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Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Lisle

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1492

Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Lisle

Sir Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Lisle (died 1492) was an English nobleman who was created Viscount Lisle in 1483, in recognition of his wife's descent.

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Origins

Sir Edward Grey was a younger son of Sir Edward Grey (c. 1415–1457) (a son by his second marriage of Reginald Grey, 3rd Baron Grey de Ruthyn) by his wife Elizabeth Ferrers, 6th Baroness Ferrers of Groby (1419–1483) His father was summoned to parliament as Baron Ferrers of Groby in right of his wife. His eldest brother was Sir John Grey of Groby (c. 1432-1461), a Lancastrian knight, the first husband of Elizabeth Woodville who later married King Edward IV, and great-great-grandfather of Lady Jane Grey.

Marriage & progeny

Sir Edward Grey married Elizabeth Talbot, daughter and eventual heiress of John Talbot, 1st Viscount Lisle (1423–1453), 4th son of John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury by his wife Margaret Beauchamp, heiress to the Barony of Lisle created by writ for her great-great-grandfather Gerard de Lisle (d.1360). By Elizabeth Talbot he had the following progeny:

  • John Grey, 2nd Viscount Lisle (1481–1504), eldest son and heir, who married Muryell Howard, daughter of Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk. They were the parents of Elizabeth Grey, Viscountess Lisle.
  • Anne Grey
  • Elizabeth Grey (d. 1529), who married twice:
  • Firstly to Edmund Dudley, treasurer to King Henry VII, executed in 1510 by King Henry VIII
  • Secondly to Arthur Plantagenet (d.1542), KG, an illegitimate son of King Edward IV, created Viscount Lisle in recognition of his wife's ancestry.
  • Muryell Grey

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