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Grey, George (1455 - 1503)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1455
Death Date: 1503-12-16

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Wydevill, Anne ( - 1489)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1483
    Union ended: n.d.
  2. Herbert, Katherine ( - 1504)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: n.d.
    Union ended: n.d.

Siblings

Male

  • Grey, Anthony ( - 1480)
  • Grey, John ( - )
  • Grey, Edmund ( - )

Female

Offspring

Primary Title

  • 12th Earl of Kent

Titles

  • 5th Baron Grey of Ruthin
    Assumed: 1490
    Vacated: 1503-12-16
  • 12th Earl of Kent
    Assumed: 1490
    Vacated: 1503-12-16

General Lands Note

Special livery of lands 26 May 1490

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
JP, Northamptonshire 1480 1503
JP, Huntingdonshire 1480 1493
JP, Bedfordshire 1483 1499
Commissioner of Array, Huntingdonshire 1484
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, London 1484
Constable, Northamptonshire 1485 -10 -8 1503 -12 -16 For life
Commissioner of Array, Huntingdonshire 1488
Commissioner of Musters, Bedfordshire 1488
Commissioner of Musters, Northamptonshire 1488
JP, Buckinghamshire 1494 1503
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Leicestershire 1495
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Bedfordshire 1495
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Lincolnshire 1495
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Norfolk 1495
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Northamptonshire 1495
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Nottinghamshire 1495
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Rutland 1495
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Suffolk 1495
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Huntingdonshire 1495
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Derbyshire 1495
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Cambridgeshire 1495
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Buckinghamshire 1495
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Kent 1496
JP, Kent 1496
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Bedfordshire 1502
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Bedfordshire 1502

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Ampthill, Bedfordshire

Lands

  • Bedfordshire: Grendon Manor
    Granted by Richard III
  • Buckinghamshire: Halington Manor
    Granted by Richard III

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Earl of Kent's Bearward
Performance - Rye (Unknown), Rye, Sussex Earl of Kent's Bearward
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Earl of Kent's Bearward
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Earl of Kent's Bearward
Performance - Rye (Unknown), Rye, Sussex Earl of Kent's Minstrels
Performance - Rye (Unknown), Rye, Sussex Lord Grey of Ruthin's Minstrel

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lord Grey of Ruthin's Minstrel Grey, George (1455 - 1503) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Kent's Minstrels Grey, George (1455 - 1503) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Kent's Bearward Grey, George (1455 - 1503) Performing Animals 1
Earl of Kent's Bearward Grey, George (1455 - 1503) Performing Animals 1
Earl of Kent's Bearward Grey, George (1455 - 1503) Performing Animals 1
Earl of Kent's Bearward Grey, George (1455 - 1503) Performing Animals 1

Bibliographic Sources

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  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edward IV, Edward V, Richard III [1476--85]. London: HMSO, 1901
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Henry VII [1485–1509]. 2 vols. London: HMSO, 1914--16
  • 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.