GREY FAMILY

IV. KENT/RUTHIN LINE

Roger De GREY (1° B. Grey of Ruthin)

Born: 1290, Ruthin, Denbighshire, Wales

Died: 6 Mar 1352/3, Ruthin, Denbigh, England

Father: John De GREY (2° B. Grey of Wilton)

Mother: Maud BASSETT (B. Grey of Wilton)

Married: Elizabeth HASTINGS (B. Grey of Ruthin)

Children:

1. Reginald De GREY (2° B. Grey of Ruthin)

2. Julianne De GREY

3. John De GREY

4. Joan De GREY

5. Elizabeth De GREY

6. Mary De GREY

Julianne De GREY

Born: 1314, Ruthin, Denbighshire, Wales

Died: AFT 29 Nov 1361

Father: Roger De GREY (1° B. Grey of Ruthin)

Mother: Elizabeth HASTINGS (B. Grey of Ruthin)

Married: John TALBOT

Children:

1. John TALBOT

Elizabeth De GREY

Born: ABT 1319/1333, Ruthin, Denbighshire, Wales

Father: Roger De GREY (1° B. Grey of Ruthin)

Mother: Elizabeth HASTINGS (B. Grey of Ruthin)

Married: Phillip OKEOVER (Sir Knight) ABT 1344, Okeover, Straffordshire, England

Mary De GREY

Born: 1331, Ruthin, Denbighshire, Wales

Died: 1360

Father: Roger De GREY (1° B. Grey of Ruthin)

Mother: Elizabeth HASTINGS (B. Grey of Ruthin)

Married 1: William De La ROCHE ABT 1337, Ruthin, Denbighshire, Wales

Married 2: William D'ISNEY (Sir Knight)

Married 3: John De BOROUGH ABT 1354, Ruthin, Denbighshire, England

Children:

1. John De BOROUGH

2. Thomas De BOROUGH

John De GREY

Born: 1321

Died: 1350

Father: Roger De GREY (1° B. Grey of Ruthin)

Mother: Elizabeth HASTINGS (B. Grey of Ruthin)

Married: Anne MONTAGUE 12 Jun 1335

Reginald De GREY (2° B. Grey of Ruthin)

Born: ABT 1319/22, Ruthin, Denbigh or Therrock, Essex, England

Died: ABT 4 Aug 1388

Father: Roger De GREY (1° B. Grey of Ruthin)

Mother: Elizabeth HASTINGS (B. Grey of Ruthin)

Married: Alianor Le STRANGE (B. Grey of Ruthin) BEF 21 Nov 1360

Children:

1. Reginald GREY (3° B. Grey of Ruthin)

2. Eleanor GREY

3. John GREY (b. 1364)

4. Edith GREY

5. Catherine GREY (b. ABT 1366)

Eleanor GREY

Father: Reginald De GREY (2° B. Grey of Ruthin)

Mother: Alianor Le STRANGE (B. Grey of Ruthin)

Married: William LUCY

Edith GREY

Born: ABT 1368, Ruthin, Denbighshire, Wales

Died: 1 Jun 1426

Father: Reginald De GREY (2° B. Grey of Ruthin)

Mother: Alianor Le STRANGE (B. Grey of Ruthin)

Married: John COKAYNE (B. Cokayne) ABT 1400, Cockayne Hatley, Bedfordshire, England

Children:

1. Elizabeth COKAYNE (b. ABT 1404, Bury, Hatley, Bedfordshire, England) (m.1 Sir Phillip Butler - m.2 Sir Lawrence Cheney)

2. Reginald COKAYNE

3. Henry COKAYNE

4. John COKAYNE

4. Thomas COKAYNE

4. Margaret COKAYNE

Reginald GREY (3° B. Grey of Ruthin)

Born: ABT 1362

Died: 18 Oct 1440

Notes: REF FarisPA. of Magna Charta Surety descent and descendant of Charlemagne

Father: Reginald De GREY (2° B. Grey of Ruthin)

Mother: Alianor Le STRANGE (B. Grey of Ruthin)

Married: Margaret ROS AFT 25 Nov 1378, Helnsley, Yorkshire, England

Children:

1. John GREY (Sir Knight)

2. Elizabeth (Eleanor) GREY

3. Catherine GREY

4. Edmund GREY (b. ABT 1389)

5. Margaret GREY

Married 2: Joan ASHLEY (B. Grey of Ruthin) BEF 7 Feb 1414/5, Ruthin, Denbighshire, Wales

Children:

7. Edward GREY (Sir)

8. Alice GREY

9. Elizabeth GREY

10. John GREY

11. Reynold GREY

12. Robert GREY

Elizabeth (Eleanor) GREY

Born: ABT 1393, Okeford, Dorsetshire, England

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

Mother: Margaret ROS

Married 1: Robert POYNINGS (5º B. Poynings) ABT 1400

Children:

1. Richard POYNINGS (Sir)

2. Robert POYNINGS (6º B. Poynings)

Married 2: George BROWNE (Sir) ABT 1469

Children:

4. Matthew BROWNE

5. Richard BROWNE

6. Mary BROWNE

7. William BROWNE

Catherine GREY

Born: ABT 1392, Groby, Leicestershire, England

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

Mother: Margaret ROS

Married: Geoffrey LUCY (B. Lucy)

Margaret GREY

Died: AFT 1426

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

Mother: Margaret ROS

Married: William BONVILLE (Knight Sheriff Devon) (b. 31 Aug 1393 - d. 18 Feb 1460/61) ABT 12 Dec 1414

Children:

1. William BONVILLE (d. 30 Dec 1460)

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

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

Mother: Joan ASHLEY (B. Grey of Ruthin)

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

1. John CALTHORPE

2. Amy CALTHORPE

3. Elizabeth CALTHORPE

4. George CALTHORPE

5. Thomas CALTHORPE

6. Thomas CALTHORPE

7. William CALTHORPE

Reynold GREY

Died: AFT 24 Jan 1485

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

Mother: Joan ASHLEY (B. Grey of Ruthin)

Robert GREY

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

Mother: Joan ASHLEY (B. Grey of Ruthin)

Married: Eleanor LOWE ABT 1444

1. Humphrey GREY

2. Henry GREY

3. Edward GREY

Humphrey GREY

Died: 1500

Mother: Eleanor LOWE

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

Children:

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

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

Mary GREY

Father: Humphrey GREY

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

Margery GREY

Father: Humphrey GREY

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

Died: 14 Feb 1528

Mother: Anna FIELDING

Children:

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

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

Died: 31 Dec 1559

Notes: See his Biography.

Father: Edward GREY

Mother: Joyce (HORDE) WHORWOOD

Married: Anne VERNEY ABT 1538, Enville, Stafford, England

Children:

1. Catherine 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

Mother: Anne VERNEY

Married: Walter BLOUNT

Eleanor GREY

Died: ABT 1586

Mother: Anne VERNEY

Married: William CAVE ABT 1565

John GREY

Born: 3 Dec 1541, Enville, Staffordshire, England

Died: AFT 1586

Mother: Anne VERNEY

Married: Jane HARCOURT ABT 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

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 by Edward IV, 30 May 1465 and confirmed in the dignity by Henry 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)

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:

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)

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

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 the Emperor Maximilian, and was Chief Commander against the Cornishmen in their rising, under Lord 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. Present at the Field of the Cloth of Gold. Died in poverty.

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: In 1536 she was sent to the Tower for calling the 'illegitimized' Mary (dau. of Henry VIII by his divorced wife Catalina de Aragon) 'princess'.

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)

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

5. Anne HUSSEY

6. Dorothy HUSSEY

7. Mary HUSSEY

8. 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.

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

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

Married: Mary COTTON (C. Derby / C. Kent)

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.

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

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

Married: Susan COTTON 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

Married: Michael LONGUEVILLE (Sir)

Henry GREY (8° E. Kent)

Born: ABT 1583

Acceded: 1623

Died: 21 Nov 1639, Whitefriars, London

Buried: 28 Nov 1639, Flitton, Bedfordshire

Notes: The Complete Peerage vol.VII,pp.173-175. Member of Parliament for Bedfordshire 1614. Succeeded to the earldom, 1623.

Father: Charles GREY (7º E. Kent)

Mother: Susan COTTON

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.

Father: George GREY

Mother: Margery SALVAINE

Married: Magdalen PUREFOY (b. 1567) ABT 1590/1

Children:

1. Henry GREY (10º E. Kent)

2. Priscilla GREY

Priscilla GREY

Died: 27 Apr 1664, Windsor, Hartford, CT

Father: Anthony GREY (9° E. Kent)

Mother: Magdalen PUREFOY

1. Matthew GRANT

2. Priscilla GRANT

3. Samuel GRANT

4. Tahan GRANT

5. John GRANT

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.

Father: Anthony GREY (9° E. Kent)

Mother: Magdalen PUREFOY

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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