Grey, George (1455 - 1503)

Biographical Overview

Parents

Titles - 2
Properties - 3
Total events naming patron - 6
Troupes - 3
Bibliographic Sources - 4
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Born / Died

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

Siblings

Female

Grey, Elizabeth ( - 1472)

Marriages/Other Unions

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

Offspring

From Wydevill, Anne ( - 1489)

  1. Male offspring: Grey, Richard (1478 - 1523) (patron)

From Herbert, Katherine ( - 1504)

  1. Female offspring: Grey, Anne (d. 1546)

Primary Title

12th Earl of Kent

Titles

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

Details of Offices

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

General Lands Note

Special livery of lands 26 May 1490

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Ampthill, Bedfordshire

Lands

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

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1499-1500 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Earl of Kent's Bearward
Performance 1500-1500 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Earl of Kent's Bearward
Performance 1501-1502 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Earl of Kent's Bearward
Performance 1503-1503 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Earl of Kent's Bearward
Performance 1495-1495 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Earl of Kent's Minstrels
Performance 1494-1494 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Lord Grey of Ruthin's Minstrel

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Earl of Kent's Bearward Grey, George (1455 - 1503) Performing Animals 4
Earl of Kent's Minstrels Grey, George (1455 - 1503) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Grey of Ruthin's Minstrel Grey, George (1455 - 1503) Entertainers/Minstrels 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. 01/05/2005 (http://www.oxforddnb.com)