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 GREY. 113 XII. 1517 ? 12. Eichaed (Gbey), Lord Grey de Wilton, next br. and h., aged 12 (1518-19), 10 Hen. VIII, He, also, d. a minor and num. probably about 1 520. XIII. 1520 ? 13. WnxtiM (Grey), Lord Grey de Wilton, nest and yst. br. and h. He was sum. to Pari, from 3 Nov. (1529), 21 Hen. VIII., to 5 Not. (155S), S and G Ph. and Mary, by writs directed " milielmo Grey de Wilton, C/d'r." He distinguished himself in the war with France under Hen. VIII., particularly at tiking of the fortress of Chatillou; was Lieut, of Boulogne, 154G ; Capt. Gen. of Horse at the battle of Pinkie Clengh, in Scotland, 10 Sep. 1517 (where he was severely wounded) anil was knighted on the 28th at Berwick by the Protector Somerset and made Warden of the East Marches. In 1549 he assisted in quelling the disturbances iu Oxon, Devon, and Cornwall. Iu 1551 he was imprisoned as a supporter of the Protector but was shortly afterwards made Gov. of Guisnes in Picardy. He was one of the Peers( a ) who in 1553 attempted to place Lady Jane Grey on the throne and (tho' pardoned) was nevertheless attainted whereby his honours were (tho 1 apparently still generally acknowledged) forfeited. He continued in command at Guisnes which, however, after a mo3t gallant defence he was (two weeks after the capture of Calais) forced to surrender beiug taken prisoner, 19 Jan. 1557/8, by the Duke of Guise, until ransomed for 20,000 crowns. ( b ) He was el. K.G-. and (being then a prisoner iu France) inst. by proxy 19 April 1558. His honours were fully restored by act of Pari. (1559), 1 Eliz., and he was iu 1559 made Gov. of Berwick and Gov. of the Middle Marches, taking conduct of the war with Scotland where in May 1560 he failed iu the attack on Leith. He m. iu or before 1536 Mary, da. of Charles (Somerset), 1st Earl op Worcester, by his second wife, Elizabeth, da. of Thomas (West), Lord de la Warr. He d. at (the bouse of his son in law Henry Denny) 14 Dec. 1562, and was bur. in the church of Cheshunt, Herts. Admon. 28 Oct. 1502, to his wife " Lady Mary "( c ) and son Arthur. XIV. 1R62. 14- Arthur (Grey), Lord Grey de Wilton, s. and h., 6. 1536 at Ilammes, near Calais; was present (with his father) at the surrender of Guisnes in 1558 and at the siege of Leith (where he was wounded) in 1560. In 1562 he sue. to the peerage and was sum. to Pari, from 30 Sep. (1566), 8 Eliz., to 19 Feb. (1592/3), 35 Eliz., by writs directed " Arthuro Grey de Wilton, CM'r." His inheritance was, however, much impoverished and he resided many years quietly at Whaddou, Bucks. He was a zealous promoter of the reformed religion ; el. K.G., 23 April, and inst. 17 June 1572; was one of the Peers for the trial of the Duke of Noifolk in 1574 ; was Ch. Gov. of Ireland (as Lord Deputy) July 1580 to Nov. 1582, during which time he suppressed the rebellion of Desmond in the south, of Baltinglass in the Pale, and of O'Neill in the north. ( 4 ) In 1586 he was one of the Commissioners for the trial of the Queen of Scots.(°) He m. firstly Dorothy, illegit. da. of Richard (la Zouche), Lord la ZorjeaE de Haryncworth. He hi. secondly, Jane Sibella, widow of Edward Russell, styled Lord Russell (who d. v.p. and s.p. about 1572), da. of Sir Richard Morrison, of Cashiobury, Herts, by Bridget, da. of John (Hussey), Lord Hussey de Sleaford. He d. 14 Oct. 1593, aged 57, at Whaddou afsd., and was bur. there. M.I. Will dat. 14 Oct. 1593, pr. 1593- His widow, who was an alien by birth,( f ) but naturalised (1575-76), 18 Eliz., d. 1615. Her will dat. 6 March 1611, pr. 11 July 1615, and 17 Feb. 1646/7. (") See vol. iii, p. 70, note "f," for a list of these Peers, &c. ( b ) The raising this sum greatly impaired his fortune and eventually necessitated the sale of the Castle and estate of Wilton, co. Hereford, the title of his Barony. The purchaser was his sister's son (by John, 1st Baron Chandos), the Hon. Charles Brydges, whose son, Giles, was cr. a Bart, in 1627 as "of Wilton Castle," being ancestor of the Dukes of Chandos. (°) Admon. of a "Lady Mary Gray" of St. Botolph, Aldersgate, London, was granted 1 Dec. 1578, to " Christopher Chewte, of Hillmorton, co. Warwick, Gent.," but probably it is not that of this Mary, Lady Grey. ( d ) Spenser, the Poet, was his Secretary. ( c ) See vol. iii, p. 72, note " a," for a list of these Commissioners. (') Her father had been employed by Hen. VIII. and Ed. VI. in several foreign missions to Germany and elsewhere. He d. at Strasbourg 17 March 1556. I