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Leonard Grey, St Viscount Grane in the Irish Peerage, marshall of English army in Ireland 1479–1541 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1479

Birth Location: Groby Castle, Leicestershire, England

Death Date: 23 Jul 1541

Death Location: beheaded for 'heinous acts' with the native Irish, Tower Of London, London, Middlesex, England

Father: Sir Ferrers

Mother: Lady Harrington

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Arundel

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The story of Leonard Grey, St Viscount Grane in the Irish Peerage, marshall of English army in Ireland began in 1479 in Groby Castle, Leicestershire, England. Leonard Grey, St Viscount Grane in the Irish Peerage, marshall of English army in Ireland married Elizabeth Arundel. Leonard Grey, St Viscount Grane in the Irish Peerage, marshall of English army in Ireland passed away in 1541 in beheaded for 'heinous acts' with the native Irish, Tower Of London, London, Middlesex, England.

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  • The story of Leonard Grey, St Viscount Grane in the Irish Peerage, marshall of English army in Ireland began in 1479 in Groby Castle, Leicestershire, England.
  • Leonard Grey, St Viscount Grane in the Irish Peerage, marshall of English army in Ireland married Elizabeth Arundel.
  • Leonard Grey, St Viscount Grane in the Irish Peerage, marshall of English army in Ireland passed away in 1541 in beheaded for 'heinous acts' with the native Irish, Tower Of London, London, Middlesex, England.

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Leonard Ireland's Ancestors

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Leonard Ireland
1479–1541
Birth Place: Groby Castle, Leicestershire, England
Parents
Sir Thomas Grey, K.G., 1st Marquess of Dorset, Lord Ferrers
1455–1506
Groby Castle, Leicestershire, England
Lady (Cecily Bonville, Baroness of Dorset) Harrington
1460–1530
Shute Manor, East Devon District, Devon, England
Grandparents
Sir (John Grey, 7th Lord Ferrers of Groby, Lancastrian in War of the) Roses
1432–1461
Castle Groby, Leicestershire, England
Elizabeth Woodville
1437–1492
Grafton Regis, South Northamptonshire Borough, Northamptonshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Edward Groby
1412–1457
Elisabeth Groby
1418–1483
Sir Yorkist
1405–1469
Jacquetta of
1416–1472
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Reginald Ruthin
1362–1440
Joan Astley
1366–1448
Henry Ferrers
1390–1463
Isabel Mowbray
1396–1452
Sir Kent
1385–1441
Joan Bedlisgate
1383–1448
Pierre Luxembourg
1390–1433
Margherita Saint-Pol
1394–1469

Leonard Ireland's Timeline

2 Records

1479
1479
Birth of Leonard Grey, St Viscount Grane in the Irish Peerage, marshall of English army in Ireland in Groby Castle, Leicestershire, England
Groby Castle, Leicestershire, England
1541
23 Jul 1541
Age 62
Death of Leonard Grey, St Viscount Grane in the Irish Peerage, marshall of English army in Ireland in beheaded for 'heinous acts' with the native Irish, Tower Of London, London, Middlesex, England
beheaded for 'heinous acts' with the native Irish, Tower Of London, London, Middlesex, England

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1479
    Event Place: Groby Castle, Leicestershire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 23 Jul 1541
    Event Place: beheaded for 'heinous acts' with the native Irish, Tower Of London, London, Middlesex, England
    Record Source: Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22, London, England: Oxford University Press; Volume: Vol 08; Page: 639

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