House of Grey
The House of Grey is an ancient noble English family originating from Creully in Normandy. Its name, initially having been difficult to comprehend in the English language, was variously transliterated as Grey, Grai, Greye, Gray, etc.
In the Middle Ages, the Grey family was first ennobled as Barons Grey of Codnor, of Ruthyn and of Wilton (later being elevated as viscounts, earls, marquesses and dukes).[1]
Grey family lineage
The Norman chevalier Anchetil de Greye was the progenitor, via Sir Henry de Grey, of the Anglo-Norman Grey family who were variously called to parliament, married into royalty and became army generals and bishops, as well as later distinguishing themselves in other professions.
The Anglo-Norman baronage Grey family descends from the following principal lines:
- Grey de Codnor (see Barons Grey of Codnor)[2]
- Grey de Ruthyn (see Earls of Kent, Marquesses of Dorset, Duke of Suffolk and Earls of Stamford)[3][4]
- Grey de Rotherfield (see Barons Grey of Rotherfield; forfeited 1485)
- Grey de Wilton (see Earls of Wilton and Grey-Egerton baronets).[5]
Arms of the Grey family
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John Grey,
1st Baron Grey de Rotherfield -
Richard Grey,
4th Baron Grey de Codnor -
Arthur Grey,
14th Baron Grey de Wilton -
Richard Grey,
3rd Earl of Kent -
Thomas Grey,
1st Marquess of Dorset -
Henry Grey,
Duke of Suffolk
See also
- Anchetil de Greye
- Baron Grey (incl. the Barons Walsingham)
- Lady Jane Grey
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- William Dugdale, Baronage of England (London, 1675–76)
- Arthur Collins, Peerage of England (fifth edition, London, 1779)