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SJLM/4/10/1
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- 1503 (Creation)
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1 item, parchment
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Biographical history
Thomas Grey was an English landowner, courtier and peer. He was the son of Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Dorset, and Cecily Bonville, and the grandson of Queen Elizabeth Woodville. The wife of Henry VII of England, Elizabeth of York, was the half-sister of the 1st Marquess, and the younger Thomas became a ward of the king in 1492. He was made a knight of the Bath in 1494 and a knight of the Garter in 1501. As a prominent courtier, Thomas took part in a number of diplomaticmissions overseas and fulfilled various duties at court. He was also an active soldier and was present at the siege of Tournai and the Battle of the Spurs in 1513. He was married to (1) Eleanor St John and (2) Margaret Wotton. On his death in 1530, Thomas Grey was one of the wealthiest men in England, the owner of multiple large estates. He was buried at Astley in Warwickshire.
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Petition from Thomas Grey, 2nd Marquis of Dorset, to the Pope, in consideration of his assistance against Louis XII of France, for licence for his men of the Fee of Winchester to eat eggs, butter etc during Lent.
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- Latin
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badly damaged - repaired at some point