Biography of Henry Grey 4th or 7th Baron Grey of Codnor 1435-1496
Paternal Family Tree: Grey
In 1430 [his uncle] John Grey 2nd or 5th Baron Grey of Codnor (age 34) died. His brother [his father] Henry Grey 3rd or 6th Baron Grey of Codnor (age 25) succeeded 3rd or 6th Baron Grey of Codnor.
Before 1434 [his father] Henry Grey 3rd or 6th Baron Grey of Codnor (age 29) and [his mother] Margaret Percy Baroness Grey Codnor (age 24) were married. She by marriage Baroness Grey of Codnor. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Henry III of England.
In 1435 Henry Grey 4th or 7th Baron Grey of Codnor was born to Henry Grey 3rd or 6th Baron Grey of Codnor (age 30) and Margaret Percy Baroness Grey Codnor (age 26).
On 17 Jul 1444 [his father] Henry Grey 3rd or 6th Baron Grey of Codnor (age 39) died. His son Henry Grey 4th or 7th Baron Grey of Codnor (age 9) succeeded 4th or 7th Baron Grey of Codnor.
On 06 Nov 1453 Anne Bardolf Baroness Cobham Sternborough (age 64) died. Her fifth cousin [his future brother-in-law] William Beaumont 2nd Viscount Beaumont (age 15) succeeded 6th Baron Bardolf of Wormegay in Norfolk.
On 29 Aug 1454 Henry Grey 4th or 7th Baron Grey of Codnor (age 19) and Katherine Strangeways Baroness Grey Codnor were married. She by marriage Baroness Grey of Codnor. She the daughter of Thomas Strangeways and Katherine Neville Duchess Norfolk (age 54). They were third cousin once removed. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward III of England. 
Before 1456 John Lovell 8th Baron Lovel 5th Baron Holand (age 23) and [his sister-in-law] Joan Beaumont Baroness Lovel (age 20) were married. She by marriage Baroness Lovel of Titchmarsh. She the daughter of John Beaumont 1st Viscount Beaumont (age 46) and Katherine Neville Duchess Norfolk (age 55). They were second cousin once removed. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward III of England. 
On 12 Jan 1460 John Boteler (age 30) and [his future wife] Margaret Stanley Baroness Grey Codnor (age 25) were married at Bewsey, Warrington, Lancashire. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England. 
On 10 Jul 1460 the Yorkist army led by the future King Edward IV of England (age 18) and including Richard "Kingmaker" Neville Earl Warwick, 6th Earl Salisbury (age 31), Archbishop George Neville (age 28), William Neville 1st Earl Kent (age 55), Edward Brooke 6th Baron Cobham (age 45) and John Scrope 5th Baron Scrope of Bolton (age 22) defeated the Lancastrian army at the 1460 Battle of Northampton.
Edmund Grey 1st Earl Kent (age 43) had started the day as part of the Lancastrian army but did nothing to prevent the Yorkist army attacking.
King Henry VI of England and II of France (age 38) was captured.
Humphrey Stafford 1st Duke of Buckingham (age 57) was killed. His grandson Henry Stafford 2nd Duke of Buckingham (age 5) succeeded 2nd Duke of Buckingham, 7th Earl Stafford, 8th Baron Stafford.
John Talbot 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury (age 42) was killed. His son John Talbot 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury (age 11) succeeded 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury, 3rd Earl Waterford, 8th Baron Furnivall, 12th Baron Strange Blackmere, 9th Baron Talbot.
Thomas Percy 1st Baron Egremont (age 37) was killed.
John Beaumont 1st Viscount Beaumont (age 50) was killed. His son [his brother-in-law] William Beaumont 2nd Viscount Beaumont (age 22) succeeded 2nd Viscount Beaumont, 7th Baron Beaumont.
William Lucy (age 56) was killed apparently by a member of the Stafford family who wanted his wife Margaret Fitzlewis (age 21).
Thomas Tresham (age 40) fought.
William Beaumont 2nd Viscount Beaumont (age 22) and William Norreys (age 19) were knighted.
Thomas "Bastard of Exeter" Holland was executed following the battle.
The battle was fought south of the River Nene [Map] in the grounds of Delapré Abbey.
On 17 Feb 1461 the Lancastrian army defeated the Yorkist army at Second Battle of St Albans and rescued King Henry VI of England and II of France (age 39). The Lancastrian army was commanded by Henry Holland 3rd Duke Exeter (age 30) and included Henry Percy 3rd Earl of Northumberland (age 39), [his brother-in-law] John Mowbray 3rd Duke of Norfolk (age 45), Henry Grey 4th or 7th Baron Grey of Codnor (age 26), Henry Roos and Richard Welles 7th Baron Welles, Baron Willoughby (age 33).
Thomas Ros 9th Baron Ros Helmsley (age 33), William Tailboys 7th Baron Kyme (age 46), John Talbot 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury (age 12) and Thomas Tresham (age 41) were knighted.
The Yorkist army included Richard "Kingmaker" Neville Earl Warwick, 6th Earl Salisbury (age 32), William Fitzalan 16th Earl Arundel (age 43), John Wenlock 1st Baron Wenlock (age 61) and Henry Bourchier 2nd Count Eu 1st Earl Essex (age 57). John Neville 1st Marquess Montagu (age 30) was captured. Robert Poynings (age 42) and James Luttrell (age 34) were killed.
John Grey (age 29) was killed fighting for Lancaster. A death that was to have far reaching consequences; his widow Elizabeth Woodville Queen Consort England (age 24) subsequently married King Edward IV of England (age 18).
During the battle William Bonville 1st Baron Bonville (age 68) and Thomas Kyriell (age 65) were assigned to the protection of the King Henry VI (age 39). After the battle both were beheaded against all decent laws of battle.
William Bonville 1st Baron Bonville (age 68) was beheaded. His great granddaughter Cecily Bonville Marchioness Dorset succeeded 2nd Baroness Bonville.
Thomas Kyriell (age 65) was beheaded.
William Cotton (age 21) was killed.
On 06 Aug 1462 [his brother-in-law] William Beaumont 2nd Viscount Beaumont (age 24) and Joan Stafford Viscountess Beaumont (age 20) were married. She by marriage Viscountess Beaumont. She the daughter of Humphrey Stafford 1st Duke of Buckingham and Anne Neville Duchess Buckingham (age 54). He the son of John Beaumont 1st Viscount Beaumont and Katherine Neville Duchess Norfolk (age 62). They were first cousins. He a great x 2 grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
After 28 Feb 1463 [his future brother-in-law] William Stanley (age 28) and [his sister-in-law] Joan Beaumont Baroness Lovel (age 28) were married. She the daughter of John Beaumont 1st Viscount Beaumont and Katherine Neville Duchess Norfolk (age 63). They were half third cousin once removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
On 28 Sep 1464 [his mother] Margaret Percy Baroness Grey Codnor (age 55) died.
On 05 Aug 1466 [his sister-in-law] Joan Beaumont Baroness Lovel (age 31) died at Titchmarsh, Northamptonshire.
Around 1471 [his future brother-in-law] William Stanley (age 36) and Elizabeth Hopton Countess of Worcester (age 44) were married. The date based on the death of his first wife [his sister-in-law] Joan Beaumont Baroness Lovel. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England.
Around 1475 William Berkeley (age 24) and [his future wife] Katherine Stourton Baroness Grey Codnor (age 20) were married.
In 1477 [his brother-in-law] William Beaumont 2nd Viscount Beaumont (age 38) and Elizabeth Scrope Countess of Oxford (age 9) were married. She by marriage Viscountess Beaumont. The difference in their ages was 29 years. He the son of John Beaumont 1st Viscount Beaumont and Katherine Neville Duchess Norfolk (age 77). They were half first cousin twice removed. He a great x 2 grandson of King Edward III of England.
Before 1481 Henry Grey 4th or 7th Baron Grey of Codnor (age 46) and Margaret Stanley Baroness Grey Codnor (age 45) were married. She by marriage Baroness Grey of Codnor. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England.
In 1481 [his wife] Margaret Stanley Baroness Grey Codnor (age 46) died.
On 22 Aug 1485 King Richard III of England (age 32) was killed during the Battle of Bosworth. His second cousin once removed Henry Tudor (age 28) succeeded VII King England. Earl Richmond forfeit.
Those supporting Henry Tudor included:
John Blount 3rd Baron Mountjoy (age 35).
John Cheney 1st Baron Cheyne (age 43).
Richard Guildford (age 35).
Walter Hungerford (age 21).
[his former brother-in-law] Thomas Stanley 1st Earl of Derby (age 50).
Edward Woodville Lord Scales (age 29).
Edward Courtenay 1st Earl Devon (age 26).
Rhys ap Thomas Deheubarth (age 36).
Jasper Tudor 1st Duke Bedford (age 53).
[his brother-in-law] William Beaumont 2nd Viscount Beaumont (age 47).
Giles Daubeney 1st Baron Daubeney (age 34).
[his former brother-in-law] William Stanley (age 50).
Roger Kynaston of Myddle and Hordley (age 52).
Henry Marney 1st Baron Marney (age 38).
William Brandon (age 29) was killed.
James Harrington (age 55) was killed.
John Howard 1st Duke of Norfolk (age 60) was killed and attainted. He was buried firstly at Thetford Priory, Norfolk [Map] and therafter at Church of St Michael the Archangel, Framlingham [Map]. Duke Norfolk, Baron Mowbray, Baron Segrave forfeit.
John Sacheverell (age 85) was killed.
Philibert Chandee 1st Earl Bath
William Norreys (age 44), Gilbert Talbot (age 33), John de Vere 13th Earl of Oxford (age 42) and John Savage (age 41) commanded,.
Robert Poyntz (age 35) was knighted.
Those who fought for Richard III included:
John Bourchier 6th Baron Ferrers of Groby (age 47).
John Conyers (age 74).
Thomas Dacre 2nd Baron Dacre Gilsland (age 17).
William Berkeley 1st Marquess Berkeley (age 59).
Richard Fitzhugh 6th Baron Fitzhugh (age 28).
John Scrope 5th Baron Scrope of Bolton (age 48).
Thomas Scrope 6th Baron Scrope Masham (age 26).
Henry Grey 4th or 7th Baron Grey of Codnor (age 50).
Edmund Grey 1st Earl Kent (age 68).
Ralph Neville 3rd Earl of Westmoreland (age 29).
John de la Pole 1st Earl Lincoln (age 23).
Humphrey Stafford (age 59).
George Talbot 4th Earl of Shrewsbury (age 17).
Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk (age 42) was wounded, captured and imprisoned in the Tower of London [Map] for three years. He was attainted; Earl Surrey forfeit.
Francis Lovell 1st Viscount Lovell (age 29) fought and escaped.
John Zouche 7th Baron Zouche Harringworth (age 26) was captured.
John Babington (age 62), William Alington (age 65), Robert Mortimer (age 43), Robert Brackenbury, Richard Ratclyffe (age 55) and Richard Bagot (age 73) were killed
Walter Devereux Baron Ferrers of Chartley (age 53) was killed.
William Catesby (age 35) was executed at Leicester, Leicestershire [Map] after the battle.
George Stanley 9th Baron Strange Knockin 5th Baron Mohun Dunster (age 25) held as a hostage by Richard III before the Battle of Bosworth.
Henry Percy 4th Earl of Northumberland (age 36) betrayed King Richard III of England (age 32) by not committing his forces at the Battle of Bosworth.
John Iwardby (age 35) was killed.
In 1487 Francis Stourton 4th Baron Stourton (age 2) died. His uncle [his future brother-in-law] William Stourton 5th Baron Stourton (age 30) succeeded 5th Baron Stourton.
Before 1492 Henry Grey 4th or 7th Baron Grey of Codnor (age 57) and Katherine Stourton Baroness Grey Codnor (age 36) were married. She by marriage Baroness Grey of Codnor. The difference in their ages was 20 years. They were fourth cousins.
On 16 Feb 1495 [his former brother-in-law] William Stanley (age 60) and Simon Montfort were beheaded at Tower Hill [Map] for their part in the Perkin Warbeck Plot.
Gilbert Debenham (age 63) was attainted and condemned to death for treason for having supported Stanley. He remained in prison until 1499 when his sister Elizabeth Brewes, in return for paying a large fine, obtained a pardon for her brother and a promise that the attainder would be reversed.
In Apr 1496 Henry Grey 4th or 7th Baron Grey of Codnor (age 61) died.
Around 1497 William Pole (age 19) and [his former wife] Katherine Stourton Baroness Grey Codnor (age 42) were married. The difference in their ages was 23 years; she, unusually, being older than him. He the son of John de la Pole 2nd Duke of Suffolk and Elizabeth York Duchess Suffolk (age 52). They were third cousins. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward III of England. 
In Nov 1521 [his former wife] Katherine Stourton Baroness Grey Codnor (age 66) died.
John Savage and Katherine Stanley were married. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England.
Richard de Vere and [his mother] Margaret Percy Baroness Grey Codnor were married. He the son of Richard de Vere 11th Earl of Oxford and Alice Sergeaux Countess Oxford. They were third cousin once removed. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Henry III of England.
William Troutbeck and Margaret Stanley Baroness Grey Codnor were married. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England.
Kings Wessex: Great x 13 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 9 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 15 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 10 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 6 Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 11 Grand Son of Malcolm III King Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 9 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 7 Grand Son of Louis "Lion" VIII King France
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Grey 1st Baron Grey of Codnor
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Grey 2nd Baron Grey of Codnor 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Courtenay Baroness Grey Codnor
5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Grey 3rd Baron Grey of Codnor 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Fitzpayn 1st Baron Fitzpayn
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Fitzpayn Baroness Grey Codnor
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabella Clifford
Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Grey 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Gerard Lisle
Great x 3 Grandfather: Warin Lisle
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Armentieres
Great x 2 Grandmother: Alice Lisle Baroness Grey Codnor
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Tyeys 2nd Baron Tyeys
Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Tyeys
GrandFather: Richard Grey 1st or 4th Baron Grey of Codnor 6 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Cobham
Great x 3 Grandfather: Reginald Cobham
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Neville
Great x 2 Grandfather: Reginald Cobham 1st Baron Cobham 4 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Walter Devereux
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Devereux 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margery de Braose
2 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Joan Cobham 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Maurice Berkeley 7th and 2nd Baron Berkeley 2 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Rich Berkeley 8th and 3rd Baron Berkeley 3 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eva Zouche
Great x 2 Grandmother: Joan Berkeley Baroness Cobham Sternborough 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Mortimer 1st Earl March 3 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Mortimer Baroness Berkeley 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Geneville Baroness Mortimer 2nd Baroness Geneville 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Father: Henry Grey 3rd or 6th Baron Grey of Codnor 7 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Ralph Bassett 1st Baron Basset Sapcote
GrandMother: Elizabeth Bassett Baroness Grey Codnor
Henry Grey 4th or 7th Baron Grey of Codnor 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Percy 10th and 2nd Baron Percy 5 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Percy 11th and 3rd Baron Percy 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Idonia Clifford Baroness Percy 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Percy 1st Earl of Northumberland 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Plantagenet 3rd Earl of Leicester 3rd Earl Lancaster Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Plantagenet Baroness Percy
Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Chaworth
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Percy 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Neville 1st Baron Neville of Raby
Great x 3 Grandfather: Ralph Neville 2nd Baron Neville of Raby 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Euphemia Clavering Baroness Neville Raby
7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Neville 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh Audley 1st Baron Audley Stratton Audley
2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Audley Baroness Greystoke and Neville 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Isolde le Rous
GrandFather: Henry Percy of Atholl 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: David Strathbogie 10th Earl Atholl 3 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: David III Strathbogie 11th Earl Atholl 4 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: David IV Strathbogie 12th Earl Atholl 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Beaumont Earl Buchan 3 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Katherine Beaumont Countess Atholl 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Comyn Baroness Beaumont 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Strathbogie 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Ferrers 1st Baron Ferrers of Groby
5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Ferrers 2nd Baron Ferrers of Groby 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Ellen or Margaret Segrave Baroness Ferrers Groby
Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Ferrers Countess Atholl 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Theobald Verdun 2nd Lord Verdun
Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabel Verdun Baroness Ferrers Groby Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Clare Lady Verdun
Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England
Mother: Margaret Percy Baroness Grey Codnor 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
