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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 ...
9 de mar. de 2021 · Sir Edward Grey was the first and only member of the Greys to reside at Groby, when he married Elizabeth Ferrers, 6th Baroness Ferrers of Groby connected to the Ferrers family of Derbyshire. Edward would be called to serve Henry VI in London between 1446 – May 1455. In 1452 Elizabeth Woodville married Sir John Grey, first child of Sir Edward ...
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.
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 ...
The younger Thomas Grey's paternal grandparents were Queen Elizabeth Woodville (c. 1437–1492) and her first husband Sir John Grey of Groby (c. 1432–1461), son and heir of Elizabeth Ferrers, Lady Ferrers of Groby, so his father the first marquess was a stepson of King Edward IV and a half-brother of King Edward V.
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.
