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Grey, Leonard (1490 - 1541)

Born / Died

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

Notes

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

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

Details of Properties

Residence

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

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - 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

  • 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.