Mary Grey 1545-1578

Paternal Family Tree: Grey

Maternal Family Tree: Jeanne Sabran

1559 Death and Funeral of Frances Brandon

1565 Marriage of Richard Keyes and Mary Grey

In 1533 [her father] Henry Grey 1st Duke of Suffolk [aged 16] and [her mother] Frances Brandon Duchess of Suffolk [aged 15] were married. She by marriage Marchioness Dorset. She the daughter of [her grandfather] Charles Brandon 1st Duke of Suffolk [aged 49] and [her grandmother] Mary Tudor Queen Consort France [aged 36]. He the son of Thomas Grey 2nd Marquess Dorset and Margaret Wotton Marchioness Dorset [aged 46]. They were half second cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England. She a granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.

Around 1545 Mary Grey was born to Henry Grey 1st Duke of Suffolk [aged 28] and Frances Brandon Duchess of Suffolk [aged 27]. She a great granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.

Death of King Edward VI

On 6th July 1553 King Edward VI of England and Ireland [aged 15] died at Palace of Placentia, Greenwich [Map]. His first cousin once removed [her sister] Lady Jane Grey [aged 17] succeeded I Queen of England.

Thomas Wendy [aged 53] attended the King as physician.

Wyatt's Rebellion

On 12th February 1554 [her brother-in-law] Guildford Dudley [aged 19] was beheaded at Tower Hill [Map]. An hour later his wife [her sister] Lady Jane Grey [aged 18] was beheaded at Tower Green [Map] by order of Queen Mary I [aged 37]. They were buried at St Peter ad Vincula Church, Tower of London [Map].

On 23rd February 1554 [her father] Henry Grey 1st Duke of Suffolk [aged 37] was beheaded at Tower Hill [Map]. Duke Suffolk, Marquess Dorset, Earl Huntingdon, Baron Ferrers of Groby, Baron Harington, Baron Bonville forfeit.

Dean Hugh Weston [aged 49] acted as Confessor.

On 1st March 1555 [her step-father] Adrian Stokes [aged 35] and [her mother] Frances Brandon Duchess of Suffolk [aged 37] were married. They had three children, two of which were stillborn, one of which died in their first year. She the daughter of [her grandfather] Charles Brandon 1st Duke of Suffolk and [her grandmother] Mary Tudor Queen Consort France.

Death and Funeral of Frances Brandon

                    On 5th December 1559 [her mother] Frances Brandon Duchess of Suffolk [deceased] was buried in St Edmund's Chapel in Westminster Abbey [Map] at a ceremony conducted by Bishop John Jewel [aged 37]. Her daughter [her sister] Catherine Grey Countess Hertford [aged 19] was Chief Mourner. Mary Grey [aged 14] was present. Her effigy, possibly designed by Cornelius Cure, was paid for by her husband [her step-father] Adrian Stokes [aged 40]: recumbent effigy dressed in Ermine robes signifying she was a duchess with a pendant around her neck. She lies on mattress with a lion at her feet and her coronet has been repaired and gilded.
                
                    The inscription on her grave reads in Latin:
                
                    Nor grace, nor splendor, nor a royal name,
                
                    Nor widespread fame can aught avail;
                
                    All, all have vanished here.
                
                    True worth alone Survives the funeral pyre and silent tomb.
                
                    And...
                
                    Dirge for the most noble Lady Frances, onetime Duchess of Suffolk: naught avails glory or splendour, naught avail titles of kings; naught profits a magnificent abode, resplendent with wealth. All, all are passed away: the glory of virtue alone remained, impervious to the funeral pyres of Tartarus [part of Hades or the Underworld]. She was married first to the Duke, and after was wife to Mr Stock, Esq. Now, in death, may you fare well, united to God.
                
                    And continues...
                
                    Here lieth the ladie Francis, Duches of Southfolke, daughter to Charles Brandon, Duke of Southfolke, and Marie the Frenche Quene: first wife to Henrie Duke of Southfolke and after to Adrian Stock Esquier.

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oN 20th November 1559 or 21st November 1559 [her mother] Frances Brandon Duchess of Suffolk [aged 42] died at Richmond, Surrey [Map].

Before 25th December 1560 [her brother-in-law] Edward Seymour 1st Earl Hertford [aged 21] and [her sister] Catherine Grey Countess Hertford [aged 20] were married in secret by an anonymous clergyman at Hertford House Canon Row. She by marriage Countess Hertford. She the daughter of [her father] Henry Grey 1st Duke of Suffolk and [her mother] Frances Brandon Duchess of Suffolk. He the son of Edward Seymour 1st Duke of Somerset and Anne Stanhope Duchess Somerset [aged 63]. They were sixth cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.

Marriage of Richard Keyes and Mary Grey

On 19th August 1565 Thomas Keyes [aged 41] and Mary Grey [aged 20] were married. Elizabeth Stafford [aged 19] and Ursula Stafford [aged 12] were witnesses. The difference in their ages was 21 years. She the daughter of Henry Grey 1st Duke of Suffolk and Frances Brandon Duchess of Suffolk.

After 19th August 1565 [her husband] Thomas Keyes [aged 41] was imprisoned for having married Mary Grey [aged 20] without the Queen's permission at Fleet Prison [Map].

In August 1567 Catherine Willoughby Duchess Suffolk [aged 48] became custodian to Mary Grey [aged 22], sister to Lady Jane Grey.

On 26th January 1568 [her sister] Catherine Grey Countess Hertford [aged 27] died at Cockfield Hall, Suffolk; see Ellis' Letters. She was under house arrest at the time, in the custody of Owen Hopton [aged 49], who was at her deathbed. On 21st February 1567 she was buried at the Cockfield Chapel in St Peter's Church, Yoxford [Map] - see Gentleman's Magazine 1823. Her remains were later moved to Salisbury Cathedral [Map].

Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes

Récits d’un bourgeois de Valenciennes aka The Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes is a vivid 14th-century vernacular chronicle written by an anonymous urban chronicler from Valenciennes in the County of Hainaut. It survives in a manuscript that describes local and regional history from about 1253 to 1366, blending chronology, narrative episodes, and eyewitness-style accounts of political, military, and social events in medieval France, Flanders, and the Low Countries. The work begins with a chronological framework of events affecting Valenciennes and its region under rulers such as King Philip VI of France and the shifting allegiances of local nobility. It includes accounts of conflicts, sieges, diplomatic manoeuvres, and the impact of broader struggles like the Hundred Years’ War on urban life in Hainaut. Written from the perspective of a burgher (bourgeois) rather than a monastery or royal court, the chronicle offers a rare lay viewpoint on high politics and warfare, reflecting how merchants, townspeople, and civic institutions experienced the turbulence of the 13th and 14th centuries. Its narrative style combines straightforward reporting of events with moral and civic observations, making it a valuable source for readers interested in medieval urban society, regional politics, and the lived experience of war and governance in pre-modern Europe.

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On 3rd September 1571 [her husband] Thomas Keyes [aged 47] died.

In 1577 Mary Grey [aged 32] was appointed Maid of Honour to Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland [aged 43].

On 20th April 1578 Mary Grey [aged 33] died. Her funeral was held at Westminster Abbey [Map].

Ancestors of Mary Grey 1545-1578

Great x 4 Grandfather: Reginald Grey 3rd Baron Grey Ruthyn 5 x Great Grandson of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Grey Baron Ferrers of Groby 6 x Great Grandson of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Astley Baroness Grey Ruthyn 8 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Grey 5 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Ferrers 5 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Ferrers 6th Baroness Ferrers Groby 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Mowbray Baroness Berkeley 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Grey 1st Marquess Dorset 6 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Woodville

Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Woodville 1st Earl Rivers

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Bittelsgate

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Woodville Queen Consort England 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Peter Luxembourg I Count Saint Pol 4 x Great Grandson of King Henry III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Jacquetta of Luxembourg Duchess Bedford 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margherita Baux 5 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England

Grandfather: Thomas Grey 2nd Marquess Dorset 4 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Bonville 1st Baron Bonville 7 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Bonville 5 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Grey 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Bonville 6th Baron Harington 6 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Harrington 5th Baron Harington 13 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Harrington 14 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 1 Grandmother: Cecily Bonville Marchioness Dorset 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland 5 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Neville Earl Salisbury Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Katherine Neville Baroness Bonville and Hastings 2 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Montagu 1st Count Perche 4th Earl Salisbury 3 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Montagu 5th Countess of Salisbury 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Holland 2 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

father: Henry Grey 1st Duke of Suffolk 5 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Nicholas Wotton

Great x 2 Grandfather: Nicholas Wotton

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Corbie

Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Corbie

Great x 1 Grandfather: Robert Wotton of Boughton Malherbe

Grandmother: Margaret Wotton Marchioness Dorset

Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Belknap

Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Belknap

Mary Grey Great Granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Brandon

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Brandon

Great x 3 Grandmother: Ada Calthorpe

Great x 1 Grandfather: William Brandon 5 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Wingfield 7 x Great Grandson of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Wingfield 8 x Great Grandson of King John of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Wingfield 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Goushill

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Goushill 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Fitzalan Duchess Norfolk 2 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Grandfather: Charles Brandon 1st Duke of Suffolk 6 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Ingram le Bruyn

Great x 3 Grandfather: Morice Bruyn

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Pole

Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Bruyn aka Darcy

Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Bruyn 14 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Darcy 11 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Dracy 12 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Darcy 13 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

mother: Frances Brandon Duchess of Suffolk Granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Maredudd Tudor 3 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Owen Tudor 4 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Edmund Tudor 1st Earl Richmond Grandson of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France

Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France son of King Charles V of France

Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine of Valois Queen Consort England daughter of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France

Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabeau Wittelsbach Queen Consort France 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Louis VIII of France

Great x 1 Grandfather: King Henry VII of England and Ireland Great Grandson of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Beaufort 1st Marquess Somerset and Dorset Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Beaufort 1st Duke of Somerset Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Holland Duchess Clarence 2 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Beaufort Countess Richmond 2 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Beauchamp 3rd Baron Beauchamp Bletsoe 7 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Beauchamp Duchess Somerset 6 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Edith Stourton Baroness Beauchamp Bletsoe 5 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England

Grandmother: Mary Tudor Queen Consort France daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard of Conisbrough 1st Earl Cambridge Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Plantagenet 3rd Duke of York Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Mortimer 2 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: King Edward IV of England 2 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England