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GREY, 1st Marquess of Dorset; 1st Earl of Huntingdon; 7th Baron Ferrers of Groby Thomas

GREY, 1st Marquess of Dorset; 1st Earl of Huntingdon; 7th Baron Ferrers of Groby Thomas

Male 1455 - 1501  (46 years)

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  1. 1.  GREY, 1st Marquess of Dorset; 1st Earl of Huntingdon; 7th Baron Ferrers of Groby ThomasGREY, 1st Marquess of Dorset; 1st Earl of Huntingdon; 7th Baron Ferrers of Groby Thomas was born in 1455 in Groby, Leicestershire, England; died on 20 Sep 1501 in Astley, Warwickshire, England; was buried in Astley, Warwickshire, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Royalty & Nobility: 1st Marquess of Dorset

    Notes:

    Birth:
    Castle Groby

    Thomas married BONVILLE, 7th Baroness Harington of Aldingham; 2nd Baroness Bonville Cecily in 1474. Cecily (daughter of BONVILLE, William and NEVILLE, Katherine) was born in 1461 in Somerset, England; died on 12 May 1530. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. GREY, Cecily  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1488 in Denbigh, Denbighshire, Wales; died on 28 Apr 1554 in Westminster, Middlesex, England.
    2. 3. GREY, Thomas  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 22 Jun 1477; died on 22 Jun 1530.
    3. 4. GREY, Dorothy  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1480; died in 1552.
    4. 5. GREY, Mary  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1493; died on 22 Feb 1538.
    5. 6. Living  Descendancy chart to this point
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    14. 15. GREY, Eleanor  Descendancy chart to this point died before Dec 1503.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  GREY, Cecily Descendancy chart to this point (1.Thomas1) was born in 1488 in Denbigh, Denbighshire, Wales; died on 28 Apr 1554 in Westminster, Middlesex, England.

    Family/Spouse: DUDLEY, John. John (son of DUDLEY, Edward and WILLOUGHBY, Cecily) was born in 1496 in Worcestershire, England; died on 18 Sep 1553 in Westminster, Middlesex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 16. DUDLEY, Henry  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1517 in Dudley, Staffordshire, England; died in 1568 in England.

  2. 3.  GREY, Thomas Descendancy chart to this point (1.Thomas1) was born on 22 Jun 1477; died on 22 Jun 1530.

  3. 4.  GREY, Dorothy Descendancy chart to this point (1.Thomas1) was born in 1480; died in 1552.

  4. 5.  GREY, Mary Descendancy chart to this point (1.Thomas1) was born in 1493; died on 22 Feb 1538.

  5. 6.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (1.Thomas1)

  6. 7.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (1.Thomas1)

  7. 8.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (1.Thomas1)

  8. 9.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (1.Thomas1)

  9. 10.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (1.Thomas1)

  10. 11.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (1.Thomas1)

  11. 12.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (1.Thomas1)

  12. 13.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (1.Thomas1)

  13. 14.  Living Descendancy chart to this point (1.Thomas1)

  14. 15.  GREY, Eleanor Descendancy chart to this point (1.Thomas1) died before Dec 1503.


Generation: 3

  1. 16.  DUDLEY, HenryDUDLEY, Henry Descendancy chart to this point (2.Cecily2, 1.Thomas1) was born in 1517 in Dudley, Staffordshire, England; died in 1568 in England.

    Notes:

    While the paternal ancestry of Thomas Dudley has long been questioned, after a careful reading of the following documents attached to this record, for our family tree I have accepted the lineage hypothesized and detailed by Marshall Kirk in 1993. This is the most accepted lineage of all the hypotheses put forth and H. Allen Curtis' extensive research and docuentation seems to confirm this beyond any reasonable doubt. For more details, please read the following PDFs attached to this record:

    Roger Dudley's Father Proved to be Captain Henry Dudley
    The Mystery of Thomas Dudley's Paternal Ancestors
    Marshall Kirk on Thomas Dudley's Paternal Line


    Birth:
    Dudley, Straffordshire, England

    Henry married ASHTON, Elizabeth in 1545 in Fyfield, Berkshire, England. Elizabeth was born in 1525 in Fyfield, Berkshire, England; died before Nov 1556. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 17. DUDLEY, Captain Roger  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1550 in London, England; died before 1588 in Okley, Northhamptonshire, England.


Generation: 4

  1. 17.  DUDLEY, Captain RogerDUDLEY, Captain Roger Descendancy chart to this point (16.Henry3, 2.Cecily2, 1.Thomas1) was born about 1550 in London, England; died before 1588 in Okley, Northhamptonshire, England.

    Notes:

    While the paternal ancestry of Thomas Dudley has long been questioned, after a careful reading of the following documents attached to this record, for our family tree I have accepted the lineage hypothesized and detailed by Marshall Kirk in 1993. This is the most accepted lineage of all the hypotheses put forth and H. Allen Curtis' extensive research and docuentation seems to confirm this beyond any reasonable doubt. For more details, please read the following PDFs attached to this record:

    Roger Dudley's Father Proved to be Captain Henry Dudley
    The Mystery of Thomas Dudley's Paternal Ancestors
    Marshall Kirk on Thomas Dudley's Paternal Line

    More notes on Roger Dudley:

    Capt. Roger Dudley: Roger Dudley (born between 1535 and 1545 -1586?/1590) was an English soldier.

    Dudley was born in London, England, but some[who?] say that he was baptised in Yardley Hastings, Northamptonshire. However Dudley's parentage has never been satisfactorily established. Genealogist and researcher Marshall Kirk in 1993 published the results of his exhaustive survey of the Dudley families, and came to the conclusion that he was the son of Henry Sutton Dudley.

    Roger may be the Roger Dudley who was matriculated as pensioner at Christ Church College, Cambridge, in 1566, but left without a degree. It is believed that he married, on June 8, 1575, at Lidlington, Bedfordshire, Susannah (Thorne), herself recorded as having been born on March 5, 1559/60 in Northamptonshire, and baptised at Yardley Hastings, the daughter of Thomas Thorne and Mary Purefoy.

    He is reported to have been a Captain in (the Earl of Leicester)'s militia, fighting with a commission from Elizabeth I, and under the banner of Henry of Navarre. He is thought to have died at the Battle of Ivry, France in 1590. Yet in 1586, four years earlier, the Reverend Cotton Mather of Boston wrote: "Thomas Dudley's father was Captain Roger Dudley, -- slain in the wars, when -- his son, and one only daughter were very young". The will of Thomas Dorne (Thorne) of Yardley Hastings, Gent., dated 29 Oct 1588, bequeathed "to the children of Susan Dudley, my Daughter, widow, to be equally divided". (S1,S11). Therefore, he was apparently dead by the time of the will of his father-in-law, which was written in 1588, which eliminates the time of the Battle of Ivry as a possibility for his death.

    It is most probable that he died at the Siege of Zutphen in 1586, having followed a relative, Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, who was a principal figure in that battle. Marshall K. Kirk suggests that Roger made his home after his father's death with Peter Grey, a "Queen's servant", whose manor of Segenhoe was two miles from Lidlington, (Bedfordshire), where Roger was later married. Roger and Susannah Dudley raised at least five children, listed as: Thomas Dudley (second governor of Massachusetts) Mary Dudley Richard Dudley (b. 1583 – d. 20 Aug 1603) Dorothy Dudley. David Dudley.

    Died:
    Possibly killed in battle at Siege of Zutphen

    Captain married THORNE, Susanna on 8 Jun 1575 in Lidlington, Bedfordshire, England. Susanna (daughter of THORNE, Thomas and PUREFOY, Mary) was born on 5 Mar 1559 in Yardley Hastings, Northamptonshire, England; was christened on 18 Oct 1560 in Rye, Sussex, England; died on 29 Oct 1588 in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 18. DUDLEY, David  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1579; died in 1646.
    2. 19. DUDLEY, Mary  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 16 Oct 1580 in Yardley Hastings, Northamptonshire, England; died in 1586 in England.
    3. 20. DUDLEY, Richard  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1583 in St Dunstan in the East, London, England; died on 20 Aug 1603 in London, England.
    4. 21. DUDLEY, Dorothy  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 31 Mar 1585 in St Dunstan in the East, London, England; died in 1603 in England.
    5. 22. DUDLEY, Governor Thomas  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 12 Oct 1576 in Yardley Hastings, Northamptonshire, England; died on 31 Jul 1653 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA; was buried in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA.


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