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 4i8 DORSET MARQUESSATE. i. Thomas (Grey), Lord Ferrers [sometimes, improperly, called Lord Grey] of Groby, s. and h. of IV. 1475' John, Lord Ferrers (of Groby, usually known as Sir John Grey), by Elizabeth (afterwards Queen Consort to Edward IV), da. of Richard (Widville), ist Earl Rivers; b. 1 45 1, sue. his father 17 Feb. 1 460/1 ; was cr. (by his step-father, Edward IV), 14 Aug. 147 1, EARL OF HUNTINGDON, which title he shortly after- wards() resignedC") to the King, and was as "Lord Thomas Grey" made K.B., 18 Apr. 1475, '^"'^ ^Y letters patent of the same date was cr. MAR- q'uESS('=) of DORSET, "the same day, after dynner, and so dyned in his habitte."('*) This creation was effected "/)(?r cincturam gladii et cape Honoris impositio»em."() An inspeximus and confirmation thereof is dated 19 Nov. i486, and another 21 Nov. 1511. K.G., 1475/6; Constable of the Tower to Edward V, Apr. to July 1483.0 He appears to have been present at the Coronation of Richard III, 14 July 1483, but only under the style of Lord Ferrers of Groby.{f) Attainted Jan. 1483/4, escaping to Brit- tany, r«/or^d' by Henry VII, Nov. 1485. C") He was in command against the French to assist the Emperor Maximilian, and fought against the rebels at Blackheath, 17 June 1497. He w., istly, Oct. 1466, at Greenwich, Anne, only child of Thomas (Holand), Duke of Exeter, by Anne, ist da. of Richard (Plantagenet), Duke of York.(') She d. s.p. and v.p., soon after 26 Aug. 1467.0 He m., 2ndly (cont. 18 July 1474), Cicely (then aged 13), suo jure Baroness Harington and Baroness Bonville, da. and h. of William (Bonville), Lord Harington, by Catherine, da. of Richard (Nevill), Earl of Salisbury. He d. 20 Sep. 1501, and (*)The Earldom of Huntingdon was conferred, 4 July 1479, on William Her- bert, in consideration of his surrender of the Earldom of Pembroke, which had been granted to his father by a charter of 8 Sep. 1468. See Creations, 1483-1646, in App., 47th Rep., D.K.P. Records, sub 27 May 1484, being the confirmation of the said charter of 1468 of the Earldom of Huntingdon. (*>) As to this resignation the following note is given by Nicolas: — "The word resigned is here used, notwithstanding that the Editor [Nicolas] is well aware of the resolutions of the House of Peers, i Feb. 1640, and 18 June 1678, that no surrender of a Patent can be a bar to a claim of the dignity so surrendered; but at the period in question such surrenders were not uncommon, and it is presumed that the expression is correct when applied to a transaction which took place nearly two hundred and fifty years before such was determined to be the law on the subject by the House of Lords." For some remarks on the surrender of peerages, see vol. iii, Appendix A. ("=) This was the sixth Marquessate ever bestowed. See vol. v. Appendix H. ^) Metcalfe's Knights, p. 4. if) The date of this creation is sometimes given in error as 30 il/flji 1475. V.G. (*) On 23 Oct. of this year there was a Commission denouncing "Thomas late Marquess of Dorset, who holds the unshameful and mischievous woman called Shores wife in adultery." {Patent Roll). V.G. (e) See a list of those then present, ante, p. 19, note "f." 1^) As to the restorations of 1485, see ante, p. 329, note " c," sub Devon. (') William of Worcester, p. 507; Pari. Rolls, vol. vi, pp. 216, 242. V.G.