On this day in history, 30th of August 1501, death of Thomas Grey, 7th Baron Ferrers of Groby, 1st E
On this day in history, 30th of August 1501, death of Thomas Grey, 7th Baron Ferrers of Groby, 1st Earl of Huntingdon, and 1st Marquess of Dorset, courtier and son of Elizabeth Woodville by her first husband, Sir John Grey of Groby.Thomas Grey was born around 1451 to 1455; the latter date is more probable, as it appears from a document regarding her jointure arrangements that Elizabeth Woodville married her first husband around January 1455. Thomas married Anne Holland, Edward IV’s niece, in October 1466, but she was dead by 1474. According to the Tudor chronicler Edward Hall, in 1471, Thomas Grey got his first recorded taste of battle at Tewkesbury, when he along with William, Lord Hastings, led the rearguard. Hall also claims that Grey joined the Duke of Clarence, the Duke of Gloucester, and Hastings in murdering Henry VI’s seventeen-year-old son, Edward of Lancaster, after the battle. Earlier sources, however, suggest that Edward died either in the battle proper or the rout. 6 June 1474, Thomas had taken a second wife, Cicely Bonville, with whom he had seven sons and eight daughters.Cecily was also the stepdaughter of William, Lord Hastings, who sold Cecily’s marriage to Elizabeth Woodville for 2500 marks, a fee which was later satisfied when Edward IV cancelled a debt owed to him by Hastings. Thomas died on 30 August 1501 in London and was buried at the college of Astley. In his will he asked that he be buried at the collegiate church of Astley in Warwickshire. He requested prayers for the soul of his father, for his mother the queen, for Edward IV, for his wife (presumably his first wife, Anne Holland, as his second wife outlived him by many years), for his own soul, and for all Christian souls. Cecily, Marchioness of Dorset, who had borne her husband seven sons and eight daughters during their marriage, remarried but later requested burial beside Dorset at Astley. Dorset’s lands included Astley, Grafton, and Bradgate, the latter the manor most strongly associated with Lady Jane Grey. He was likely the only son of Elizabeth Woodville to die a natural death. Pictured: arms of Sir Thomas Grey -- source link
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