 24 Jan 1485

Father: Reginald GREY (3° B. Grey of Ruthin)

Mother: Joan ASHLEY (B. Grey of Ruthin)

Robert GREY

Born: ABT 1403 / 1419, Whittington, Envile, Staffordshire, England

Father:Reginald GREY (3° B. Grey of Ruthin)

Mother: Joan ASHLEY (B. Grey of Ruthin)

Married: Eleanor LOWE ABT 1444

Children:

1. Humphrey GREY

2. Henry GREY

3. Edward GREY

Humphrey GREY

Born: 1441, Enville, Staffordshire, England

Died: 1500

Father: Robert GREY

Mother: Eleanor LOWE

Married 1: ¿?

Married 2: Anna FIELDING (b. ABT 1450, Lutterworth, Leicestershire, England) ABT 1471, Enville, Staffordshire, England

Children:

1. Edward GREY

2. Elizabeth GREY

3. Margery GREY

4. Mary GREY

5. Margaret (Anne) GREY

6. Mary GREY

7. Robert GREY

Elizabeth GREY

Born: ABT 1474, Enville, Staffordshire, England

Father: Humphrey GREY

Mother: Anna FIELDING

Married: Sampson ERDESWICK ABT 1514, Enville, Staffordshire, England

Mary GREY

Born: ABT 1476, Enville, Staffordshire, England

Father: Humphrey GREY

Mother: Anna FIELDING

Married: John DIXWELL ABT 1500, Enville, Staffordshire, England

Margery GREY

Born: ABT 1469, Enville, Staffordshire, England

Father: Humphrey GREY

Mother: Anna FIELDING

Married: Richard St. BARBE ABT 1498, Enville, Staffordshire, England

Children:

1. Henry St. BARBE

2. Thomas St. BARBE

3. William St. BARBE

4. Henry St. BARBE

Edward GREY

Born: 1472, Whittington, Staffordshire, England

Died: 14 Feb 1528

Father: Humphrey GREY

Mother: Anna FIELDING

Married: Joyce (HORDE) WHORWOOD ABT 1490, Whittington, Staffordshire, England

Children:

1. Thomas GREY

2. Cassandra GREY

3. William GREY (b. BEF 1521 - d. 1574)

4. Richard GREY

5. Dau. GREY

6. Dau. GREY

7. Dau. GREY

8. Dau. GREY

9. Dau. GREY

10. Dau. GREY

11. Dau. GREY

12. Dau. GREY

13. Dau. GREY

14. Dau. GREY

15. Son GREY

16. Son GREY

17. Son GREY

18. Son GREY

Cassandra GREY

Father: Edward GREY

Mother: Joyce (HORDE) WHORWOOD

Married: William WHORWOOD (Attorney General)

Children:

1. Mary WHORWOOD (b. ABT 1533, Throckmorton, Coughton, Weston, England - d. 28 Apr 1607, Weston, Underwood, Buckinghamshire, England)(m. Thomas Throckmorton of Coughton)

2. Anne WHORWOOD (d. 26 May 1552, Otford, Kent, England) (m. Ambrose Dudley, 3° E. Warwick)

Thomas GREY

Born: BEF 1508, Enville, Staffordshire, England

Died: 31 Dec 1559

Notes: See his Biography.

Father: Edward GREY

Mother: Joyce (HORDE) WHORWOOD

Married: Anne VERNEYABT 1538, Enville, Stafford, England

Children:

1. Catherine GREY

2. Eleanor GREY

3. John GREY

4. Edward GREY

5. George GREY

6. Elizabeth GREY

7. Robert GREY

8. Son GREY

9. Margaret GREY

10. Dau. GREY

11. Jane GREY

Catherine GREY

Born: ABT 1535, Enville, Staffordshire, England

Father: Thomas GREY

Mother: Anne VERNEY

Married: Walter BLOUNT

Eleanor GREY

Born: ABT 1539, Enville, Staffordshire, England

Died: ABT 1586

Father: Thomas GREY

Mother: Anne VERNEY

Married: William CAVE ABT 1565

John GREY

Born: 3 Dec 1541, Enville, Staffordshire, England

Died: AFT 1586

Father: Thomas GREY

Mother: Anne VERNEY

Married: Jane HARCOURTABT 1567

George GREY

Born: ABT 1547, Enville, Staffordshire, England

Father: Thomas GREY

Mother: Anne VERNEY

Married: Joyce LEVENSON (dau. of Thomas Levenson and Joan Brooke) ABT 1577

Children:

1. Mary GREY

Mary GREY

Born: ABT 1590, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England

Father: George GREY

Mother: Joyce LEVENSON

Married: William STANLEY ABT 1604

John GREY (Sir Knight)

Born: ABT 1387, Ruthin, Denbighshire, Wales

Died: 27 Aug 1439, Badmondisfield, Suffolk, England

Notes: Knight of the Garter. Served in the French wars.

Father: Reginald GREY (3° B. Grey of Ruthin)

Mother: Margaret ROS

Married: Constance HOLLAND(b. 1387 - d. 1437) (dau. of John Holland, 1º D. Exeter; and Elizabeth Plantagenet)

Children:

1. Alice GREY

2. Edmund GREY (1° E. Kent)

3. Constance GREY

4. Thomas GREY (1° B. Richemound)

Alice GREY

Born: 1415, Buckenham, Norfolk, England

Died: 4 Apr 1474

Father: John GREY (Sir Knight)

Mother: Constance HOLLAND

Married: William KNYVETT (Sir Knight) ABT 1461

Children:

1. Edmund KNYVETT of Buckham (Sir Knight)

2. Elizabeth KNYVETT

3. Edward KNYVETT

4. Anne KNYVETT

Thomas GREY (1° B. Richemound)

Born: 1418, Ruthin, Denbighshire, Wales

Acceded: 1449

Died: 29 Mar 1461, Beheaded

Notes: The Complete Peerage vol.VII,p1674,note d.

Father: John GREY (Sir Knight)

Mother: Constance HOLLAND

Married 1: Margaret SCROPE

Married 2: Margaret FERRERS (B. Grey of Wilton) BEF 14 Feb 1445

Edmund GREY (1° E. Kent)

Born: 26 Oct 1416, Ruthin, Denbighshire, Wales

Acceded: 1465

Died: 22 May 1490, England

Notes: was summoned to Parliament from 3 Dec 1441 (20 Hen. V) to 28 Feb 1462/63 (2 Edw. IV). He survived his father and became his grandfather's heir. Cokayne, "Complete Peerage", 2° ed., vol. VII, pg. 160. Created E. Kent byEdward IV, 30 May 1465 and confirmed in the dignity byHenry VII. L.G. Pine, "The New Extinct Peerage 1884-1971" (1973), Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore, pg. 137. Burke, "Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage Baronatage and Knightage", 97th ed:, (1826), pg.1154.

Father: John GREY (Sir Knight)

Mother: Constance HOLLAND

Married:Catherine PERCY (C. Kent)BEF Jan 1458/59

Children:

1. Anthony GREY (4° B. Grey of Ruthin)

2. Elizabeth GREY

3. Anne GREY

4. George GREY (2° E. Kent)

5. John GREY

6. Edmund GREY(b. ABT 1457, Ruthin, Denbighshire, Wales)

Anthony GREY (4° B. Grey of Ruthin)

Born: ABT 1446, Ruthin, Denbighshire, Wales

Died: BEF 27 Nov 1480

Buried: Abbey Saint Albans, Hertfordshire, England

Father:Edmund GREY (1° E. Kent)

Mother: Catherine PERCY (C. Kent)

Married: Eleanor(Joan) WOODVILLE (B. Grey of Ruthin) Feb 1466

Elizabeth GREY

Born: 1448, Ruthin, Denbighshire, Wales

Died: 18 Jul 1472/92, Ruthin, Denbighshire, Wales

Father: Edmund GREY (1° E. Kent)

Mother: Catherine PERCY (C. Kent)

Married: Robert GREYSTOKE (Sir Knight) ABT 1470, Ruthin, Denbighshire, Wales

Children:

1. Elizabeth GREYSTOKE (B. Greystoke of Greystoke)

2. John GREYSTOKE (Sir)

Anne GREY

Born: ABT 1450, Ruthin, Denbighshire, Wales

Father: Edmund GREY (1° E. Kent)

Mother: Catherine PERCY (C. Kent)

Married: John GREY (8° B. Grey of Wilton/9° B. Grey)

Children:

1. Edmund GREY (9° B. Grey of Wilton)

2. Reginald GREY

3. Jane GREY

4. Catherine GREY

5. John GREY

6. Richard GREY

7. Peter GREY

8. Edward GREY

9. George GREY

10. Thomas GREY

John GREY

Born: ABT 1455, Ruthin, Denbighshire, Wales

Died: AFT 8 Dec 1484

Notes: The Complete Peerage vol.VII,p.165,note e & p.167,note a.

Father: Edmund GREY (1° E. Kent)

Mother: Catherine PERCY (C. Kent)

Married: Dorothy ?

George GREY (2° E. Kent)

Born: BEF 1454, Ruthin, Denbighshire, Wales

Acceded: 1490

Died: 16/25 Dec 1503, Ampthill, Bedfordshire, England

Notes: 5° B. Ruthyn. Cokayne, The Complete Peerage vol.VII,pp.166-167. "Complete Peerage", 2° ed., vol. VII, pg. 160. George was his parents' second son. His older brother,Anthony, did not survive his father. George was sent into France as a commander in 1491, to assist theEmperor Maximilian, and was Chief Commander against the Cornishmen in their rising, underLord Audley. L.G. Pine, "The New Extinct Peerage 1884-1971" (1973), Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore, pg. 137. Burke, "Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage Baronatage and Knightage", 97th ed:, (1826), pg.1154.

Father: Edmund GREY (1° E. Kent)

Mother: Catherine PERCY (C. Kent)

Married 1: Anne WOODVILLE (V. Bourchier/C. Kent) Sat 26 Jun 1480

Children:

1. Richard GREY (3º E. Kent)

Married 2: Catherine HERBERT (C. Kent)10 Jan 1489/90/ 1 Oct 1490

Children:

2. Henry GREY (4º E. Kent)

3. Anthony GREY of Brancepeth (Hon.)

4. Anne GREY (B. Hussey of Old Sleaford)

Richard GREY (3° E. Kent)

Born: BEF 1478 / 1481

Acceded: 1503

Died: Saturday 3 May 1523/4, George Inn, Lombard St, London

Buried: Whiteriars, Fleet Street, London

Notes: Knight of the Garter. The Complete Peerage vol.VII,pp.168-169. 6° Baron de Ruthyn. Sat on a commission of gaol delivery in 1502 and was given license to enter his lands in 1504. Present at the Field of the Cloth of Gold. A wastrel and probably a gambler, within a few years he had granted away a huge proportion of his estates to try and cover his debts, mainly to a flock of Henry VII’s rapacious courtiers who descended on him like vultures, preying on his weakness. Henry VII himself, while he did benefit financially, seems to have attempted to protect the foolish earl from himself and some of the consequences of his actions. Died in poverty, had dissipated his inheritance by the time he died in 1524.

Father: George GREY (2° E. Kent)

Mother: Anne WOODVILLE (V. Bourchier/C. Kent)

Married 1: Elizabeth HUSSEY (C. Kent)

Married 2: Margaret FINCH (C. Kent) 23 Jan 1520

Anne GREY (B. Hussey of Sleaford)

Born: ABT 1490, Kentshire, England

Died: AFT 1537

Buried: BEF 11 Feb 1545/1546

Notes: by 1509, she was the second wife of John, Baron Hussey of Sleaford. Lady Hussey supported Catalina of Aragon in the matter of King Henry’s divorce and was implicated in the matter of Elizabeth Barton, the Nun of Kent, in 1533. She refused to take the oath to support royal supremacy. In 1536 she was sent to the Tower for calling the 'illegitimized' Maryas 'princess' when she visited her on 5 Jun. Sent to the Tower of London, she was reported to be "very sick" at the beginning of Jul. On 3 Aug she was examined by Sir Edmund Walsingham and Sir William Petre, and claimed that she had erred "by inadvertence" when she called for "drink for the Princess" and later told someone that "the Princess" had gone walking. She was released and was back at Sleaford by Oct. When the rebellion known as the Pilgrimage of Grace began, Lord Hussey fled, leaving Lady Hussey behind. When some 500 rebels descended upon Sleaford on 7 Oct and threatened to burn it down, she promised she would bring her husband back to join them. Hussey, when questioned about this later, said she'd been a fool to make such a promise. In spite of his best efforts the authorities did not believe him innocent of involvement in the uprising. It didn't help that Lady Hussey, in his absence, had also provided the rebels with meat, drink, and money. He was sent to the Tower after the uprising failed. While he awaited trial, she set up housekeeping at Limehouse and was allowed to visit him. On one such visit, he repeated details of an examination of Lord Darcy that he had been permitted to sit in on. Lady Hussey passed this information on to her servant, Catherine Cresswell, who told her husband, Percival Cresswell, who repeated some of Darcy's responses to others, prompting a new investigation by the authorities into who had leaked sensitive information. There is no record, however, of Lady Hussey being questioned, let alone arrested. After Hussey was attainted and executed, his lands and goods were seized and his title forfeit, leaving the family in poverty. The aristocratic widows of traitors were usually provided with a pension.

Father: George GREY (2° E. Kent)

Mother: Catherine HERBERT (C. Kent)

Married: John HUSSEY (1° B. Hussey of Sleaford)

Children:

1. Giles HUSSEY (Sir)

2. Elizabeth HUSSEY (B. Hungerford of Heystesbury)

3. Bridget HUSSEY (C. Rutland/C. Bedford)

4. Anne HUSSEY

5. Dorothy HUSSEY

6. Mary HUSSEY

7. William HUSSEY

Henry GREY (4º E. Kent)

Born: 1474

Acceded: 1523

Died: 24 Sep 1562, Greye Hassetts, Barbican, London

Buried: 30 Sep 1562, St.Gile's, Cripplegate, London

Notes: The Complete Peerage vol.VII,pp.169-170.

Father: George GREY (2° E. Kent)

Mother: Catherine HERBERT (C. Kent)

Married: Anne BLENNERHASSET(b. 1478, Frense, Norfolk, England - d. AFT 6 Mar 1565, Blunham, Bedfordshire, England) (dau. of John Blennerhasset, Esq., and Jane Tyndale)

Children:

1. Henry GREY (8º B. Grey of Ruthin)

Henry GREY (8º B. Grey of Ruthin)

Died: 1545

Notes: The Complete Peerage vol.VII,p.170

Father: Henry GREY (4º E. Kent)

Mother: Anne BLENNERHASSET

Married: Margery St. JOHN(B. Grey of Ruthin) 20 Jun 1538, Settlement

Children:

1. Reynold GREY (5º E. Kent)

2. Henry GREY (6º E. Kent)

3. Charles GREY (7º E. Kent)

Reynold GREY (5º E. Kent)

Acceded: 1562

Died: 17 Mar 1573

Buried: 17 Apr 1573, St. Gile's, Cripplegate, London

Notes: The Complete Peerage vol.VII,pp.170-172.

Father: Henry GREY (8º B. Grey of Ruthin)

Mother: Margery St. JOHN(B. Grey of Ruthin)

Married: Susan BERTIE (C. Kent)

Henry GREY (6º E. Kent)

Born: 1541

Acceded: 1573

Died: 31 Jan 1614

Buried: 1 Feb 1614, Flitton, Bedfordshire

Notes: The Complete Peerage vol.VII,p.172. The 6th Earl succeeded to the title on the death of his brother Reynold, the 5th Earl, in 1573. He also held the title of Lord Lieutenant of Bedfordshire and 9th Baron Grey of Ruthyn. He was primarily responsible for restoring the fortunes of the Grey family after an earlier Earl had lost most of the estates through extravagant living and gambling.

Born in 1541, he was knighted in 1570 and became a member of the Queen’s Household. He was one of the commissioners who passed the death sentence on Mary Queen of Scots in 1587. Indeed, along with the Earl of Shrewsbury he was tasked with visiting Mary to break the news of her sentence. Along with the residence at Wrest he owned properties in Blunham in Bedfordshire, Kew and a house in the Barbican in London.

Henry’s will stated that the monument was to celebrate both this achievement and to act as a reminder to his descendants about the consequences of excessive living. The 6th Earl was married to Mary Cotton (d. 1580) who was the daughter of Sir George Cotton of Combermere in Cheshire and widow of Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby but they had no children.

Father: Henry GREY (8º B. Grey of Ruthin)

Mother: Margery St. JOHN(B. Grey of Ruthin)

Married: Mary COTTON (C. Derby / C. Kent)(d. 16 Nov 1580) (dau. of Sir George Cotton and Mary Onley) (w. of Edward Stanley, 3° E. Derby)

Charles GREY (7º E. Kent)

Born: ABT 1545

Acceded: 1615

Died: 28 Sep 1623, Blunham

Buried: Flitton, Bedfordshire

Notes: The Complete Peerage vol.VII,p.173. Prior to succeeding to the title on his brother’s death he was part of the household of Matthew Parker, Archbishop of Canterbury from 1559 to 1575. He also became Lord Lieutenant of Bedfordshire in 1615. He died in 1623 at the manor house in Blunham and is buried in the mausoleum. He has no monument and his remains are buried in a vault under the mausoleum with a gravestone above, to the left of the monument of the 6th Earl.

Father: Henry GREY (8º B. Grey of Ruthin)

Mother: Margery St. JOHN(B. Grey of Ruthin)

Married: Susan COTTON (C. Kent)(dau. of Sir Richard Cotton of Warblington and Bedhampton and Jane Onley) (b. 1560 - d. 1617) ABT 1580

Children:

1. Henry GREY (8° E. Kent)

2. Susan GREY

Susan GREY

Buried: 1620, Blunham Church

Notes: The Complete Peerage vol.VII,p.173,note d.

Father: Charles GREY (7º E. Kent)

Mother: Susan COTTON (C. Kent)

Married: Michael LONGUEVILLE (Sir)

Henry GREY (8° E. Kent)

Born: ABT 1583

Acceded: 1623

Died: 21 Nov 1639, Whitefriars, London, Middlesex, England

Buried: 28 Nov 1639, Flitton, Bedfordshire, England

Notes: The Complete Peerage vol.VII,pp.173-175. Member of Parliament for Bedfordshire 1614 and was jointly Lord Lieutenant with his father and after the 7th Earls death, jointly with the Earl of Cleveland. Succeeded to the earldom, 1623. He married Elizabeth Talbot, the daughter of Gilbert, 7th Earl of Shrewsbury in 1601. He died childless in 1639 in London and is buried in the vaults under the mausoleum with a gravestone above, next to his father.

Father: Charles GREY (7º E. Kent)

Mother: Susan COTTON (C. Kent)

Married: Elizabeth TALBOT (C. Kent) 16 Nov 1601, St.Martin in the Fields, London

Anthony GREY of Brancepeth (Hon.)

Acceded: Brancepeth, Durham

Father: George GREY (2° E. Kent)

Mother: Catherine HERBERT (C. Kent)

Married:¿?

Children:

1. George GREY

George GREY

Acceded: 6 Mar 1564

Father:Anthony GREY of Brancepeth (Hon.)

Mother:¿?

Married:Margery SALVAINE

Children:

1. Anthony GREY (9° E. Kent)

Anthony GREY (9° E. Kent)

Born: 1557, Brancepeth, Durham

Acceded: 1639

Died: 9 Nov 1643

Buried: 11 Nov 1643, Burbage

Notes: The Complete Peerage vol.VII,p.175. With the 8th Earl dying childless, the title passed back through the family tree to a line descended from Anthony the brother of the 4th Earl. Anthony was 82 when he inherited the title and had already married Magdalen Purefoy from Warwickshire in 1590. He had six sons and five daughters with Magdalen and died at Burbage, near Hinckley in Leicestershire in 1643. Both he and his wife are buried at Burbage.

Father:George GREY

Mother:Margery SALVAINE

Married: Magdalen PUREFOY (C. Kent) ABT 1590/1

Children:

1. Henry GREY (10º E. Kent)

2. Priscilla GREY

3. Grace GREY

4. Christian GREY

5. Magdalene GREY

6. Faith GREY

7. Patience GREY

8. John GREY

9. Job GREY

10. Theophilus GREY

11. Nathaniel GREY

Priscilla GREY

Born: 27 Feb 1600/01, Devonshire, England

Died: 27 Apr 1664, Windsor, Hartford, CT

Father:Anthony GREY (9° E. Kent)

Mother: Magdalen PUREFOY (C. Kent)

Married: Matthew GRANT 16 Nov 1625, Windsor, CT

1. Matthew GRANT

2. Priscilla GRANT

3. Samuel GRANT

4. Tahan GRANT

5. John GRANT

Magdalene GREY

Father:Anthony GREY (9° E. Kent)

Mother: Magdalen PUREFOY (C. Kent)

Married: John BROWNE of Stretton

Children:

1. Dorothy BROWNE (m. Edward George of Salop)

2. Sarah BROWNE (d. 5 May 1666) (m. Anthony Haselwood of Burbach)

3. Anne BROWNE (bur. 31 Jul 1668)

4. Christian BROWNE (m. Henry Adams of Stretton en le Field)

5. Mary BROWNE (m. Daniel Chadwick)

6. Magdalene BROWNE

Henry GREY (10º E. Kent)

Born: Thu 24 Nov 1594

Christened: 28 Nov 1594, Burbage

Acceded: 1643

Died: Sun 28 May 1651

Buried: 19 Jun 1651, Flitton, Bedfordshire

Notes: The Complete Peerage vol.VII,pp.175-176. He achieved high political office in the 1640’s and also served as Lords Lieutenant for Rutland and Bedfordshire. He married a widow Amabel Fane neé Benn in 1644 and they had three children, two sons and a daughter. Amabel’s mother, Lady Jane Hart who died in 1671 aged 83 is also buried in the mausoleum. Her monument is of marble showing a semi-reclining figure, presumably Lady Hart. The 10th Earl died in 1651 and Amabel survived him until 1698. Locally known as the Good Countess, she helped to restore the fortunes of the family. She lived to be 92. Their monument is of black and white-grey marble with recumbent effigies of Henry and Amabel.

Father:Anthony GREY (9° E. Kent)

Mother: Magdalen PUREFOY (C. Kent)

Married 1:Mary COURTEEN(d. Wed 9 Mar 1644) ABT 1620/ 14 Oct 1641, Clapham, Surrey

Children:

1. Henry GREY (B. Grey) (d. BEF Sun 31 Dec 1651)

Married 2:Amabell BENN 1 Aug 1644

Children:

2. Anthony GREY (11º E. Kent)(b. 11 Jun 1645) (m.Mary Lucas (3° B. Lucas))

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