GREY, Sir John
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Name GREY, Sir John [1, 2, 3, 4] Birth 1432 Groby, Leicestershire, England [3, 5]
Gender Male Differentiator A Lancastrian knight, the first husband of Elizabeth Woodville who later married King Edward IV of England, and great-great-grandfather of Lady Jane Grey. Royalty & Nobility 7th Lord Ferrers Death 17 Feb 1461 Saint Albans, Hertfordshire, England [3, 4]
- Sir John Grey was killed in the Second Battle of St Albans in 1461, fighting for the Lancastrian cause.[1] His widow, Dame Elizabeth Grey, later secretly married Edward IV who was the successful Yorkist claimant to the throne.
Burial Saint Albans, Hertfordshire, England [3]
Patriarch & Matriarch BOHUN, Elizabeth, b. Abt 1350 d. 3 Apr 1385 (Age 35 years) (2 x Great Grandmother)Person ID I9212 My Genealogy Last Modified 15 Jul 2024
Father GREY, 6th Baron Ferrers of Groby Edward, b. 7 Feb 1415, Ruthin, Denbighshire, Wales d. 18 Dec 1457, Groby, Leicestershire, England
(Age 42 years)
Relationship natural Mother FERRERS, 6th Baroness Ferrers of Groby Elizabeth, b. 1419, Groby, Leicestershire, England d. 23 Jan 1483, Groby, Leicestershire, England
(Age 64 years)
Relationship natural Family ID F12696 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family WOODVILLE, Elizabeth, b. 3 Feb 1437, Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England d. 8 Jun 1492, Bermondsey, Surrey, England
(Age 55 years)
Other Partners: EDWARD, King of England IV m. 1464Marriage 1452 Children 1. GREY, 1st Marquess of Dorset; 1st Earl of Huntingdon; 7th Baron Ferrers of Groby Thomas, b. 1455, Groby, Leicestershire, England d. 20 Sep 1501, Astley, Warwickshire, England
(Age 46 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
2. GREY, Richard, b. 1457, Groby, Leicestershire, England d. Jun 1483, Pontefract, Wakefield, Yorkshire, England
(Age 26 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
Family ID F6994 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 15 Jul 2024
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Event Map Birth - 1432 - Groby, Leicestershire, England Death - 17 Feb 1461 - Saint Albans, Hertfordshire, England Burial - - Saint Albans, Hertfordshire, England = Link to Google Earth
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Photos 2nd Battle of St. Albans.
Documents Elizabeth Woodville - Wikipedia John Grey of Groby - Wikipedia
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Sources - [S1801] Wikipedia, Record of Elizabeth Woodville.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_WoodvilleElizabeth Woodville - Wikipedia - [S1801] Wikipedia, Record of John Grey of Groby.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Grey_of_GrobyJohn Grey of Groby - Wikipedia - [S1729] Ancestry.com, UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
- [S1632] Ancestry.com, North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2016;), Book Title: The Stebbins Genealogy : in two volumes.
North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 - [S1802] WikiTree, Elizabeth (Woodville) York (abt. 1437 - 1492).
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Woodville-12
- [S1801] Wikipedia, Record of Elizabeth Woodville.