Sir Thomas Grey, VIII

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Sir Thomas Grey, VIII

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Groby, Leicester, Leicestershire, England (United Kingdom)
Death: September 20, 1501 (40-49)
Horton, Northumberland, England (United Kingdom)
Place of Burial: Post Office Row, Nuneaton (Astley), Warwickshire, England, CV10 7QS, United Kingdom
Immediate Family:

Son of Sir Thomas Grey, VII, of Horton, Kt.; Sir Thomas Grey and NN Grey
Husband of Lady NN Grey
Father of Sir Roger Grey, Kt., of Horton; Elizabeth Selby; Lionel Grey; William Gray and Sir Roger de Grey
Brother of Shotton

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About Sir Thomas Grey, VIII

Thomas de Grey

  • BIRTH 1456 Groby, Hinckley and Bosworth Borough, Leicestershire, England
  • DEATH 20 Sep 1501 (aged 44–45) Astley, North Warwickshire Borough, Warwickshire, England
  • BURIAL St. Mary the Virgin Churchyard, Astley, North Warwickshire Borough, Warwickshire, England
  • PLOT Tomb inside Chapel
  • MEMORIAL ID 46370003

First Marquess of Dorset 1475. Lord Ferrers de Groby. Earl of Huntington. Builder of Bradgate Lodge. In his will he "bequeathed his body to be buried in his college of Astley before the Image of the Blessed Trinity, in the midst of his closet within the same college..." from the Baronage of England

Inscription
Chapel has alabaster effigies of most of this Grey family. Floor plaques are still mostly intact.

Parents
Sir John Grey 1432–1461
Elizabeth Woodville 1437–1492

Spouse
Cecily Bonville de Grey 1460–1529

Siblings
Sir Richard Grey 1459–1483

Half Siblings
Elizabeth of York 1466–1503
Lady Mary Plantagenet 1467–1482
Cecily Plantagenet Welles 1469–1507
Edward Plantagenet V 1470–1483
Richard Plantagenet 1473–1483
Anne Plantagenet Howard 1475–1511
George Plantagenet 1477–1479
Lady Katherine Plantagenet Courtenay 1479–1527
Bridget Plantagenet 1480–1517

Children
Roger Grey 1474–1541
Edward Grey 1476–1517
Thomas Grey II 1477–1530
Leonard de Grey 1478–1541
Lady Dorothy Grey Blount 1480–1553
Richard Grey 1486–1525
Joan Grey Montague 1489–1540
Margaret De Grey Wake 1494 – unknown
Elizabeth Grey Fitzgerald 1497–1548
Cecily Grey Sutton 1497–1554
Eleanor Grey Arundell unknown–1503
Lady Mary Grey Devereux unknown–1534

References

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/46370003/thomas_de_grey

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Sir Thomas Grey, VIII's Timeline

1456
1456
Groby, Leicester, Leicestershire, England (United Kingdom)
1475
1475
Horton, Northumberland, England (United Kingdom)
1485
1485
Of,Horton,Northumberland,England
1490
1490
Berwick, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom
1495
1495
Of,Hebburne,Durham,England
1501
September 20, 1501
Age 45
Horton, Northumberland, England (United Kingdom)
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Horton Castle, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom
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St. Mary the Virgin Churchyard, Post Office Row, Nuneaton (Astley), Warwickshire, England, CV10 7QS, United Kingdom