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KENT. XIII. 1489. 2. George (Grey), Evrt. op Kent anil Lord Grey de Ruthts, 2d but 1st surv. s. and U., 6. about 1 ICO ; served in the expedition to France, 1475 ; KB. .ii the Coronation of Richard EEC, 5 July 14S3, being then staled " George, Loud Grey, 8. and h. to the Karl of Kent " " Constable of Northampton Castle, 118-5, being in commmd against Simuel's insurrection, in 1487 ; sue. to the Earldom in 14S9, was in command against the Cornish rebels at Blackheath, in 1497. He m. firstly in (after 26 June) 148J, Ann, widow of William BotmciHEU, stilled Viscocnt BoDROHtBH (skin at Biruet. 14 April 1471) sister to Elizabeth, Queen Consort of Edward IV., da. of Richard ( Wydville), 1st Fart. Rivers, by Jacquettn, da of Peter nE Luxembourg, Count op St. Pol and Con versan. She d. 30 July 1489. He m secondly Katharine, 3d da. of William (Herbert), 1st Earl ok Pembroke, by Auu, di. of Sir Walter Dkvkrecx. He (/. 21 Dec. 1503, at Ampthill, having entailed his lauds. Ths will of his hist wife, in which she desires to be our. at Warden, Beds., dat. 1 Dec. 1500, is pr. S Slay 1501, by Richard, Earl of Kent. XIV. 1503. 3. Richard (Grey), Earl of Ket anil Lord Grey DE Rt'THTN, B. and h., being only a. by the first wife, 4. 1 181 ; K B., 29 Nov. 1489, being then sti/lcd "the Lord Grey op IUthyn ;" lite, to ike Ji-irldom, 21 Dec. 1503, and was sum. on the Ulth to Pail. ; el. KG., 22 April 1505 ; Bearer of the second Sword at the Coronation of Henry VIII., 24 June 1509 ; Capt. in the Army in France, 1513-14 ; attendant on the Iving at " the Field of the Cloth of Gold," June 1520. He m. firstly Elizabeth, sister of John, 1st Lord Hussey de Sleford, da. of Sir William Hussev, Ch. justice of the King's Bench, by Elizabeth, da. of Thomas BbrKELSY. He j«. secondly Margaret, widow of John Dawes, Alderman of London (who d. 151 1), relict of Oliver Curteys, da. of James Fynchk. Citizen and Sherman of London. He d. s.p, 3 May 1524, "when he had greatly wasted his estate( a ) at his house in Lumberd street, London," at the sign of the George and was bur. at the Whitefriars, Fleet street. Fun. certif. at Coll. of Arms, His widow d. about 1510 and was bur. at the Whitefriars. Will dat, 2 Dec. 1510, pr. 7 Jan. 1540/1.(1)) XV. 152. 1 ,. .' h Sir Henry Grey, of Wrest, Beds, /tfrs Earl of Kent, StC., since May 1521, but who "by reason of his slender estate "( c ) never assumed that dignity, br. (of the half blood) and h., being s. of the 2d Earl, by his 2d wife. Ho was 6. about 1495. Hem Anne, coheir of her brother, John Blennerhasset, of Southill, Beds, da. of John B., of Frens, co. Norfolk, by his second wife, Jane, da. of Sir Thomas Tvndall, co. Norfolk. He d. 21 Sep. 1562, at his house called Grayc Ifassetta in the Barbie in, and was bur. the 30th at St. Giles, Cripplegate. M.I.(d) Will dat 3 Dec. 1581, pr. 6 Oct. 1862, and 28 Sep. 1574. The will of his widow, who was of Blunham, Beds, dat. 6 March 150 1 5, pr. 26 May 1565.(°) [Hexry Grey, s. ami h. ap., who, if his father had assumed the Earldom, would have been styled Lord Grey dp Ruthtn, b. about 1520, m. Margaret, da. of John St. John, of Bletso, Beds. He d. v.p. 1545. (a) Brooke, followed by Viuccut. To this Dugdale adds the words " by gaming," while more modern authorities speak of him as " an inveterate gamester," &c. His father in his will speaks of him as fearing he " will not thrive but will be a waster." (•>) See an article by J. C. Ohalleaor Smith in Marshall's " Genealogist" (vol. ii, pp. 388-389), giving an account of her and her husbands. She was foundress of alms- houses, now at Islington, for the widows of poor Clothworkers. (o) Dugdale. ( d ) He is called therein " Sir Henry Grey, Knight, sou and heir to George, Lord Grey of Ruthen and Earl of Kent," which description is somewhat misleading as ha was but a second sou of Earl George, tlio' next brother and heir to Earl Richard. It is mentioned as " A fair tomb in the south isle of the Quire." (•) In her will she msntions " My cosen Reynold Grey " [the de jure Earl] and " my cosens Henry and Charles Grey, sons of my son Henry Grey," thus using the word " cousin " (often used for nephew or niece) for " grandchild."