Margaret Wotton, Marchioness of Dorset

Family

From http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Bios/MargaretWotton(MDorset).htm

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.

Margaret and her husband were part of the group who accompanied Princess Mary Tudor to France in the autumn of 1514, for the latter's wedding to King Louis XII of France.

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.

In Oct 1530, her husband died and she was given custody of all his property during their eldest son, Henry's minority.

Notes

From http://www.weissgallery.com/paintings/lady-margaret-wotton-marchion...

by 1534 Margaret was openly engaged in a dispute with her son, Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk, 3rd Marquess of Dorset (1517 - 1554),[5] a rift that would ruin her reputation. She first quarrelled with her son, who had succeeded to the Marquisate in 1530, when he was forced to pay a fine of £4000 for renouncing his betrothal to Katherine Fitzalan, daughter of the Earl of Arundel. As a punishment, she tried to restrict his allowance as he was technically still a minor, only agreeing to his marriage to his preferred choice, Lady Frances Brandon, niece of the King, on the condition that the bride’s father, Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk, supported the couple until her son came of age. In 1534 she finally offered to contribute ‘as my small power is and shall be’, but nonetheless Henry brought their dispute before the Kings’ Council, forcing her to admit that his allowance was not ‘meet or sufficient to maintain his estate’, and to offer to increase it. Embittered by the experience, she moved out of the Grey family seat at Bradgate House and died in 1541 at the age of fifty-four.

• 5. Henry Grey was father to Lady Jane Grey (1536/1537 – 1554), whose brief claim to the throne lasted a mere nine days before her summary execution.

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• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Wotton
• http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Bios/MargaretWotton(MDorset).htm
• http://thepeerage.com/p10501.htm#i105003

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Lady Margaret Wotton, Marchioness of Dorset, Baroness Grey was born in 1486 in Dorset, England. She married Sir Thomas II DeGrey ( 2nd Marquess of Dorset, Baron Grey of Harington, KG, KB ) on February 14, 1509, in England. They had one child during their marriage. She died on October 6, 1535, in Yorkshire, England, at the age of 49.

Birth

Lady Margaret Wotton, Marchioness of Dorset, Baroness Grey was born in 1486 in Dorset, England.

Dorset, England

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14 Feb 1509, Age 23 Marriage

Lady Margaret Wotton, Marchioness of Dorset, Baroness Grey married Sir Thomas II DeGrey ( 2nd Marquess of Dorset, Baron Grey of Harington, KG, KB ) in England on February 14, 1509, when she was 23 years old.

England

Sir Thomas II DeGrey ( 2nd Marquess of Dorset, Baron Grey of Harington, KG, KB )

1477–1530

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1513, Age 27 Birth of Daughter

Her daughter Lady Anna (Baroness Willoughby) was born in 1513 in Groby, Leicestershire, England.

Groby Castle, Leicestershire, England

Lady Anna (Baroness Willoughby) nee' De Grey

1513–1548

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10 Oct 1530, Age 44 Death of Husband

Her husband Sir Thomas II passed away on October 10, 1530, in Astley, Warwickshire, England, at the age of 53. They had been married 21 years.

Bashall, Yorkshire, England; buried in the collegiate church at Astley in Warwickshire

Sir Thomas II DeGrey ( 2nd Marquess of Dorset, Baron Grey of Harington, KG, KB )

1477–1530

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6 Oct 1535, Age 49 Death

Lady Margaret Wotton, Marchioness of Dorset, Baroness Grey died on October 6, 1535, in Yorkshire, England, when she was 49 years old.

Bashall, Yorkshire, England.

Alternate Spellings of Maiden Name:

• Wotton
• Wooton
• Watton
• Ooton
• Wauton
• de Wotton
• de Wauton