Reginald Gray, 7th Baron Gray de Wilton

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Reginald Gray, 7th Baron Gray the Wilton (* 1421 ; † 1493 ) was an English nobleman .

Life

Sir Reginald was a son of Richard Gray, 6th Baron Gray de Wilton .

He inherited the title of Baron Gray de Wilton in 1442 after the death of his father and was under Henry VI. (England) called to Parliament nine times from 1445. In the Wars of the Roses , Baron Gray de Wilton fought for the House of York at the Battle of Mortimer's Cross (1461) and Towton (1461).

Also under the kings Edward IV , Richard III. and Henry VII , Baron Gray de Wilton was regularly called to the House of Lords .

Reginald Gray, 7th Baron Gray de Wilton died in 1493 and was buried in Bletchley , Buckinghamshire .

Marriage and offspring

Sir Reginald Gray, 7th Baron Gray de Wilton was married to Tacine.

Some sources say that Tacine was a daughter of Owen Tudor and Catherine de Valois , others say that Tacine was an illegitimate, foreign born daughter of John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset , and there is also an Act of the Privy Council on this dated June 20, 1443

The couple had a son:

literature

  • TC Banks: Baronia Anglica Concentrata. Volume 1, Simpkin, Marshall & Co., 1844.
  • William Dugdale: A Perfect Copy of all Summons of the Nobility to the Great Councils and Parliaments. SR, London 1685.
  • George Fisher: A Genealogical Companion and Key to the History of England. Simpkin & Marshall, London 1832.
  • TC Banks: The Dormant and Extinct Baronage of England. Volume I, Bensley, London 1807.
  • John Burke: A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerages of England, Ireland and Scotland. Henry Colburn, London 1831.
  • Terry Breverton: Jasper Tudor. Amberley Publishing Ltd., 2014, ISBN 978-1-445-63402-9 .
  • Sir Egerton Brydges: Colins's Peerage of England. Volume III, London 1812.
  • John Sandler: The Red Rose and the White. The Wars of the Roses 1453-1487. Routledge 2014, ISBN 978-1-317-90517-2 .
  • Alison Weir: The Wars of the Roses. Ballantine Books 2011, ISBN 978-0-345-40433-6 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sir Egerton Brydges: Colins's Peerage of England, Vol. III , London 1812
  2. ↑ Terry Breverton: Jasper Tudor , Amberley Publishing Ltd. 2014 - ISBN 978-1-445-63402-9
  3. ↑ Sir Harris Nicolas: Proceedings and Ordinances of the Privy Council of England, Vol. 5, 15 Henry VI. - 21 Herny VI. , London 1835
predecessor Office successor
Richard, 6th Baron Gray de Wilton Baron Gray de Wilton
1442-1493 		John, 8th Baron Gray de Wilton
personal data
SURNAME Gray, Reginald, 7th Baron Gray de Wilton
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gray, Sir Reginald
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English nobleman
DATE OF BIRTH 1421
DATE OF DEATH 1493