Henry Grey, 2nd Earl of Tankerville, 7th Lord of Powys (1418/1419 – 13 January 1449/1450) was an

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peer. He was the son of

John Grey, 1st Earl of Tankerville John Grey, 1st Earl of Tankerville '' jure uxoris'' 6th Lord of Powys (after 1384 – 22 March 1421), KG, was an English peer who served with distinction in the Hundred Years' War between England and France under King Henry V. Origins John Gr ...

and his wife Joan Charleton, co-heiress and 6th Lady of Powys.

Life

He became the 2nd Earl of Tankerville on 22 March 1420/1421 and was invested as a

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in 1426. Tankerville had

Sir Gruffudd Vychan Sir Gruffudd Vychan ( 1395 – 1447), also spelt in English sources as Griffith Vaughan, was a Welsh knight who supported the rebellion of Prince Owain Glyndŵr against the English, and captured the Lollard John Oldcastle, who was later immorta ...

summarily executed in

Powis Castle Powis Castle ( cy, Castell Powys) is a British medieval castle, fortress and grand country house near Welshpool, in Powys. The seat of the Herbert family, Earls of Powis, the castle is known for its formal gardens and for its interiors, the form ...

in 1447, in violation of a safe conduct given. It is not known whether he suspected Vychan of

Yorkist The House of York was a cadet branch of the English royal House of Plantagenet. Three of its members became kings of England in the late 15th century. The House of York descended in the male line from Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, t ...

sympathies, whether it was in retribution for the death of Sir Christopher Talbot at Sir Gruffudd's hand, or whether he wished to eliminate Vychan's claim to Powis.

Marriage and issue

He married

Antigone Plantagenet Antigone of Gloucester (bef. 1424 – aft. 1450) was an English noblewoman and the illegitimate daughter of Humphrey of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Gloucester (1390–1447). She was the granddaughter of King Henry IV. She has been thought to have be ...

, legitimized daughter of

Humphrey of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Gloucester Humphrey of Lancaster, Duke of Gloucester (3 October 139023 February 1447) was an English prince, soldier, and literary patron. He was (as he styled himself) "son, brother and uncle of kings", being the fourth and youngest son of Henry IV of E ...

. By her he had three children: *

Richard Grey, 3rd Earl of Tankerville Richard Grey, 3rd Earl of Tankerville, 8th Lord of Powys (5 November 1436 – c. 1466) fought on the side of the House of York in the War of the Roses. Family Sir Richard Grey was the son and heir of Henry Grey, 2nd Earl of Tankerville and Antigon ...

, married Margaret Touchet, daughter of

James Touchet, 5th Baron Audley James Tuchet, 5th Baron Audley, 2nd Baron Tuchet (c. 1398 – 23 September 1459) of Heleigh Castle was an English peer. James Tuchet, 5th Baron Audley, son of Elizabeth Stafford and her husband John Tuchet, 4th Baron Audley, was a distinguished ...

Douglas Richardson. ''Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families,'' Genealogical Publishing Company, 30 Jul 2005.Douglas Richardson. ''Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families,'' 2nd Edition, Vol. II.Douglas Richardson. ''Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families,'' Genealogical Publishing Com, 30 Jun 2004. * Humphrey Grey, married Eleanor Touchet, daughter of James Touchet, 5th Baron Audley * Elizabeth Grey (c. 1440 – 1501?), married

Sir Roger Kynaston Sir Roger Kynaston of Myddle and Hordley (ca. 14331495) was a Knight of the Realm and English nobleman. He was a member of the Kynaston family, of North Shropshire and the Welsh Marches. Early life Kynaston was the son of Griffin Kynaston ( ...

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(c. 1430 – 1495/1517); Roger is thought to have killed Lord Audley at the

Battle of Blore Heath The Battle of Blore Heath was a battle in the English Wars of the Roses. It was fought on 23 September 1459, at Blore Heath in Staffordshire. Blore Heath is a sparsely populated area of farmland, two miles east of the town of Market Drayton in ...

, and they were parents of

Humphrey Kynaston Humphrey Kynaston (died 1534), aka ''Wild Humphrey Kynaston'',VirtualShropshire.comNesscliffe Country Park was an English highwayman who operated in the Shropshire area.BBC News''Sir Humphrey Kynaston: The elusive highwayman''/ref> The son of t ...

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1419 births 1450 deaths Earls of Tankerville (1418 creation) {{England-earl-stub