LC control no. | n 2015049331 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Suffolk, Henry Grey, Duke of, approximately 1500-1554 |
Variant(s) | Grey, Henry, Duke of Suffolk, approximately 1500-1554 Dorset, Henry Grey, Marquis of, approximately 1500-1554 Ferrers of Groby, Lord (Henry Grey), approximately 1500-1554 Harington, Lord (Henry Grey), approximately 1500-1554 Bonville, Lord (Henry Grey), approximately 1500-1554 |
Found in | Taylor, James D. Henry Grey, 3rd Marquis of Dorset, 2nd Duke of Suffolk (c. 1500-1554), 2015: ECIP galley (volume 1 of the Official Baronage of England, published in 1886, includes a comprehensive though condensed summarization of the life of Henry Grey, and places his birth year before 1510; an additional source ... the third volume of the Valor Ecclesiasticus of Henry VIII, published in 1817, indicates that Henry Grey was appointed Joint Steward of Warwick Collegiate Church as of 25 October 1517 and Joint Steward of Kenilworth Abbey as of 2 December 1517; based on these two sources, his birth year could be determined as being around 1500; this date also works because his father was in England between about 1490 to 1515, while duties took him to Scotland and France after 1515; based on the preceding information, the author [Taylor] places Henry Grey's year of birth at circa 1500) Britannica.com, August 11, 2015 (Henry Grey, Duke of Suffolk; English noble; also known as Henry Grey, Duke of Suffolk, 3rd Marquess of Dorset, Lord Ferrers of Groby, Lord Harington, Lord Bonville; born c. 1517; died February 23, 1554, in London, England; father of Lady Jane Grey; his opposition to Queen Mary I of England and his role in Sir Thomas Wyatt's rebellion led to his execution; the son of Thomas Grey, 2nd Marquess of Dorset, he succeeded to the marquessate in 1530 and in 1534, with the approval of King Henry VIII, married Frances Brandon, who would be the sole surviving heiress of the 1st Duke of Suffolk in the Brandon line; though well-educated and a committed Protestant, Dorset was a weak and ambitious man; he belonged to the party of John Dudley, duke of Northumberland, and was created Duke of Suffolk on Oct. 11, 1551; he supported Northumberland's attempt to make his daughter Lady Jane Grey queen in July 1553, but he was quick to abandon her cause when the plot failed, and he was pardoned by Queen Mary; his opposition to the queen's plans for her Spanish marriage involved him in Wyatt's rebellion in 1554; the dukedom again became extinct after his trial for treason and his execution on Tower Hill) |