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Grey, Edmund (1416 - 1490)

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Born / Died

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

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Percy, Katherine (1423 - )
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1459-1
    Union ended: n.d.

Siblings

Male

  • Grey, Thomas ( - 1461)

Offspring

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

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Wrest Park, Bedfordshire
    Patrimony

Lands

  • Denbighshire: Ruthin Castle

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Rye (Unknown), Rye, Sussex Earl of Kent's Minstrel
Performance - William Lomus' House, Hythe, Kent Earl of Kent's Minstrel
Performance - Rye (Unknown), Rye, Sussex Earl of Kent's Minstrel
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Earl of Kent's Minstrels
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Earl of Kent's Minstrels
Performance - Rye (Unknown), Rye, Sussex Earl of Kent's Minstrels
Performance - Common Hall, York, York (city-county) in Yorkshire Lord Grey's Minstrels

Patronized Troupes

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

Bibliographic Sources

View a list of abbreviations.

  • 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.