Henry GREY, Of Powis, Count Of Tankarville^[1]

Abt 1419 - 1450  (~ 31 years)

• Name	Henry GREY  [2, 3, 4]
  Suffix	Of Powis, Count Of Tankarville
  Born	Abt 1419	Heaton Castle, Wark-On-Tweed, Northumberland, England   [2, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	6DB0BBA469634972A8CB6E824B36A05CE30C
  Died	13 Jan 1449-1450	Powis, Montgomeryshire, Wales   [2, 3, 4]
  Person ID	I13344	Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
  Last Modified	5 Feb 2012

  
  

  Father	John GREY, Of Wark-On-Tweed, Kg, Sir,   b. Aft 1384, Heaton Castle, Wark-On-Tweed, Northumberland, England ,   d. 22 Mar 1420-1421, Battle Of Bauge, Anjou, France (Killed)  (Age ~ 36 years)
  Mother	Joan CHERLETON,   b. Abt 1400, Upper Powys, Montgomeryshire, Wales ,   d. 17 Sep 1425  (Age ~ 25 years)
  Family ID	F6778	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Antigone PLANTAGENET,   b. Bef 1421, Westminster, London, Middlesex, England ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	Aft 3 Jan 1434-1435	1st Husband   [4, 6, 7]
  Children	1. Elizabeth GREY,   b. Abt 1440, Pontesbury, Montgomeryshire, Wales ,   d. Aft 1501  (Age ~ 62 years)
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2016
  Family ID	F6804	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Henry de Grey, Earl of Tancarville, age 1 1/2+ at father's death, d. 13 Jan 1449/50; m. as 1st husband, Antigone, only child (bastard) of Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, b. 1391, d. 23 Feb 1447, son of King Henry IV of England and Mary Bohun, and grandson of John, Duke of Lancaster and Blanche of Lancaster. [Ancestral Roots] Note: Tanquerville is in France (captured territory), and has very little to do with their "permanent" family holdings. -------------------------------------------- HENRY GRAY, COUNT OF TANCARVILLE, son and heir, aged 1 1/2 and more at his father's death. He was knighted on Whitsunday 1426. On 5 December 1441, having proved his age in co. Salop, he had livery of the lands of his inheritance, his homage and fealty being respited. He married Antigone, illegitimate daughter of Humphrey, DUKE OF GLOUCESTER.(a) He died 13 January 1449/50. [Complete Peerage VI:138-9, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)] (a) On 3 January 1434/5 the marriage of Henry, son and heir of John Gray kt. and Joan his wife, was granted to Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, for ?800. (Patent Roll, 13 Hen. VI, m. 27). Note: The knighthood seems a little early (age 8 or so), but Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester got his knighthood very early as well.

  
  

• Sources

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