Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Lisle (died 1492) was an English nobleman who was created

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in 1483, in recognition of his wife's descent.

Origins

Sir Edward Grey was a younger son of Sir Edward Grey (c. 1415–1457) (a son by his second marriage of Reginald Grey, 3rd Baron Grey de Ruthyn) by his wife Elizabeth Ferrers, 6th Baroness Ferrers of Groby (1419–1483) His father was summoned to parliament as Baron Ferrers of Groby in right of his wife. His eldest brother was Sir John Grey of Groby (c. 1432-1461), a Lancastrian knight, the first husband of Elizabeth Woodville who later married King Edward IV, and great-great-grandfather of Lady Jane Grey.

Marriage and children

Sir Edward Grey married Elizabeth Talbot, 3rd Baroness Lisle, daughter and eventual heiress of John Talbot, 1st Viscount Lisle and 1st Baron Lisle (1423–1453), 4th son of

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by his wife Margaret Beauchamp, heiress to the Barony of Lisle created by writ for her great-great-grandfather Gerard de Lisle (d.1360). By Elizabeth Talbot he had the following children:Byrne, vol 1, appendix 9 * John Grey, 2nd Viscount Lisle and 4th Baron Lisle (1481–1504), eldest son and heir, who married Muriel Howard, daughter of

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. They were the parents of Elizabeth Grey, 3rd Viscountess Lisle and 5th Baroness Lisle. *Anne Grey *

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(d. 1529), who married twice: **Firstly to

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, treasurer to King Henry VII, executed in 1510 by King Henry VIII **Secondly to Arthur Plantagenet (d.1542), KG, an illegitimate son of King Edward IV, created

in recognition of his wife's ancestry. *Muryell Grey There might have been another daughter-Margaret, Countess of Wiltshire, wife of Edward Stafford, 2nd Earl of Wiltshire(who died in 1499), they had no issue.

References

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