Grey, Henry (1435 - 1496)

Biographical Overview

Parents

Titles - 2
Properties - 8
Total events naming patron - 1
Troupes - 1
Bibliographic Sources - 1
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Born / Died

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

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Strangways, Katherine ( - )
    Type: marriage
    Union began: after 1454-8-31
    Union ended: n.d.
  2. , (n.d.)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: by 1474
    Union ended: n.d.
  3. , (n.d.)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: after 1486
    Union ended: n.d.
  4. , (n.d.)
    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. , (n.d.)
    Type: other
    Union began: n.d.
    Union ended: n.d.
  6. , (n.d.)
    Type: other
    Union began: n.d.
    Union ended: n.d.

Primary Title

7th Baron Grey (of Codnor)
Knight

Titles

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

Details of Offices

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

General Lands Note

Received livery of lands 5 March 1456/7

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Codnor, Derbyshire

Lands

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

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1447-1447 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.