Edmund Grey, 1st Earl of Kent

Edmund Grey, 1st Earl of Kent
Arms of Edmund Grey, Earl of Kent: Quarterly, 1st and 4th: Barry of six argent and azure in chief three torteaux (Grey); 2nd and 3rd: Or, a maunch gules (Hastings) quartering Barry of argent and azure an orle of martlets gules (Valence). From his 1442 seal.
Born(1416-10-26)26 October 1416
Died22 May 1490(1490-05-22) (aged 73)
SpouseKatherine Percy
Children4+, including George
FatherJohn Grey
RelativesReginald Grey (grandfather)
John Holland (grandfather)

Edmund Grey, 1st Earl of Kent, KB (26 October 1416 – 22 May 1490), English administrator,[1] nobleman and magnate, was the son of Sir John Grey, KG and Constance Holland. His main residence was at Wrest near Silsoe, Bedfordshire.

  1. ^ Horrox, Rosemary. "Grey, Edmund, first earl of Kent (1416–1490)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/11529. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

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