Baron Bonville is in Baronies of England Alphabetically, Baronies of England Chronologically, Succeeded Baronesses of England, Forfeit Baronies of England.
Summary
10th March 1449. 1st. William Bonville 1st Baron Bonville [aged 56] created.
17th February 1461. 2nd. Great Granddaughter Cecily Bonville Marchioness Dorset succeeded. See 17th February 1461 Second Battle of St Albans.
12th May 1529. 3rd. Son Thomas Grey 2nd Marquess Dorset [aged 51] succeeded.
10th October 1530. 4th. Son Henry Grey 1st Duke of Suffolk [aged 13] succeeded.
23rd February 1554. 4th. Henry Grey 1st Duke of Suffolk forfeit. See Wyatt's Rebellion.
On 10th March 1449 William Bonville 1st Baron Bonville [aged 56] was created 1st Baron Bonville. Elizabeth Courtenay Baroness Bonville and Harington by marriage Baroness Bonville.
On 17th February 1461 the Lancastrian army defeated the Yorkist army at Second Battle of St Albans and rescued King Henry VI of England and II of France [aged 39]. The Lancastrian army was commanded by Henry Holland 3rd Duke Exeter [aged 30] and included Henry Percy 3rd Earl of Northumberland [aged 39], John Mowbray 3rd Duke of Norfolk [aged 45], Henry Grey 4th or 7th Baron Grey of Codnor [aged 26], Henry Roos and Richard Welles 7th Baron Welles, Baron Willoughby [aged 33].
Thomas Ros 9th Baron Ros Helmsley [aged 33], William Tailboys 7th Baron Kyme [aged 46], John Talbot 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury [aged 12] and Thomas Tresham [aged 41] were knighted.
The Yorkist army included Richard "Kingmaker" Neville Earl Warwick, 6th Earl Salisbury [aged 32], William Fitzalan 9th or 16th Earl of Arundel [aged 43], John Wenlock 1st Baron Wenlock [aged 61] and Henry Bourchier 2nd Count of Eu 1st Earl Essex [aged 57]. John Neville 1st Marquess Montagu [aged 30] was captured. Robert Poynings [aged 42] and James Luttrell [aged 34] were killed.
John Grey [aged 29] was killed fighting for Lancaster. A death that was to have far reaching consequences; his widow Elizabeth Woodville Queen Consort England [aged 24] subsequently married King Edward IV of England [aged 18].
During the battle William Bonville 1st Baron Bonville [aged 68] and Thomas Kyriell [aged 65] were assigned to the protection of the King Henry VI. After the battle both were beheaded against all decent laws of battle.
William Bonville 1st Baron Bonville was beheaded. His great granddaughter Cecily succeeded 2nd Baroness Bonville.
Thomas Kyriell was beheaded.
William Cotton [aged 21] was killed.
On 12th May 1529 Cecily Bonville Marchioness Dorset [aged 68] died. She was buried at Church St Mary the Virgin, Astley.
Thomas Grey 2nd Marquess Dorset [aged 51] succeeded 8th Baron Harington, 3rd Baron Bonville,
On 10th October 1530 Thomas Grey 2nd Marquess Dorset [aged 53] died. His son Henry [aged 13] succeeded 3rd Marquess Dorset, 3rd Earl Huntingdon, 9th Baron Ferrers of Groby, 9th Baron Harington, 4th Baron Bonville.
On 23rd February 1554 Henry Grey 1st Duke of Suffolk [aged 37] was beheaded at Tower Hill [Map]. Duke Suffolk, Marquess Dorset, Earl Huntingdon, Baron Ferrers of Groby, Baron Harington, Baron Bonville forfeit.
Dean Hugh Weston [aged 49] acted as Confessor.