Online Encyclopedia

Search over 40,000 articles from the original, classic Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th Edition.

2ND MARQUESS OF DORSET THOMAS GREY (1...

Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume V08, Page 432 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
Spread the word: del.icio.us del.icio.us it!

2ND See also:

MARQUESS OF See also:DORSET See also:THOMAS See also:GREY (1477-1530)  , the eldest son of the 1st See also:marquess, fled to See also:Brittany with his See also:father in 1484; after receiving several marks of the royal favour and succeeding to the See also:title, he was imprisoned by See also:Henry VII., and remained in See also:prison until 1509 . He was on very See also:good terms with Henry VIII., who in 1512 appointed him to command the See also:English See also:army which was to invade See also:France in conjuhction with the See also:Spanish forces under See also:Ferdinand of See also:Aragon . In spite of the failure which attended this enterprise, See also:Dorset again served in France in the following See also:year, and in 1516 he was made See also:lieutenant of the See also:order of the Garter . Later he was at the See also:Field of the See also:Cloth of See also:Gold, and he was See also:warden of the eastern and See also:middle See also:marches towards See also:Scotland in 1523 and the following years . He received many other positions of See also:trust and profit from the See also:king, and he helped to bring about the fall of See also:Cardinal See also:Wolsey, under whom he had probably been educated . He was famous for his skill in the See also:tournament . He died on the loth of See also:October 1530 . His eldest son Henry See also:Grey, 3rd marquess of Dorset, was in 1551 created See also:duke of See also:Suffolk (q.v.) . A younger son, See also:Lord See also:Thomas Grey, was beheaded in See also:April 1554 for sharing in the See also:rebellion of See also:Sir Thomas See also:Wyat; another son, Lord See also:John Grey, was also sentenced to See also:death for his See also:share in this rising, but his See also:life was spared owing to the efforts of his wife See also:Mary, daughter of Sir See also:Anthony See also:Browne . Under See also:Elizabeth, Lord John, a strong See also:Protestant, was restored to the royal favour, and he died on the 19th of See also:November 1569 . In 1603 his son Henry (d . 1614) was created See also:Baron Grey of Groby, and in 1628 his See also:great-See also:grandson Henry was made See also:earl of See also:Stamford .

End of Article: 2ND MARQUESS OF DORSET THOMAS GREY (1477-1530)
[back]
THOMAS BEAUFORT (d. 1426)
[next]
IST MARQUESS OF DORSET THOMAS GREY (1451-1501)

Additional information and Comments

Thomas was buried at Astley, Warwickshire where the family main estate was in C15th - 16thbut his grave was desecrated during the Engish Civil War. His will is in the National Archives at Kew. One interesting bequest of £30.00 was to Lady Anne Boleyn as well as others to the King.
» Add information or comments to this article.
Please link directly to this article:
Highlight the code below, right click and select "copy." Paste it into a website, email, or other HTML document.