Rev. Anthony Grey (1557 – 9 November 1643) was

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from 1639 to his death. He was a son of George Grey by Margery, daughter of Gerard Salvaine of

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. George was the apparently only son of Anthony Grey of

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, a son of

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, by his second wife Katherine (or Katharine or Catherine), daughter of William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke. In 1639, Grey succeeded his childless second cousin once removed

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. Henry was a great-grandson of

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, another son of the 2nd Earl. A priest in the

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, Grey was rector at

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and later Burbage.

Family and issue

Grey married Magdalene, daughter of William Purefoy of Caldecote by Catherine (or Katherine) Wigston.

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mentions his wife having a sister named Dorothy Purefoy who married Roger Dudley and was mother to

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, however, other sources identify Susanna Thorne as the mother of Thomas, and Susanna's mother as Mary Purefoy. Anthony and Magdalene had twelve children, all born in Burbage: *Grace (29 April 1593 – ). Married James Ward of

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Grange Leicestershire * Henry, 10th Earl of Kent (24 November 1594 – 28 May 1651). *Magdalene (14 November 1596 – September 1668). Married John Browne of

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see Cave-Browne *Christian (8 May 1598 – 5 June 1681). Married the Rev. Theophilus Burdett, rector of Burton Overy, in 1626. *Faithmyjoye (1599–1602). *Priscilla (1601–1665). *Patience (b. 1603). Married a man of the Wood family. *John (April 1605 – September 1605). *Job (b. 1606), rector of Burbage and South Kilworth Leicestershire *Theophilus (1608 – 30 March 1679) *Nathaniel/Nathaniell (1613 – 9 May 1683). *Presela (b. 1615).

Ancestry

Sources

*Database of FamilySearch.org – (

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