GREY, Henry (c. 1600-73) | HoP Development Site

Family and Education

b. c.1600, HMC Hastings, ii. 62. 1st s. of Sir John Grey^‡ of Pirgo, Essex (1576–1611), and Elizabeth (1577–1642), da. of Edward Nevill^†, 8th Bar. Abergavenny. educ. matric. Trinity, Cambridge 1615, MA 1615; Padua 1618; S.L. Andrich, De natione Anglica et Scota juristarum Universitarum Patavinae, 138. G. Inn 1632. m. lic. 19 July 1620, Anne (d. c.Oct. 1676), da. and coh. of William Cecil^†, styled. Ld. Burghley, later 2nd earl of Exeter, 5s. (1 d.v.p.), 5da. d. 21 Aug. 1673; admon. 2 Oct. 1673 to wid. TNA, PROB 6/48, f. 118.

Offices Held

Ld. lt. Leics 1642 – 49; commr. maintenance of Somerset forces 1643, militia, Leics. Mar. 1660; A. and O. ii. 1434; A Perfect List of all such Persons … as are now … justices of the peace (1660), 27. custos rot. Leics. Mar. – Aug. 1660.

Col. regt. of foot (parl.) 1642 – 43; capt. tp. of horse (parl.) 1642; CSP Dom. 1641–3, p. 366; LJ, vi. 284; HMC 5th Rep. 46. gov. (parl.), Hereford Oct.-Dec. 1642; CSP Dom. 1641–3, pp. 398, 400. c.-in-c. (parl.), Heref., Glos., Salop., Worcs. and Wales Dec. 1642-Sept. 1643, LJ, v. 488. Devon and Cornw. Jan. – Sept. 1643.

Commr. excise 1645, to treat with Scotland 1645, 1646, 1648, exclusion from sacrament 1646, sale of bishops’ lands 1646, compounding 1647, visitation of Oxford Univ. 1647, indemnity ordinance 1647, navy and customs 1647, scandalous offences 1648. A. and O. i. 691, 853, 905, 914, 927, 937, 1047, 1208; CSP Dom. 1645–7, pp. 23, 499; HMC 6th Rep. 158, 164; LJ, x. 4, 7, 239.

Parlimentarian

GREY, Henry (c. 1600-73)

Associated with: Bradgate House, Leics.Nichols, Hist. of Leics. iii. 680-1.;

Likenesses

oil on canvas by C. Johnson, 1638, National Trust, Dunham Massey Hall; oil on canvas by J-B. Gaspars, c. 1665, National Trust, Dunham Massey Hall; Wenceslaus Hollar, etching, late 1640s, NPG D28239.

Author

Littleton, Charles

Volume

Lords 1660-1715

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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