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Grey, Richard (1436 - 1466)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1436-11-05
Death Date: 1466-12-17

Notes

Also known as Richard Grey of Pole (or Welshpool), Montgomeryshire

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Type: marriage
    Union began: 1459-1-12
    Union ended: n.d.

Offspring

  1. Mother unknown
    Male offspring: Grey, John (1460 - 1494)

Primary Title

  • 1st Baron Grey (of Powis)

Titles

  • 1st Baron Grey (of Powis)
    Assumed: 1455 (created to title on or before this date)
    Vacated: 1466-12-17

General Lands Note

Received livery of lands 4 Aug. 1458; forfeited lands 12 Oct. 1459; pardoned 20 Dec. 1460

Details of Offices

Began
JP, Shropshire 1457
JP, Shropshire 1458
Commissioner of Array, Shropshire 1461
JP, Shropshire 1461
Steward, Montgomeryshire 1461 -7 -1
JP, Shropshire 1461/2
JP, Shropshire 1465/6

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Powys Castle, Montgomeryshire
  • Welshpool (or Pole), Montgomeryshire

Lands

  • Hampshire
  • Lincolnshire
  • Rutland
  • Shropshire
  • Suffolk
  • Wales
  • Worcestershire
  • Yorkshire

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Booth Hall, Shrewsbury, Shropshire Lord Powis' Minstrels

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lord Powis' Minstrels Grey, Richard (1436 - 1466) 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
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.