Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Richard GRAY was born about 1540 in Harwich, Essex, England; died about 1602 in England.

Other Events:

• Occupation: 2nd Marquess of Dorset

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Sir Thomas Grey, 2nd Marquess of Dorset, Lord Ferrers, Harington, & Bonville, Joint Constable of Warwick Castle, was born on 22 June 1477 at Astley, Warwickshire, England.
He was twice married:
Eleanor St. John, daughter of Oliver St. John, Esq., Sheriff of Lincolnshire and Elizabeth Scrope, circa 1500; No issue.
Margaret Wotton, daughter of Sir Robert Wotton, Sheriff of Kent, Lt. of Guisnes, Comptroller of Calais and Anne Belknap, between 6 January 1509 and 31 December 1509; They had 4 sons:
Sir Henry, 3rd Marquess of Dorset, Duke of Suffolk
Edward
Sir Thomas
Sir John
... and 4 daughters
Mary
Katherine, wife of Sir Henry FitzAlan, Earl of Arundel
Elizabeth, wife of Sir Thomas, Lord Audley of Walden, & of George Norton
Anne, wife of Sir Henry Willoughby.
left a will on 2 June 1530. He died on 10 October 1530 at age 53; Buried in the collegiate church of Astley, Warwickshire. His estate was probated on 28 November 1531.

Thomas married Margaret WOTTON. Margaret was born about 1490 in Boughton, Malherbe, Kent, England; died after 1537 in Lee, Kent, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Occupation: Marchioness of Dorset

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d/o Robert Wotton & Anne Belknap

Other Events:

• Occupation: 1st Marquess of Dorset

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Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Dorset, 1st Earl of Huntingdon and 7th Baron Ferrers of Groby, Constable of the Tower of London & Ruthland Castle, was born circa 1455 at Groby, Leicestershire, England. His date of birth is sourced as being aged 37 in 1492.
He was created a Knight of the Bath (KB) on 18 Apr 1475. He was created a Knight of the Garter (KG) in 1476 .

Thomas married Cecily BONVILLE. Cecily (daughter of Lord William BONVILLE and Lady Katherine NEVILLE) was born in 1461 in Chewton, Somersetshire, England; died on 12 May 1530 in Shacklewell, Hackney, Middlesex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Occupation: Marchioness of Dorset, 7th Baroness Harington, 2nd Baroness Bonville

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Her Grandson Henry eventually became the father of Lady Jane Grey, born in 1537, who was also granddaughter of Mary, sister of Henry VIII. Edward VI died in July 1553, and power politics saw Lady Jane Grey, at age 16, become Queen of England for less than 2 weeks before being imprisoned and executed in 1554, a year after her father had met the same fate. Mary I became the rightful Queen under her father Henry VIII's will.
In the same year, 1554, the estate in Merriott was seized by the Crown and granted to William & Barbara Rice. Their lease fell to Sir Jerome Bowes in 1575, and stayed in the Bowes family until sold to James Hooper in 1587. James' nephew Henry Hooper inherited in 1598, and he enfranchised much of the estate and granted parts of the manor by three conveyances. The manor was heavily mortgaged by the Hoopers. It was eventually sold in 1686 to Thomas Rodbard, a London fishmonger, who left it to a succession of Rodbards, including the illegitimate children of Mary Butcher. Eventually the Whitley family inherited the lordship into the 20th century. Queen Mary bestowed the Manor of Merriott on one family; her successor Queen Elizabeth I on another. Since then the lordship of the manor changed hands many times; eventually no title remained. The Victoria County History has more detail.

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• Occupation: 6th Lord Harington
• Cause of Death: Beheaded after the Battle of Wakefield, with his father.

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s/o William BONVILLE & Elizabeth HARRINGTON

William married Lady Katherine NEVILLE. Katherine (daughter of Sir Richard NEVILLE and Alice MONTAGU) was born about 1435 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England; died before 25 Mar 1504 in Ashby de la Zouche, Leicestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]