Biography of Edward Grey 3rd Baron Grey of Powis 1503-1551

Paternal Family Tree: Grey

Maternal Family Tree: Cecily Willoughby Baroness Dudley 1463-1539

In 1497 [his grandfather] John Grey 1st Baron Grey of Powis (age 37) died. His son [his father] John Grey 2nd Baron Grey of Powis (age 12) succeeded 2nd Baron Grey of Powis. [his mother] Margaret Dudley Baroness Grey Powis by marriage Baroness Grey of Powis.

In or before 1503 Edward Grey 3rd Baron Grey of Powis was born to John Grey 2nd Baron Grey of Powis (age 17) and Margaret Dudley Baroness Grey Powis.

In 1504 [his father] John Grey 2nd Baron Grey of Powis (age 19) died. His son Edward Grey 3rd Baron Grey of Powis (age 1) succeeded 3rd Baron Grey of Powis.

In 1525 Edward Grey 3rd Baron Grey of Powis (age 22) and Anne Brandon Baroness Grey Powis (age 18) were married. She by marriage Baroness Grey of Powis. She the illegitmate daughter of Charles Brandon 1st Duke of Suffolk (age 41) and Anne Browne. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry IV of England.

Knighting of Henry Fitzroy

Around 18 Jun 1525 Henry Clifford 2nd Earl of Cumberland (age 8) and [his sister-in-law] Eleanor Brandon Countess Cumberland (age 6) were married at Bridewell Palace [Map]. King Henry VIII of England and Ireland (age 33) was present. She the daughter of Charles Brandon 1st Duke of Suffolk (age 41) and Mary Tudor Queen Consort France (age 29). He the son of Henry Clifford 1st Earl of Cumberland (age 32) and Margaret Percy Baroness Clifford (age 25). They were half third cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England. She a granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.

Before 1527 Thomas Stanley 2nd Baron Monteagle (age 19) and [his sister-in-law] Mary Brandon Baroness Monteagle (age 16) were married. She by marriage Baroness Monteagle. She the daughter of Charles Brandon 1st Duke of Suffolk (age 42) and Anne Browne. They were third cousin once removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward III of England.

In 1538 [his wife] Anne Brandon Baroness Grey Powis (age 31) left her husband Edward Grey 3rd Baron Grey of Powis (age 35) for Randal Haworth.

In 1540 Edward Grey 3rd Baron Grey of Powis (age 37) petitioned the Privy Council to punish his wife [his wife] Anne (age 33) for adultery, and also accused Anne and Randal Haworth of conspiring to murder him. No action was taken against Anne, and she remained with Randal Haworth; however, this scandalous arrangement caused her to be excluded from [his father-in-law] Charles Brandon's (age 56) will.

In 1542 [his sister-in-law] Mary Brandon Baroness Monteagle (age 32) died.

On 27 Sep 1547 [his sister-in-law] Eleanor Brandon Countess Cumberland (age 28) died.

1551 Sweating Sickness Outbreak

Around 07 Jul 1551 Edward Grey 3rd Baron Grey of Powis (age 48) died of sweating sickness without legitimate issue.

Henry Machyn's Diary. The vij day of July begane a nuw swet in London, and ... ded my lord Crumwell (deceased) in Leseter-shyre, and was bered [with a stand] ard, a baner of armes, and cote, elmett, sword, targett, and sc [ochyons, and] harold; and the sam tyme ded my lord Powes (age 48), and the x day [at W]ollwyche, sir John Lutterell (age 32), knyght, a nobull captayne.

Note. Death of lord Cromwell. Gregory lord Cromwell died on the 4th of July 1551, and was buried at Laund in Leicestershire: his mural monument there is engraved in Nichols's History of that County, vol. iii. pl. xlv.

Note. Death of lord Powis. Edward third lord Grey of Powis. The funeral of his widow, a daughter of Charles Brandon, duke of Suffolk, occurs in p. 163.

Note. Sir John Luttrell, of Dunster castle, co. Somerset, knighted at the taking of Leith in 1547, and made a knight banneret soon after, at the taking of Yester. Just before his death he had been divorced from his wife, for Strype notices "A Commission to sir William Petre, secretary, sir Richard Read, &c. upon due proof of the manifest adultery of the lady Mary Luttrel, to separate and divorce her from sir John Luttrel her husband. Dated in June, 1551." (Memorials, Book ii. chap. 29.) She was the daughter of sir John Griffith, K.B. and was remarried to James Godolphin, of Cornwall.

In 1557 [his former wife] Anne Brandon Baroness Grey Powis (age 50) died.

[his father] John Grey 2nd Baron Grey of Powis and [his mother] Margaret Dudley Baroness Grey Powis were married. They were third cousin once removed. He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry IV of England.

Ancestors of Edward Grey 3rd Baron Grey of Powis 1503-1551

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Grey

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Grey 1st Earl Tankerville 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Mowbray 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Grey 2nd Earl Tankerville 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Charleton 5th Baron Cherleton 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Charleton Countess Tankerville 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Holland Countess March and Ulster 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Grey 3rd Earl Tankerville Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: King Henry IV of England Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Humphrey Lancaster 1st Duke Gloucester Son of King Henry IV of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Bohun 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Antigone Lancaster Countess Tankerville Grand Daughter of King Henry IV of England

GrandFather: John Grey 1st Baron Grey of Powis 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Tuchet 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Tuchet 4th Baron Audley, 1st Baron Tuchet 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Abrichecourt

Great x 2 Grandfather: James Tuchet 5th Baron Audley, 2nd Baron Tuchet 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Humphrey Stafford 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Stafford Baroness Audley Heighley 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Greville

Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Tuchet Countess Tankerville 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Holland 2nd Earl Kent Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Edmund Holland 4th Earl Kent 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Fitzalan Countess Kent 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Eleanor Holland Baroness Audley Heighley Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund of Langley 1st Duke York Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Constance York Countess Gloucester Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabella of Castile Duchess York 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Father: John Grey 2nd Baron Grey of Powis 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: William ap Thomas "Blue Knight of Gwent" Herbert

Great x 1 Grandfather: William "Black William" Herbert 1st Earl Pembroke

Great x 4 Grandfather: Llewellyn Brecon

Great x 3 Grandfather: Dafydd Gam Brecon

Great x 2 Grandmother: Gwladys ferch Dafydd Gam "Star of Abergavenny" Brecon

GrandMother: Anne Herbert Baroness Grey Powis 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Walter Devereux 5 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Walter Devereux 6 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Walter Devereux 7 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Crophull 5 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Agnes Crophull 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Devereux 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Merbury

Edward Grey 3rd Baron Grey of Powis 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry IV of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Sutton 3rd Baron Sutton 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Sutton 4th Baron Sutton 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Unknown Baroness Sutton Dudley

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Dudley 1st Baron Dudley 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Walter Blount 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Constance Blount Baroness Sutton Dudley 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Sancha Toledo

Great x 1 Grandfather: Edmund Dudley 6 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Rich Berkeley 8th and 3rd Baron Berkeley 3 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Berkeley 4 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Katherine Clivedon Baroness Berkeley

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Berkeley Baroness Cherleton Baroness Dudley 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Bettershorne

GrandFather: Edward Dudley 2nd Baron Dudley 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Tiptoft 2nd Baron Tibetot

Great x 3 Grandfather: Pain Tiptoft

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Aspall Baroness Tibetot

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Tiptoft 1st Baron Tiptoft

Great x 3 Grandmother: Agnes Wrothe

Great x 1 Grandmother: Joyce Tiptoft 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Charleton 3rd Baron Cherleton 5 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Charleton 5th Baron Cherleton 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Stafford Baroness Cherleton and Talbot 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Joyce Charleton Baroness Tiptoft 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Holland 2nd Earl Kent Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Holland Countess March and Ulster 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Fitzalan Countess Kent 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Mother: Margaret Dudley Baroness Grey Powis 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Willoughby 4th Baron Willoughby 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Willoughby 5th Baron Willoughby 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margery Zouche Baroness Willoughby Eresby 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Willoughby of Parham 7 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Strange 5th Baron Strange Knockin 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Lucy Strange Baroness Willoughby Eresby 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Aline Fitzalan Baroness Strange Knockin 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: William Willoughby 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Fitzalan 1st Baron Arundel Baron Maltravers 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Fitzalan 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Maltravers 2nd Baroness Maltravers Baroness Arundel and Cobham 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Joan Fitzalan 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

GrandMother: Cecily Willoughby Baroness Dudley 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Royal Ancestors of Edward Grey 3rd Baron Grey of Powis 1503-1551

Ancestors of Edward Grey 3rd Baron Grey of Powis 1503-1551