Lord Thomas Grey

Not the same as Thomas Gray of Harwich

Lord Thomas Grey was born in 1526.2 He was the son of Thomas Grey, 2nd Marquess of Dorset and Margaret Wotton.1,2 He died after 1554, executed for participating in Wyatt's rebellion.2

Child of Lord Thomas Grey

Margaret Grey+1 Married: John (Astley) ASHLEY (Sir) ABT 1581

Do not confuse Thomas Gray of Harwich, the father of John Gray and grandfather of Thomas Gray, with Lord Thomas Grey the son of the 2nd Marquess of Dorset who was executed for treason in 1555. Lord Thomas was of an entirely different social class, being the uncle of Lady Jane Grey, who was Queen of England for nine days, and he certainly was not the father of John Gray of Harwich.

Note:

In 1554 Lord John Grey and Lord Thomas Grey, & Suffolk took part in Wyatt's rebellion against Mary I's marriage to Philip of Spain and in support of Lady Jane Grey.[29]

When this rebellion failed, all three were arrested, and Suffolk and his brother Thomas were executed,[29] as were Lady Jane herself and her husband Lord Guilford Dudley.[28]

Gray family and Wyatts and Wyatts Rebellion:

Encyclopedia of Tudor England, Volume 1. By John A. Wagner, Susan Walters Schmid. Page 529. GoogleBooks

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Origins

Margaret Wotton was born in 1487, the daughter of Sir Robert Wotton of Boughton Malherbe (b. 1465 - d. 1524), Kent, and Anne Belknap. Two of her brothers held important positions in the government. Sir Edward Wotton (b. 1489 - d. 1551) was treasurer of Calais, and Nicholas Wotton was a diplomat. She married first, in 1505, William Medley, by whom she had a son, George of Tilty, Essex. Soon after Medley death, in Feb 1509, she married as his second wife Thomas Grey, 2nd Marquis of Dorset (b. 22 Jun 1477 - d. 10 Oct 1530), the eldest son of Thomas Grey, 1st Marquis of Dorset, and Cecily Bonville, Baroness Harington and Bonville. She was styled as Marchioness of Dorset upon her marriage.
Together, Thomas and Margaret had eight children: Elizabeth Grey, married firstly Thomas Audley, 1st Baron Audley of Walden and secondly George Norton; Catherine Grey, married Henry Fitzalan, 18th Earl of Arundel; Anne Grey, married Sir Henry Willoughby; Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk, married Frances Brandon, by whom he had three daughters, Jane, Catherine and Mary; John Grey of Pirgo; Thomas Grey; Leonard Grey and Mary Grey.

References

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/153880566/thomas-grey has errors
• http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/GREY5.htm#Thomas%20GREY1
• http://thepeerage.com/p14824.htm#i148235