Elizabeth (Grey) Kynaston (abt. 1440 - aft. 1501)

Born about 1440 in England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of Roger Kynaston — married before Aug 1465 in England [uncertain]

Descendants

Died after 1501 after about age 61 in Shropshire, England

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Biography

Elizabeth Gray (or Grey), daughter of Henry Grey, Knt., 2nd Count of Tancarville in Normandy, France and Antigone of Gloucester, was born about 1440^[1][2] (birthplace unknown).

Elizabeth married first to ___________.^[1][2]

She married second before 4 or 24 August 1465 (date of grant), as his second wife, Roger Kynaston, Knt., son of Gruffudd ap John Kynaston and Margred Hoord. Roger had previously been married to Elizabeth Cobham (died 10 December 1453), with whom he had a son, Thomas, Esq.^[1][2]

Elizabeth and Roger had four sons and five daughters:

• Humphrey, Esq., died before 16 January 1534/5, married first to Margred ferch William, second to Elsbeth ferch Maredudd ap Hywel^[1][2]
• Lancelot^[1][2]
• Richard^[1][2]
• Oliver^[1][2]
• Margaret, wife of Richard Hanmer^[1][2]
• Ermin, wife of John ap John Eutun^[1][2]
• Mary, married Hywel ap Jenkin^[1][2]
• Jane, wife of Thomas Corbet, Ieuan Llwyd, and Edward Sackville^[1][2]
• Jane (second of name), wife of Roger Thornes of Shelvock, Shropshire^[1][2]

Elizabeth died after 1501 at Shropshire, England. Her husband, Roger, predeceased her, dying before August 1496.^[1][2]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12} Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. 2nd edition. Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2011, vol. I, pages 430-431, CHERLETON 12, Elizabeth Gray.
2. ↑ ^{2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12} Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2013, vol. III, pages 591-592, LLOYD 10, Elizabeth Gray.

• Richardson, Douglas. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. 2nd edition. (Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2011). See also WikiTree's source page for Magna Carta Ancestry.
• Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. (Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2013). See also WikiTree's source page for Royal Ancestry.

See also:

• The Peerage, citing Burke's Peerage (not considered a MCP reliable source)
• Huws, Bleddyn, Williams, Gruffydd Aled, Sims-Williams, Patrick, Gruffudd, Gwen Angharad, Price, Iwan Tudor, Q, Claire Elizabeth (editors). Bartrum Genealogical Project. (Aberystwyth: Prifysgol Aberystwyth / Aberystwyth University, 2020.) Copy on geni.com. Pedigree Bleddyn ap Cynfyn 38 (A3) including Kynaston. Accessed 5 September 2023.

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This profile was reviewed and approved for the project 31 Mar 2020 by Thiessen-117.

Elizabeth is a descendant of Magna Carta Surety Baron William de Mowbray and is named in Magna Carta Ancestry in a Richardson-documented trail from Mowbray to Gateway Ancestor Rowland Ellis (vol. II, pages 110-111 ELLIS). This trail was developed by David Douglass in 2018 and was reviewed, approved and badged by the Magna Carta Project in March/April 2020. See the Magna Carta Trails on Rowland Ellis' profile to view the profiles in that trail.

This profile is also in Richardson-documented trails from Gateway Ancestor Thomas Lloyd to the following surety barons:

• Hugh le Bigod and Roger Bigod (Magna Carta Ancestry, vol. I, pages 425-432, CHERLETON), badged by the Project on 18 December 2021
• William de Mowbray, badged by the Project on 18 December 2021
• Robert de Vere and Henry de Bohun, badged by the Project on 24 and 31 December 2021

See these trails in the Magna Carta Trails section of the Thomas Lloyd's profile.

See Base Camp for more information about Magna Carta trails. See the project's glossary for project-specific terms, such as a "badged trail".