Richard Grey

1460 - 1483  (23 years)

• Name	Richard Grey  [1]
  Born	1460  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	13 Jun 1483	Pontefract Castle, England   [1]
  	Cause: beheaded
  Person ID	I22468	Jerry Milo Johnson
  Last Modified	29 Mar 2015

  
  

  Father	John Grey,   b. 17 Feb 1432, Groby, Leicestershire, England ,   d. 17 Feb 1461, Battle of St. Albans  (Age 29 years)
  Relationship	Natural
  Mother	Elizabeth Woodville,   b. Abt 1437, Grafton Regis, Northhampton, England ,   d. 08 Jun 1492, Bermondsey Abbey, Surrey, England  (Age ~ 55 years)
  Relationship	Natural
  Married	Abt 1460  [1]
  Family ID	F8036	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Died - Cause: beheaded - 13 Jun 1483 - Pontefract Castle, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Richard Grey (1458 June 13, 1483) was son to John Grey, 7th Baron Ferrers of Groby, and Elizabeth Woodville, later Queen Consort to King Edward IV of England. He was therefore half-brother to Edward, Prince of Wales (later Edward V). He was given Wallingford Castle in 1482. He was arrested by Richard, Duke of Gloucester (later Richard III) on April 30, 1483 for his part in an alleged conspiracy to seize the kinggs person and thereby wrest control of the kingdom away from Richard, then Lord Protector. Richard Grey was subsequently executed without trial at Pontefract Castle. Died: Beheaded by Richard III

  
  

• Sources

  [S292] Genealogy of Neal Frank Carrier, Neal Frank Carrier, (Name: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~carrier/ifamily/index.html;), http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~carrier/ifamily/HTMLFiles/HTMLFiles_03/Edmond_Ingalls_P2153.html (Reliability: 3).