'Grey12'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Grey of Barwell, Grey of Basset House, Grey of Enville

                               
(Sir) John Grey of Barwell, Leicestershire
1. Reginald Grey of Barwell (a 1479, 1485)
  A. Thomas Grey (d by 1507)
  m. Benedicta (a 1526)
  i. Reginald Grey (a 1529, 2nd son)
  m. Elizabeth
  a. Anne Grey
  m. William Stokell of London (draper)
  ii. Lancelot (or Lanceline) Grey of Barwell (d 20.10.1522)
  a. Thomas Grey of Barwell (d 1560)
m. Margery Staresmore (dau of John Staresmore of Frolesworth, m2. James Creyse (Cruse))
  (1) John Grey of Barwell & Basset House (a 1604)
  m. Mary Cruse (dau of John Cruse (Creusi) by Margery Staresmore)
  (A) Humphrey Grey of Basset House (a 1615)
  m. Dorothy Cave (dau of William Cave of Pickwell)
  (B) Anne Grey
  m. Thomas Paget of Barwell
  (C) Dorothy Grey
  m. Andrew Paget of Barwell
  (D)+ other issue - Robert, John
  (2) daughter
  m. _ Harbottle
  iii.+ other issue - Leonard (dsp), Ralph (dsp), Bridget, Margaret
  B.+ other issue - John, Anthony (a 1525), Eleanor, Barbara

 

 

Robert Grey of Whittington & Enville, Staffordshire
m. Eleanor Lowe (dau of Humphrey Lowe of Enville)
1. Humphrey Grey 'of Withybrook' of Enville (d 1500)
m. Anne Fielding (dau of William Fielding by Agnes St. Liz)
  A. Sir Edward Grey of Enville (b 1472, d 14.02.1528)
  m(1). Joyce Horde (not Whorwood)
  i. Thomas Grey of Enville (a 1508, d 31.12.1559, MP)
  m. (by 1540) Anne Verney (d 1586, dau of Sir Ralph Verney of Pendley (by Anne Weston), widow of William Cave)
  a. John Grey of Enville, Sheriff of Staffordshire (a 1540, d 13.09.1594, MP)
m. Jane Harcourt (dau of Simon Harcourt of Ellenhall)
  (1) son (dvp) 
  b. George Grey of Enville
  m. Joyce Levenson
(1) Mary Grey probably the Mary (bur 29.01.1623-4) who married ...
  m. William Stanley (b c1585, a 1614)
  Enville appears to have been sold to another Grey family.
  c. Catherine Grey
  m. Walter Blount (dsp)
  d. Eleanor Grey
m. William Cave
  e.+ other issue - Edward, son(s), 5 daughters
  ii. Cassandra Grey
  m. (Sir) William Whorwood (d 1554, Attorney General to King Herny VIII)
  iii. Joyce Grey probably of this family, of this generation
  m. John Whorwood 'of Compton'
  iv. Anne Grey probably of this generation
  m. Richard Mytton of Shrewsbury (d 28.11.1591)
  v. Jane Grey possibly of this generation
  m. George Kinaston of Oteley and Stocks (d 08.12.1543)
  B. Margery Grey
  m. Richard St. Barbe of Ashington
  C. Mary Grey
  m. John Dixwell of Coton

Main source(s):
(1) For upper section : 'History and Antiquities of the County of Leicester' (John Nichols, vol 4, part 2, 1811, 'Pedigree of Grey of Barwell and of Basset House', p481), Visitation (Leicestershire, 1619, 'Grey of Barwell')
(2) For lower section (originally launched within Grey02, moved here to facilitate review & expansion) : various web sites, in particular 'TUDOR'
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