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 106 GREY. to lien. IV. with whom he was in great favour ami at whose coronation he carried the gilt spurs. Ho was taken prisoner in 1102 by the Welsh but released for 10,000 marks : was one of the Council under the Rcgcut Bedford in 1115; served in the French wars 1416-25. He m. firstly Margaret, da. of William (dk Boos), Loud lions, by Margaret, da. of Sir John ARUNDEL. He hi. secondly Joane, possibly tie jure, auo jure, Baroness Astlev, widow of Thomas Rai.eicii, da. and h. of William (dk ASTlEv), Lord Asti.ey, by Joan, da. of John (Willoccihby), Loud WlUOUGHBY DK Eresby. lie rf. (1440-41), 19 Hen. VL(">) IV. 1441. Edmund (Grey), Lord Grey de Rutiiyn, "I pandson and h., being s. and h. of Sir John Grey, K.G. (so e'.ected before May 1436) by Constance, da. of John (Hoi.and', DDKS ok Exf.TER, which Sir John, was s. and h. ap. by his first wife, of the last Lord, but rf. v.p. 27 Aug. 1489.( b ) He was b. about 1120 and was sum. to Pari, from 3 Dec. (1411), 20 Hen. VI., to 23 Feb. (1462/3), 2 Ed. IV., by writs directed " i'dmvndo Grey de llvthyn, CM'r." On 30 May 1486, confirmed 19 Aug. 14S4, and 18 Nov. I486, he was, under the Btyle of Lord llaitings, Waytford, and dc Bvtlnjn.p) tr. EARL OF KENT. He d. 14S9. [Anthony Grey, styled Lord Grey de Ruthyn, 1st s. anil h, ap. He rf. v.p. and s p.] V. 148 9. 5. George (Grey), Earl o* Kent, and Lord GnEV DE RuTHTH, 2d but 1st surv. s. and h., b. about 1 4. r »5 ; rf. 21 Dec. 1503. YI. 1503. G. Rictiard (Grey), Earl Of Kent, ami Lord Grey dk Ruthyn, s. and h., b. 1181 ; rf. s.p. 3 May 1524, having wasted all his estate. VII. h'>2Jf. 7. Sir Henry Grey, of Wrest, eo. Bedford, ih jure Eael ok Kent, and Loud Grey dk RutHVW, but who from want of fortune decliued to assume these peerage dignities. He d. 24 Sep. 1562, aged about 60. VIII. 1562. 8. Reginald Grey, s. and h., h. about lft40, who 1572. fa 1562 became it jure Earl of Kent and Lord Grey de Eutdyn, but who did not assume those dignities till 1572 in which year, on 8 May, he took his seat as Earl of Kent. He rf. 17 March 1572/3. IX. 1573. 9. Henry (Grey), Earl of Kent, and Lord Grey de Ruthyn,( (1 ) br. and h., b. 1511, rf. 31 Jan. 1614/5. X. 1615 10. Charles (Grey), Earl op Kent, and Lord Grky DE Ruthyn, br. and h., b. about 1545 ; rf. 26 Sep. 1623. XL 1623. 11. Henry (Grey), Earl of Kent, and Lord Grey de Rutiiyn, only s. and h., b. about 1ES0. He rf. s.p. 21 Nov. 1639, when the £a)ldom of Kail (and most of the estates) devolved ou his cousin and h. male (great grandson of the 2d Earl) but the Barony of Grey de Ruthyn devolved on the heir genera!. ( a ) By his second wife, Joan Astley, he had a ton, Edward Grey, who was sum. to Part (iurc uxoris) in 1446 as Lord Ferrers de Groby and who was ancestor, in the male line, of the existing Barons Grey of Groby, Earls of Stamford, and of the extinct Marquesses of Dorset and Duke of Suffolk. (b) Thomas Grey, yr. s. of this Sir John Grey, was in 1449 cr. Earou Richmount Grey, being sum. to Par!, as Lord Grey de Kougemont. (<=) See p. 105, note "g." ( J ) His claim to the Barony was disputed by George Iiotheram, great grandson and h. of Sir Thomas Rotheram and Catherine, his wife, who (in a pedigree "corruptly " contrived in (1594) 36 Eliz., by William Dethick, Garter), was " affirmed to be a da.