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14 de nov. de 2023 · John Grey, 1st Baron Grey of Groby, Leicestershire (c. 1432 – 17 February 1461), was a Lancastrian knight, the great-grandfather of Lady Jane Grey, Queen of England. Grey was the son and heir of Elizabeth Ferrers, Lady Ferrers of Groby (1419-1483) and of Sir Edward Grey (c. 1415–1457). [1] His father was summoned to parliament as 6th Baron ...
Arms of Grey, Baron Ferrers of Groby: Barry of six argent and azure, in chief three torteaux. Baron Ferrers of Groby (or Baron Ferrers de Groby) was a title in the Peerage of England. It was created by writ on 29 December 1299 when William Ferrers, 1st Baron Ferrers of Groby was summoned to parliament. He was the son of Sir William de Ferrers ...
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.
Thomas Grey, Lord Grey of Groby (c. 1623 – 1657), was an elected Member of Parliament for Leicester during the English Long Parliament, an active member of the Parliamentary party and a regicide. He was the eldest son of Henry Grey, 1st Earl of Stamford , using his father's as his own courtesy title , and Anne Cecil, daughter of William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Exeter .
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.
John GREY. Died: ABT 1523. Notes: his will, dated 3 Mar 1523, names his wife as his executor. In spite of her clear identification in the will of the second Marquis of Dorset, which calls her “my sister Lady Anne Grey, wife to my brother John Lord Grey and now wife to Richard Clemente”, she is called the daughter of the first Marquis of Dorset in Collins’s Peerage and this mistake has ...
Including Bonville and Kyriell, lying among those who perished at St Albans was Robert Poynings and John Grey of Groby in Leicestershire. It was John's son Richard who would be executed at Pontefract in 1483, and his widow, Elizabeth, would make an adventurous marriage that would bring this family more wealth and power than they ever dreamed of, but it will also bring the Yorkist dynasty to ...
