GREY (GRAY), Sir John (c.1570-1611), of Bradgate, Leics.; Havering, Essex and Whitehall

Family and Education

b. c. 1571,Aged calculated from date of admiss. to L. Inn. 1st s. of Sir Henry Grey†, 1st Bar. Grey of Groby (d.1614) and Anne, da. of William Windsor†, 2nd Lord Windsor. CP, vi. 135-6. educ. vol., Low Countries 1586; R. Strong and J.A. van Dorsten, Leicester’s Triumph (Sir Thomas Browne Inst. pubs. spec. ser. ii), 118. L. Inn 1589; G. Inn 1593; Padua 1593. GI Admiss.; LI Admiss.; G.L. Andrich, Univ. Patavinae, 134. m. by 1600, Elizabeth, da. of Edward Neville† of Birling, Kent, 3s. 1da. CP, xii. pt. 1, p. 217; Index to Admons. in the PCC 1609-19 ed. M. Fitch (Brit. Rec. Soc. lxxxiii), 54. Kntd. 1 July 1596. S. and E. Usherwood, Counter-Armada, 149. bur. 7 Oct. 1611 7 Oct. 1611. Nichols, County of Leicester, iii. 675.

Offices Held

Vol. Cadiz 1596, CSP Dom. 1595–7, p. 263. Low Countries 1602. Chamberlain Letters ed. N.E. McClure, i. 150.

J.p. Leics. 1598–d., C231/1, f. 52; C66/1897. Essex 1607–d.; Cal. Assize Recs. Essex Indictments, Jas. I ed. J.S. Cockburn, 14, 99. commr. subsidy, Leicester, Leics. 1600, Recs. of Bor. of Leicester ed. M. Bateson, iii. 414. Essex 1607 – 09, Leics. and Leicester 1608; Lansd. 90, f. 9; Eg. 2644, f. 171; SP14/31/1. kpr. Havering Park, Essex 1603–d.; CSP Dom. 1603–10, p. 18; Add. 31825, f. 35v. commr. to inquire into lands of Henry Brooke alias Cobham, 11th Lord Cobham, Leics. 1603, into Bye-plotters 1603, Gunpowder Plotters 1606; C181/1, ff. 71, 72v, 130v. steward, Stanford Rivers manor 1606–d.; Duchy of Lancaster Office-Holders ed. R. Somerville, 207. commr. gaol delivery, Havering-atte-Bower, Essex 1607 – 10, oyer and terminer, Midlands Rising, Leics. 1607, C181/2, ff. 32v, 34v, 114. sewers, Essex 1607–11, C181/2, ff. 30v, 136v. aid, Leics. 1609. Recs. of Bor. of Leicester ed. H. Stock, iv. 93.

Gent. pens. by 1599–1603; E179/70/113; LC2/4/4. gent. of privy chamber 1603. HMC 7th Rep. 526.

Member, embassy to Spanish Neths. 1605; HMC Bath, iv. 200.

Parlimentarian

GREY (GRAY), Sir John (c.1570-1611), of Bradgate, Leics.; Havering, Essex and Whitehall

Main residences: Bradgate, Leics and Havering, Essex and Whitehall.

Gray

Author

J.P.F.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

GREY (GRAY), Sir John (c.1570-1611)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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