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7 de oct. de 2014 · Grey’s ancestors were granted the Essex manor of Thurrock by Richard I in 1194, and numerous members of the family acquired peerages in the Middle Ages.23 This Member was descended from a branch that established itself in Leicestershire in the fifteenth century and became closely connected with the royal family when Elizabeth Woodville, the widow of Sir John Grey, married Edward IV.
Groby Old Hall, built in the 15th century, was owned by the Grey family whose estate included Bradgate Park. Sir John Grey of Groby married Elizabeth Woodville. After his death, in battle, she married Edward IV of England. Bradgate Park was the childhood home of Lady Jane Grey, who became Queen of England for nine days in 1553.
Grey fought for the Lancastrian side at the battle of St Albans in February 1461 and died there. John’s mother Elizabeth Ferrers, 6th Baroness Ferrers of Groby, kept the dowry lands that should have gone to her son’s widow Elizabeth Woodville. From The Lady of the Rivers
26 de abr. de 2022 · Sir Richard Grey (1458 – 25 June 1483) was an English knight and the half-brother of King Edward V of England. [1] Grey was the younger son of Sir John Grey of Groby and Elizabeth Woodville, later Queen Consort of King Edward IV. [1] A young child when his mother married Edward IV, Richard first appeared on the public scene when he took part ...
Brief Life History of Anne. When Anne Ferrers was born in 1264, in Groby, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom, her father, William de Ferrers IV, was 24 and her mother, Lady Anne de Spenser Countess of Groby, was 21. She married John De Grey 2nd Baron Grey of Wilton about 1285, in Groby, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom.
John Grey war der älteste Sohn und Erbe von Sir Edward Grey und von dessen zweiten Frau Elizabeth Ferrers, 6. Baroness Ferrers of Groby. Sein Vater war ein jüngerer Sohn von Reginald Grey, 3. Baron Grey de Ruthin, seine Mutter war die Tochter und Erbin von William Astley, 4. Baron Astley. Nach dem Tod ihres Großvaters William Ferrers, 5.
Elizabeth Woodville married Sir Edward Grey's son John, joining him at Groby, where they had two sons. After John's death in battle at the Second Battle of St Albans in 1461, she petitioned King Edward IV for return of her confiscated lands, and won not just her case but his heart and hand in marriage.
