Edmund Grey, 1st Earl of Kent

Edmund Grey, 1st Earl of Kent

Edmund Grey, 1st Earl of Kent (26 October 1416 – 22 May 1490), English administrator,[1] nobleman and magnate, was the son of Sir John Grey, KG and Constance Holland. His main residence was at Wrest near Silsoe Bedfordshire.

Through Constance Holland, he was great-grandson of John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster, the third son of King Edward III of England, by his first wife, and thus grand-nephew of King Henry IV of England and Philippa of Lancaster.

Grey succeeded his grandfather Reginald Grey, 3rd Baron Grey de Ruthyn in 1440.

He married Lady Katherine Percy, who was also a great-granddaughter of John of Gaunt by his third wife, Katherine Swynford, and also a paternal descendant of King Edward III of England through his second son, Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence. After the death of their first son, the second, George, became his heir and eventually George Grey, 2nd Earl of Kent (d. 15 December 1505).

Edmund Grey was knighted following service in Aquitaine in October 1440. He attended the royal council between 1456 and 1458. Active militarily in the Wars of the Roses, he especially played a decisive rôle in the Battle of Northampton by switching his allegiance from the Lancastrian to the Yorkist cause. For this action he was rewarded by Edward IV with a grant of the manor of Ampthill ownership of which had come into dispute between Grey, Ralph Lord Cromwell and Henry Holland Duke of Exeter.[1]

Edmund Grey's appointment as treasurer of England was enacted at Westminster on 24 June 1463 but Walter Blount succeeded him in November 1464.

He was created Earl of Kent on 30 May 1465, shortly after the marriage of his eldest son, Anthony, to the king's sister-in-law, Joan Woodville[1](she is sometimes known as Eleanor Woodville)[2] He was then appointed chief justice of the county of Meryonnyth, North Wales[3] and constable of Harlech.[1]

His children by Katherine Percy included:

• Anthony Grey (died in his father's lifetime) married Eleanor sister of Elizabeth Woodville, there were no children
• George Grey, 2nd Earl of Kent, married Anne Woodville then Katherine Herbert
• Elizabeth Grey married Sir Robert de Greystock
• Anne Grey married John Grey, 8th Baron Grey of Wilton

From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Grey,_1st_Earl_of_Kent

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• Sir Edmund Grey, 1st Earl of Kent, 4th Baron Grey of Ruthin, Lord High Treasurer1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14
• M, #33671, b. 26 October 1416, d. 22 May 1490
• Father Sir John Grey, Captain of Gournay15,16,17,18 b. c 1381, d. 27 Aug 1439
• Mother Constance Holand15,16,17,18 b. 1387, d. 14 Nov 1437
• Sir Edmund Grey, 1st Earl of Kent, 4th Baron Grey of Ruthin, Lord High Treasurer was born on 26 October 1416 at of Ruthin, Denbighshire, Wales.2,4,19,10 He married Katherine Percy, daughter of Sir Henry Percy, 5th Lord Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland, Constable of England and Eleanor Neville, before 1440; They had 3 sons (Sir Anthony; Sir George, 2nd Earl of Kent, 5th Lord Grey of Ruthin; & John) and 2 daughters (Elizabeth, wife of Sir Robert Greystoke; & Anne, wife of Sir John, 8th Lord Grey of Wilton).20,2,4,5,7,8,10,11,13,14 Sir Edmund Grey, 1st Earl of Kent, 4th Baron Grey of Ruthin, Lord High Treasurer left a will in 1489.4,19,10 He died on 22 May 1490 at age 73.2,4,19,10
• Family Katherine Percy b. 28 May 1423, d. bt 2 May 1493 - 17 Oct 1493
• Children
  • Anne Grey+21,2,22,4,6,8,10,12,14 d. b 6 Mar 1498
  • Sir Anthony Grey, Justice of the Peace for Bedfordshire & Northamptonshire23,2,4,10 d. c 27 Nov 1480
  • Sir George Grey, 2nd Earl of Kent, 5th Lord Grey of Ruthin, Constable of Northampton Castle+24,2,4,19,10 d. 21 Dec 1503
  • Elizabeth Grey+25,2,3,4,5,9,10,11 b. c 1448, d. 18 Jul 1472
• Citations
• 1.[S10471] Unknown author, Plantagenet Ancestry of 17th Century Colonists, by David Faris, p. 76, 135; Wurt's Magna Charta Barons, p. 315.
• 2.[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 622.
• 3.[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 18.
• 4.[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 278-279.
• 5.[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 285.
• 6.[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 378.
• 7.[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 345.
• 8.[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. IV, p. 348-349.
• 9.[S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. II, p. 374.
• 10.[S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 130-131.
• 11.[S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 140.
• 12.[S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 267.
• 13.[S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. IV, p. 357.
• 14.[S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. V, p. 374-375.
• 15.[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 621-622.
• 16.[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 277-278.
• 17.[S6] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry: 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 106.
• 18.[S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 129-130.
• 19.[S6] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry: 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 107-108.
• 20.[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 578-579.
• 21.[S11568] The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, by George Edward Cokayne, Vol. VI, p. 180.
• 22.[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 769-770.
• 23.[S11568] The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, by George Edward Cokayne, Vol. VII, p. 165.
• 24.[S11568] The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, by George Edward Cokayne, Vol. VII, p. 166-167.
• 25.[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 364.
• From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p1121.htm#...
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• Edmund Grey, 1st Earl of Kent1
• M, #174791, b. 26 October 1416, d. 22 May 1490
• Last Edited=1 May 2011
• Edmund Grey, 1st Earl of Kent was born on 26 October 1416.2 He was the son of Sir John Grey and Lady Constance de Holand.2 He married Lady Catherine Percy, daughter of Henry de Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland and Lady Eleanor de Neville, before January 1458/59.2 He died on 22 May 1490 at age 73.2
• He succeeded to the title of 4th Lord Grey, of Ruthin [E., 1325] on 20 September 1440.3 He was initially a Lancastrian in the War of the Roses.4 He fought in the Battle of Northampton on 10 July 1460, where he switched sides, thus probably being the chief cause of the Yorkist victory.4 He was created 1st Earl of Kent [England] on 30 May 1465.5
• Children of Edmund Grey, 1st Earl of Kent and Lady Catherine Percy
  • 1.Sir Anthony Grey6 d. bt 15 May 1480 - 27 Nov 1480
  • 2.George Grey, 2nd Earl of Kent+7 d. 21 Dec 1503
  • 3.Lady Anne Grey+1
  • 4.Lady Elizabeth Grey+4
  • 5.unknown son Grey4
  • 6.unknown daughter Grey4
• Citations
• 1.[S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume VI, page 181. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
• 2.[S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume VII, page 164.
• 3.[S21] L. G. Pine, The New Extinct Peerage 1884-1971: Containing Extinct, Abeyant, Dormant and Suspended Peerages With Genealogies and Arms (London, U.K.: Heraldry Today, 1972), page 136. Hereinafter cited as The New Extinct Peerage.
• 4.[S37] BP2003 volume 2, page 1666. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]
• 5.[S21] L. G. Pine, The New Extinct Peerage, page 137.
• 6.[S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume VII, page 165.
• 7.[S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume VI, page 160.
• From: http://www.thepeerage.com/p17480.htm#i174791
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• 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)
• From: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/GREY3.htm#Edmund GREY (1° E. Kent)

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Links:

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_John_Grey
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Katherine_Percy
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Percy,_2nd_Earl_of_Northumberland
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Eleanor_Neville
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Grey,_2nd_Earl_of_Kent
• http://histfam.familysearch.org/getperson.php?personID=I8692&tree=E...
• http://histfam.familysearch.org/getperson.php?personID=I4890&tree=N...
• http://histfam.familysearch.org/getperson.php?personID=I8407&tree=P...
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reginald_Grey,_3rd_Baron_Grey_de_Ruthyn

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Citations / Sources:

[S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume VI, page 181. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.

[S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume VI, page 160.

[S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume VII, pages 164-165.
. [S21] L. G. Pine, The New Extinct Peerage 1884-1971: Containing Extinct, Abeyant, Dormant and Suspended Peerages With Genealogies and Arms (London, U.K.: Heraldry Today, 1972), pages 136-137. Hereinafter cited as The New Extinct Peerage

[S37] Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 2, page 1666. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.

[S266] #379 [7th edition, 1992] Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, Who Came to America Before 1700 (7th edition, 1992), Weis, Frederick Lewis, (7th edition. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, c1992), FHL book 974 D2w 1992., p. 172 line 207:36.

[S394] #230 [5th edition, 1999] The Magna Charta Sureties, 1215 (5th edition, 1999), Adams, Arthur, (5th edition. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1999), FHL book 973 D2aa 1999., p. 65 line 45:9.

[S347] Plantagenet Ancestry of Seventeenth-century Colonists: the Descent from the Later Plantagenet Kings of England, Henry III, Edward I, Edward II, and Edward III, of Emigrants from England and Wales to the North American Colonies Before 1701 (2nd ed., 1999), Faris, David, (2nd edition. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1999), FHL book 973 D2fp., p. 314-315 RUTHVEN:7.

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