Margaret (Stanley) Grey (abt. 1435 - abt. 1481)

Born about 1435 in England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of William Troutbeck — married about 1444 (to 23 Sep 1459) in England

Wife of John Boteler — married 12 Apr 1460 in England

Wife of Henry Grey — married about 2 Oct 1465 in England

Descendants

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Biography

Birth and Parents

Margaret was the daughter of Thomas Stanley and Joan Goushill.^[1][2][3][4] Her birth date is not known and has been estimated, based on what is known of children's birthdates (see their profiles) and the birth dates of her parents (her father was born no later than 1405 and her mother in 1403^[5][6]). Her parents had lands in several counties, and her birth county is also not known.

Marriages and Children

Margaret married three times. Her first husband was William Troutbeck.^[3][4] The settlement for their marriage was dated 17 December 1444.^[1][2] (In an 1898 book, J P Earwaker gives 1448 as the year of their marriage, but gives no source and this should not be relied on.^[7]) They had the following children:

• William,^[1][2] born on 2 August 1449: he was declared to have been 21 years old, therefore of age, on 2 August 1470, in a proof of age in 1472^[7]
• Adam^[1][2]
• Thomas^[1][2]
• Joan, who married William Boteler and William Griffith^[1][2]
• Elizabeth, who married Alexander Houghton^[1][2]

Margaret's first husband William Troutbeck died in the Batlle of Blore Heath on 23 September 1459.^[1][2]

Margaret married John Boteler^[3][4] on about 12 April 1460 She was his third wife. A dispensation for their marriage was dated ^[1][2] They had one son:

• Thomas^[1][2]

Margaret's second husband died on 26 February 1462/3.^[1][2]

Margaret married again, becoming the second wife of Henry Grey^[3][4] on 2 October 1465.^[1][2] They had one child:

• Anne^[1][2]

Death

Margaret died in about 1481.^[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 1.13} Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham, 2nd edition (Salt Lake City: the author, 2011), Vol. IV, pp. 211-213, TROUTBECK 11, Google Books
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 2.13} Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), Vol. V, pp. 190-192, TROUTBECK 15
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} Collins's Peerage of England... greatly augmented and continued to the present day by Sir Egerton Brydges, 1812, p. 56, Internet Archive]
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3} John Paul Rylands (ed.). The Visitation of Cheshire in the year 1580... with numerous additions and continuations.... including... from the Visitation of Cheshire made in the tear 1566... with an appendix containing the Visitation of a part of Cheshire in the year 1533..., Harleian Society, 1882, p. 216, Internet Archive
5. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, Vol. IV, pp. 90-91, STANLEY 10, Google Books
6. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. V, pp. 27-28, STANLEY 14
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} J P Earwaker. The history of the church and parish of St. Mary-on-the-Hill, Chester, together with an account of the new church of St. Mary-without-the-Walls, Love and Wyman, 1898, p.184, Internet Archive

Acknowledgements

Magna Carta Project

This profile was re-reviewed for the Magna Carta Project by Michael Cayley on 18 February 2023.

Margaret (Stanley) Grey appears in Magna Carta Ancestry in a Richardson-documented trail from Gateway Ancestors Elizabeth Coytemore and Thomas Coytemore to Magna Carta Surety Baron Saher de Quincy (vol. I, pages 559-562 COYTEMORE) that was badged in 2015 by a Magna Carta Project member. Other trails were identified and badged in 2015 between the Coytemore Gateways and several other surety barons, including: Roger le Bigod, Hugh le Bigod, Saher de Quincy, Robert de Vere, Richard de Clare, Gilbert de Clare and John de Lacy. A trail to Henry de Bohun was identified and badged later, in 2019. Additional trails, including a trail to William Malet, have not yet been completed. All of these trails are outlined in the Magna Carta Trails section of Rowland Coytemore's profile.

Margaret (Stanley) Grey appears in Magna Carta Ancestry in a Richardson-documented trail from the Owen Gateway Ancestors (Rebecca, Joshua and Elizabeth Owen) and the Humphrey Gateways (Daniel, Benjamin, Rebecca, and Anne) to Magna Carta Surety Baron Saher de Quincy (vol. III, pages 279-281 OWEN). The profiles in these trails are set out in the Magna Carta Trails sections of Elizabeth Owen's profile and Benjamin Humphrey's profile.

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