Grey, Edmund (1416 - 1490)

Born / Died

Birth Date: 1416-10-26
Death Date: 1490-05-22

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Type: marriage
    Union began: before 1459-1
    Union ended: n.d.

Offspring

From Percy, Katherine (1423 - )

  1. Female offspring: Grey, Elizabeth (d. 1472)

Primary Title

4th Baron Grey (of Ruthin)
11th Earl of Kent

Titles

  • 4th Baron Grey (of Ruthin)
    Assumed 1440-09-30 (possibly succeeded to title on 18 Oct. 1440)
    Vacated 1490-05-22
  • 11th Earl of Kent
    Assumed 1465-05-30
    Vacated 1490-05-22

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, n.d. n.d.
JP, Bedfordshire 1440 n.d.
JP, Buckinghamshire 1440 1441
JP, Northamptonshire 1441 n.d.
JP, Huntingdonshire 1442 1443
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Norwich 1442/3 n.d.
JP, Northamptonshire 1443 n.d.
JP, Bedfordshire 1443 n.d.
Privy Councillor, England 1443-5-20 n.d.
JP, Buckinghamshire 1444 1447
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Northamptonshire 1444/5 n.d.
JP, Northamptonshire 1445 1446
JP, Huntingdonshire 1446 n.d.
JP, Bedfordshire 1448 n.d.
JP, Northamptonshire 1448 1450
JP, Buckinghamshire 1449 n.d.
JP, Huntingdonshire 1449/50 n.d.
JP, Northamptonshire 1452 n.d.
JP, Buckinghamshire 1453 1454
JP, Northamptonshire 1454 n.d.
JP, Huntingdonshire 1454/5 1456
JP, Bedfordshire 1455 n.d.
JP, Buckinghamshire 1456 1459
Commissioner of Array, Northamptonshire 1457-9-26 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Huntingdonshire 1457 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Buckinghamshire 1457 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Bedfordshire 1457 n.d.
JP, Northamptonshire 1458 1470
Commissioner of Array, Bedfordshire 1459 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Northamptonshire 1459 n.d.
JP, Huntingdonshire 1459 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Kent 1459/60 n.d.
JP, Buckinghamshire 1461 1464
JP, Huntingdonshire 1461 1462
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Northamptonshire 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, York 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Leicestershire 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Nottinghamshire 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Gloucestershire 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Bristol 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Cambridgeshire 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Westmorland 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Staffordshire 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Hertfordshire 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Northumberland 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Yorkshire: East Riding 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Lincolnshire 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Newcastle upon Tyne 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Herefordshire 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Lincolnshire 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Cumberland 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Worcestershire 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Bedfordshire 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Suffolk 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Oxfordshire 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Nottinghamshire 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Berkshire 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Norfolk 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Coventry 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Huntingdonshire 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Norwich 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Derbyshire 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Yorkshire 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Buckinghamshire 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Warwickshire 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Shropshire 1461/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Essex 1461/2 n.d.
Privy Councillor, England 1463-6-24 n.d.
Treasurer of England, England 1463-6-24 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Bedfordshire 1464 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Berkshire 1464 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Hertfordshire 1464 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Northamptonshire 1464 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Buckinghamshire 1464 n.d.
JP, Huntingdonshire 1464 1466
Chief Justice, Merionethshire 1465-8-28 n.d.
Constable, Merionethshire 1465-8-28 n.d.
JP, Buckinghamshire 1466 n.d.
JP, Bedfordshire 1467/8 1469
JP, Buckinghamshire 1468 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Cambridgeshire 1469 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Northamptonshire 1469 1471
Commissioner of Array, Buckinghamshire 1469 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Bedfordshire 1469 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Huntingdonshire 1469 1470
Commissioner of Array, Kent 1470 n.d.
JP, Buckinghamshire 1470 1471
Commissioner of Array, Nottinghamshire 1471 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Staffordshire 1471 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Derbyshire 1471 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Warwickshire 1471 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Bedfordshire 1471 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Leicestershire 1471 n.d.
JP, Norfolk 1471 1476
JP, Huntingdonshire 1471 n.d.
JP, Bedfordshire 1471 1473
JP, Northamptonshire 1472 1473
JP, Huntingdonshire 1473 1475
JP, Buckinghamshire 1473 n.d.
JP, Northamptonshire 1475 1477
JP, Bedfordshire 1475 1476
JP, Buckinghamshire 1475 n.d.
JP, Nottinghamshire 1477 n.d.
JP, Norfolk 1478 1483
JP, Huntingdonshire 1478 1480
JP, Buckinghamshire 1479 n.d.
JP, Bedfordshire 1479 n.d.
JP, Nottinghamshire 1480 1483
JP, Buckinghamshire 1482 1483
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Sussex 1483 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Kent 1483 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Essex 1483 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Middlesex 1483 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Hertfordshire 1483 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Surrey 1483 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Oxfordshire 1483 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Berkshire 1483 n.d.
JP, Bedfordshire 1483 1485
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, London 1483/4 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Bedfordshire 1484 n.d.
JP, Norfolk 1484/5 1487
JP, Northamptonshire 1485 1488
JP, Bedfordshire 1487 n.d.
Commissioner of Musters, Bedfordshire 1488 n.d.

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Wrest Park, Bedfordshire
    Patrimony

Lands

  • Denbighshire: Ruthin Castle

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1480-1480 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Earl of Kent's Minstrel
Performance 1482-1483 William Lomus' House, Hythe , Kent Earl of Kent's Minstrel
Performance 1482-1482 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Earl of Kent's Minstrel
Performance 1468-1469 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Earl of Kent's Minstrels
Performance 1469-1470 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Earl of Kent's Minstrels
Performance 1486-1486 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Earl of Kent's Minstrels
Performance 1447-1447 Common Hall, York , York (city-county) in Yorkshire Lord Grey's Minstrels

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Earl of Kent's Minstrel Grey, Edmund (1416 - 1490) Entertainers/Minstrels 3
Earl of Kent's Minstrels Grey, Edmund (1416 - 1490) Entertainers/Minstrels 3
Lord Grey's Minstrels Grey, Edmund (1416 - 1490) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

Bibliographic Sources

The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. 1887–98 (8 vols); 1910–59 (13 vols). 6 vols. Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1982.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 01/05/2005 (http://www.oxforddnb.com)