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Henry Grey, 2nd Earl of Tankerville (1420 – 5 January 1450) was an English 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 Gre ...
and his wife Joan Charleton, the 6th Lady of Powys as co-heiress of her father Edward Charlton.


Life

He became the 2nd Earl of Tankerville on 22 March 1421 (12 March 1420 under the English calendar at the time) and was invested as a
knight A knight is a person granted an honorary title of a knighthood by a head of state (including the pope) or representative for service to the monarch, the church, or the country, especially in a military capacity. The concept of a knighthood ...
on May 19 1426. Tankerville had Sir Gruffudd Vychan summarily executed in
Powis Castle Powis Castle () is a medieval castle, fortress and grand country house near Welshpool, in Powys, Wales. The seat of the Herbert family, Herbert family, earls of Powis, the castle is known for its formal gardens and for its interiors, the former ...
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, th ...
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, legitimised daughter of Humphrey of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Gloucester. By her he had three children: * Richard Grey, 3rd Earl of Tankerville, 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 distinguish ...
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 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 distinguish ...
* 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 Anglo-Welsh 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 took place during the English Wars of the Roses on 23 September 1459, at Blore Heath, Staffordshire. Blore Heath is a sparsely populated area of farmland two miles east of the town of Market Drayton in Shropshire, and ...
, and they were parents of Humphrey Kynaston.


References

1420 births 1450 deaths Earls of Tankerville (1418 creation) {{England-earl-stub