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Grey, Henry (1435 - 1496)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1435
Death Date: 1496-10-28 (date will proved by widow)

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Strangways, Katherine ( - )
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1454-8-31
    Union ended: n.d.
  2. Type: marriage
    Union began: 1474
    Union ended: n.d.
  3. Type: marriage
    Union began: 1486
    Union ended: n.d.
  4. Type: other
    Union began: n.d.
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: Henry Grey had 3 illegitimate children, Richard, Henry, and Henry, of whom the younger Henry was born to Katherine Fynderon, who was in some way related to Henry's servant Richard Fynderon [CP, vol. VI, p. 132, note a]
  5. Type: other
    Union began: n.d.
    Union ended: n.d.
  6. Type: other
    Union began: n.d.
    Union ended: n.d.

Primary Title

  • 7th Baron Grey (of Codnor)
  • Knight

Titles

  • 7th Baron Grey (of Codnor)
    Assumed: 1444-07-17
    Vacated: 1496-10-28
  • Knight

General Lands Note

Received livery of lands 5 March 1456/7

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
JP, Leicestershire 1454
JP, Leicestershire 1456 1457
JP, Derbyshire 1460
JP, Norfolk 1460
JP, Derbyshire 1463
JP, Nottinghamshire 1463
JP, Nottinghamshire 1466 1468
JP, Derbyshire 1466/7
JP, Staffordshire 1468 1469
Commissioner of Array, Derbyshire 1469
Commissioner of Array, Nottinghamshire 1469 1470
JP, Derbyshire 1469
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Lincolnshire 1470
JP, Nottinghamshire 1470 1476
JP, Derbyshire 1471 1473
JP, Staffordshire 1471 1475
Steward, Earldom of Ulster, Ireland 1472/3 -3 -12
JP, Derbyshire 1475 1476
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Middlesex 1477
JP, Staffordshire 1477/8
Steward & Treasurer, Ireland 1477/8 -3 -3 1496 For life.
JP, Nottinghamshire 1478 1479
JP, Staffordshire 1480
JP, Derbyshire 1480/1
JP, Nottinghamshire 1481 1483
JP, Staffordshire 1483 1485
JP, Kent 1483 1485
JP, Lincolnshire 1483
JP, Derbyshire 1483 1486
JP, Rutland 1483
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, London 1483/4
Commissioner of Array, Sussex 1484
Commissioner of Array, Kent 1484
Commissioner of Array, Derbyshire 1484
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Kent 1485
JP, Lincolnshire 1485
JP, Nottinghamshire 1485 1486
JP, Kent 1486/7
Commissioner of Musters, Nottinghamshire 1488
Commissioner of Musters, Derbyshire 1488
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Yorkshire 1489
JP, Kent 1489
JP, Kent 1490
JP, Derbyshire 1492 1493
JP, Kent 1492/3 1494
JP, Nottinghamshire 1492/3
JP, Lincolnshire 1493
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Lincolnshire 1494/5
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Northamptonshire 1494/5
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Nottinghamshire 1494/5
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Rutland 1494/5
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Surrey 1494/5
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Sussex 1494/5
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Warwickshire 1494/5
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, London 1494/5
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Leicestershire 1494/5
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Kent 1494/5
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Hertfordshire 1494/5
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Essex 1494/5
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Derbyshire 1494/5
JP, Lincolnshire 1494/5 1496

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Codnor, Derbyshire

Lands

  • Essex
  • Ireland
  • Kent
  • Lincolnshire
  • Rutland: Exton, Langham, Oakham
  • Suffolk: Haverhill, Hengrave
  • Surrey: Hersham

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
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, Henry (1435 - 1496) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

Bibliographic Sources

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  • 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