Biography of Henry Grey 8th Earl Kent 1583-1639

In 162 Henry Grey 8th Earl Kent was appointed Lord Lieutentant of Bedfordshire which office he held until his death in 1639.

Around 1580 [his father] Charles Grey 7th Earl Kent and [his mother] Susan Cotton Countess Kent [aged 28] were married. She by marriage Countess Kent.

Around 1583 Henry Grey 8th Earl Kent was born to [his father] Charles Grey 7th Earl Kent and [his mother] Susan Cotton Countess Kent [aged 31].

In 1601 Henry Grey 8th Earl Kent [aged 18] was elected MP Tavistock.

On 16th November 1601 Henry Grey 8th Earl Kent [aged 18] and Elizabeth Talbot Countess Kent [aged 19] were married at St Martin in the Fields Church [Map]. She by marriage Countess Kent. She the daughter of Gilbert Talbot 7th Earl of Shrewsbury [aged 48] and Mary Cavendish Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford [aged 45]. He the son of Charles Grey 7th Earl Kent and Susan Cotton Countess Kent [aged 49]. They were fourth cousin once removed.

On 4th November 1604 William Herbert 3rd Earl Pembroke [aged 24] and [his sister-in-law] Mary Talbot Countess Pembroke [aged 10] were married at Shrewsbury, Shropshire [Map]. She by marriage Countess Pembroke. She the daughter of [his father-in-law] Gilbert Talbot 7th Earl of Shrewsbury [aged 51] and [his mother-in-law] Mary Cavendish Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford [aged 48]. He the son of Henry Herbert 2nd Earl Pembroke and Mary Sidney Countess Pembroke [aged 43]. They were fourth cousin once removed.

Before 1607 Thomas Howard 14th or 21st Earl of Arundel 4th Earl of Surrey 1st Earl Norfolk [aged 21] and [his sister-in-law] Alethea Talbot Countess Arundel, Surrey and Norfolk [aged 21] were married. She by marriage Countess Arundel, Countess Surrey. She the daughter of [his father-in-law] Gilbert Talbot 7th Earl of Shrewsbury [aged 54] and [his mother-in-law] Mary Cavendish Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford [aged 50]. He the son of Philip Howard 13th or 20th Earl of Arundel and Anne Dacre Countess Arundel [aged 49]. They were third cousins.

In 1614 Henry Grey 8th Earl Kent [aged 31] was elected Knight of the Shire Bedfordshire.

On 31st January 1615 [his uncle] Henry Grey 6th Earl Kent [aged 74] died. Monument at the De Grey Mausoleum, St John the Baptist Church, Flitton [Map] to him and his wife Mary Cotton Countess Grey; she is buried at St Peter and St Paul Church, Little Gaddesden. His brother [his father] Charles succeeded 7th Earl Kent, 10th Baron Grey of Ruthyn. [his mother] Susan Cotton Countess Kent [aged 63] by marriage Countess Kent.

Charles Grey 7th Earl Kent: he was born to Henry Grey and Margery St John. He was educated Trinity College. Around 1580 Charles Grey 7th Earl Kent and Susan Cotton Countess Kent were married. She by marriage Countess Kent.

Susan Cotton Countess Kent: Around 1552 she was born to Richard Cotton. In 1617 Susan Cotton Countess Kent died.

On 8th May 1616 [his father-in-law] Gilbert Talbot 7th Earl of Shrewsbury [aged 63] died. His daughter [his sister-in-law] Alethea [aged 31] succeeded 13th Baroness Furnivall, 17th Baroness Strange Blackmere, 14th Baroness Talbot. His brother Edward [aged 55] succeeded 8th Earl of Shrewsbury, 8th Earl Waterford.

In 1617 [his mother] Susan Cotton Countess Kent [aged 65] died.

In 1621 Henry Grey 8th Earl Kent [aged 38] was appointed Lord Lieutentant of Bedfordshire which office he held until 1627.

On 26th September 1623 [his father] Charles Grey 7th Earl Kent died. He was buried at the De Grey Mausoleum, St John the Baptist Church, Flitton [Map]. His son Henry [aged 40] succeeded 8th Earl Kent, 11th Baron Grey of Ruthyn.

On 21st November 1639 Henry Grey 8th Earl Kent [aged 56] died without issue. He was buried at the De Grey Mausoleum, St John the Baptist Church, Flitton [Map]. His second cousin once removed Anthony [aged 82] succeeded 9th Earl Kent. His nephew Charles [aged 27] succeeded 12th Baron Grey of Ruthyn.

Charles Longueville 12th Baron Grey of Ruthyn: On or before 21st April 1612, the date he was baptised, he was born to Michael Longueville and Susan Grey. Before 14th June 1643 he and Frances Neville were married. On 14th June 1643 he died. His daughter Susan succeeded 13th Baroness Grey of Ruthyn.

On 7th December 1651 [his former wife] Elizabeth Talbot Countess Kent [aged 69] died at her house in Whitefriars, London. Monument at the De Grey Mausoleum, St John the Baptist Church, Flitton [Map].

Elizabeth Talbot Countess Kent: In 1582 she was born to Gilbert Talbot 7th Earl of Shrewsbury and Mary Cavendish Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford. On 16th November 1601 Henry Grey 8th Earl Kent and she were married at St Martin in the Fields Church [Map]. She by marriage Countess Kent. She the daughter of Gilbert Talbot 7th Earl of Shrewsbury and Mary Cavendish Countess Shrewsbury and Waterford. He the son of Charles Grey 7th Earl Kent and Susan Cotton Countess Kent. They were fourth cousin once removed.

State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason. After he had received the said Commission he commanded an O Yes to be made, by one of the Serjeants at Arms, for a general silence: and then delivered the said Commission to sir Thomas Fenshaw, Clerk of the Crown, to be openly read. Which being done, Mr. Maxwell kneeled down and presented his lordship with a white staff verge of state, which he gave to one of the Serjeants at Arms, who held the same up by the cloth of state on the right hand thereof. And after the Commission was read, and the staff received as aforesaid, his grace commanded a solemn O Yes to be made; and then gave leave to all the lords, the peers, and the judges, and to all privy counsellors there present, to be covered; and command was given, that none under that degree should keep on their hats upon pain of imprisonment. And then the peers were severally called by thieir names, and each of them answered particularly, viz. 1. Lord Weston, Lord High Treasurer of England; 2. Earl of Manchester, Lord Privy Seal; 3, Eari of Arundel and Surrey, Earl Marshal; 4. Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery Lord Chamberlain; 5. Earl of Kent; 6. Earl of Worcester; 7. Earl of Bedford; 8. Earl of Essex; 9. Earl of Dorset; 10. Earl of Salisbury; 11. Earl of Leicester; 12. Earl of Warwick; 18. Earl of Cariisle; 14. Earl of Holland; 15. Earl of Berks; 16. Earl of Denbigh;. 17. Viscount Wimbledon; 18. Visc. Conway; 19. Visc. Dorchester; 20. Visc. Wentworth; 21. Lord Percy; 22. Lord Strange; 23. Lord Clifford; 24. Lord Petre; 25. Lord North; 26. Lord Goring; 27. Lord Howard.