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Family and Education
b. 7 Jan. 1600, 1st s. of Sir John Grey† of Pyrgo, Essex, and Elizabeth, da. of Edward Nevill†, Lord Abergavenny.C142/346/170; WARD 7/52/40; WARD 9/204, f. 60; London Marr. Licences (Harl. Soc. xxvi), 89; CP; Nichols, Leics. iii. 683; HMC Hastings, ii. 62. educ. Trinity Coll. Camb. Easter 1615;Al. Cant. Padua Univ. 2 Sept. 1618;Inglesi e Scozzesi all’Università di Padova dall’anno 1618 sino al 1765 ed. H.F. Brown (Monografie Storiche sullo Studio di Padova 1922), 143. G. Inn 5 Aug. 1632.G. Inn Admiss. m. lic. 19 July 1620, Anne (d. 1676), da. and coh. of William Cecil†, 2nd earl of Exeter, 4s. (1 d.v.p.) 5da.London Marr. Licences, 89; Nichols, Leics. iii. 683; HMC Rutland, ii. 30. suc. fa. Oct. 1611, gdfa. as 2nd Baron Grey of Groby 26 July 1614; cr. 1st earl of Stamford 26 Mar. 1628. d. 21 Aug. 1673.CP.
Offices Held

Local: dep. lt. Leics. 1625-c.1642.T. Cogswell, Home Divisions (Manchester, 1998), 28. Commr. Forced Loan, 30 Sept. 1626;Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 145. oyer and terminer, Midland circ. 13 June 1629 – aft.Jan. 1642, by Feb. 1654 – 10 July 1660, 30 May 1662–d.;C181/4, ff. 10v, 195; C181/5, ff. 4, 219v; C181/6, pp. 14, 238; C181/7, pp. 159, 641. Mdx. 13 Jan. 1644-aft. Jan. 1645;C181/5, ff. 231, 246. sewers, Lincs., Lincoln and Newark hundred 26 Nov. 1629 – 21 Feb. 1657, 22 Sept. 1659–d.;C181/4, ff. 39, 154v; C181/5, ff. 42, 222v; C181/6, pp. 37, 388; C181/7, pp. 75, 543; Lincs. RO, Spalding Sewers/449/7–9, 11–12. East, West and Wildmore Fens, Lincs. 1 Aug. 1633-aft. Mar. 1638;C181/4, f. 149; C181/5, ff. 42, 111. River Welland 26 Feb. 1634, 18 July 1664;C181/4, f. 160v; C181/7, p. 281. Mdx. and Westminster 13 Dec. 1634;C181/4, f. 190v. charitable uses, Leics. 14 May 1630 – aft.19 Nov. 1639; Notts. 29 June 1631 – 5 Sept. 1634; Lincs. 24 May 1634 – 29 July 1636; Stamford 8 July 1635.C192/1, unfol. J.p. Leics. Feb. 1632–?, by Feb. 1650–11 Mar. 1658, Mar. 1660–?d.;SP16/212, f. 34; C231/6, p. 387. Westminster 1 Aug. 1634 – bef.Jan. 1650; Mdx. 1 Aug. 1634–4 July 1642.C231/5, pp. 145, 533. Commr. swans, Lincs. 26 June 1635.C181/5, f. 14. Ld. lt. Leics. 5 Mar. 1642-aft. July 1648.LJ iv. 625b; x. 356b. Member, cttee. for Lincs. and Hull 28 Apr. 1642.LJ v. 27b. Commr. Som. contributions, 27 Jan. 1643.A. and O. Member, cttee. for Plymouth, Lyme and Poole 6 Nov. 1643.LJ vi. 297a. Commr. Lincs. militia, 3 July 1648;LJ x. 359a. militia, Leics. 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660; Lincs., Rutland 2 Dec. 1648.A. and O. Custos rot. Leics. Mar.-13 Aug. 1660.A Perfect List (1660); C231/7, p. 27.

Central: commr. to assess peers, further subsidy, 1641; for disbursing further subsidy, 1641; assessment, 1642.SR. Member, cttee. of safety, 22 Sept. 1643.LJ vi. 229b. Commr. to the Scottish army, 26 Oct. 1643, 1 Jan. 1647.LJ vi. 273b; viii. 641. Member, cttee. for excise, 6 June 1645;A. and O. cttee. for sequestrations, 24 June 1645.LJ vii. 452a. Commr. exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648;A. and O. conserving peace betw. England and Scotland, 7 July 1646, 28 Oct. 1647.LJ viii. 411a; ix. 500a. Member, cttee. for the sale of bishops’ lands, 30 Nov. 1646.A. and O. Commr. to Scottish Parliament, 4 Feb. 1647, 27 Jan. 1648;LJ viii. 709a; x. 4a. for compounding, 8 Feb. 1647; appeals, visitation Oxf. Univ. 1 May 1647. Member, cttee. for indemnity, 2 1 May 1647; cttee of navy and customs, 17 Dec. 1647.A. and O.

Military: capt. of horse (parlian.), 27 July 1642;SP28/143, pt. 6, ff. 5v, 17v. col. of ft. by 6 Aug. 1642-c.May 1645.SP28/143, pt. 6, f. 6v; CSP Dom. 1641–3, p. 366; CJ iv. 156b. Gov. Hereford Oct.-Dec. 1642.CSP Dom. 1641–3, p. 400; HMC 5th Rep. 57; J. Richards, ‘The Greys of Bradgate in the Eng. civil war’, Trans. Leics. Arch. and Hist. Soc. lxii. 39. C.-in-c. Herefs., Glos., Salop, Worcs. and Wales 13 Dec. 1642-c.Oct. 1643.CJ ii. 886a; LJ v. 488; vi. 284a.

Parlimentarian
GREY, Henry, 1st earl of Stamford (1600-73), of Bradgate House, Groby, Leics.
: 1st earl of Stamford (1600-73), of Bradgate House, Leics., Groby 1600 – 73.
Likenesses

Likenesses: oil on canvas, C. Johnson, 1638;NT, Dunham Massey. oil on canvas, J.B. Gaspers, c.1665;NT, Dunham Massey. line engraving, unknown, 1647;J. Vicars, England’s Worthies (1647), 23. line engraving, R.S., late 1640s.NPG.

Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

GREY, Henry, 1st earl of Stamford (1600-73), of Bradgate House, Groby, Leics.

Will
admon. 2 Oct. 1673.PROB6/48, f. 118; CP.
Estates
in 1620, acquired castle, borough and manor of Stamford; manor of Armtree; 11,000 acres of Wildmore Fen, Lincs.Nichols, Leics. iii. 676; CSP Dom. 1629-31, p. 425. In 1629, estate inc. manors of High Ham, Hurcott and Evercreech, Som.Coventry Docquets, 590; CSP Dom. 1636-7, p. 153. 1631-5, estate inc. manors of Groby and ‘Hollgates Palace’; Bradgate House and Park and 10 messuages; and property in Broughton Astley, Leics.Coventry Docquets, 261, 679, 694; CSP Dom. 1631-3, p. 54. By 1640, income estimated at c.£4,000 p.a.Richards, ‘The Greys of Bradgate’, 35. In 1662, estate in Leics. valued at £1,500 p.a.SP29/60/24, f. 44.
Oxford 1644
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