Grey, Leonard (1490 - 1541)

Biographical Overview

Parents

Titles - 2
Properties - 3
Total events naming patron - 1
Troupes - 1
Bibliographic Sources - 2
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Born / Died

Birth Date: ca. 1490
Death Date: 1541-06-28

Notes

Imprisoned in the Tower ca. 1 June 1540; tried & beheaded

Siblings

Male

Grey, Thomas (1477 - 1530) (patron)

Female

Grey, Dorothy ( - 1553)
Grey, Mary ( - 1537/8)
Grey, Eleanor ( - 1503)
Grey, Cecily (1501 - 1554)
Grey, Elizabeth ( - )

Primary Title

Lord Leonard Grey

Titles

  • Lord Leonard Grey
    Assumed 1490
    Vacated 1535/6-01-02
  • 1st Viscount Grane
    Assumed 1535/6-01-02
    Vacated 1541-06-28

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Keeper, Leicestershire n.d. n.d.
JP, Leicestershire 1515-11-28 n.d.
JP, Leicestershire 1524-12-12 n.d.
JP, Leicestershire 1526-2-11 n.d.
JP, Leicestershire 1531-3-4 1532
Marshal of the Army, Ireland by 1535-7-28 n.d.
Deputy Chief Governor, Ireland 1535/6-1-1 n.d.

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Graney, Kildare, Ireland
  • St Mary's Abbey, Dublin, Ireland
  • Beaumanor, Leicestershire

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1535-1535 Guildhall, Cambridge , Cambridgeshire Lord Leonard Marquys' Minstrels

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lord Leonard Marquys' Minstrels Grey, Leonard (1490 - 1541) 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. 01/05/2005 (http://www.oxforddnb.com)