William Grey
Bishop of Lincoln
Appointed30 April 1431
Term endedFebruary 1436
PredecessorRichard Fleming
SuccessorWilliam Alnwick
Orders
ConsecrationMay 1426
Personal details
DiedFebruary 1436
DenominationCatholic
Previous post(s)Bishop of London

William Grey (sometimes Gray) (died February 1436) was Bishop of London and then Bishop of Lincoln.

Family

William Grey was the fourth son of Sir Thomas Grey (1359 - 26 November 1400) of Heaton near Norham, Northumberland, by his wife, Joan Mowbray (d.1410), the daughter of John de Mowbray, 4th Baron Mowbray (d. 17 June 1368), and Elizabeth de Segrave, daughter and heiress of John de Segrave, 4th Baron Segrave. His paternal grandparents were Sir Thomas Grey (d. 1369) of Heaton, and Margaret, daughter and heiress of William de Presfen (or Pressen).[1]

He had three brothers and a sister:[2]

Life

Previously the Dean of York, Grey was nominated to the see of London on 20 July 1425 and consecrated in May 1426, possibly around the 26th. He was translated to the see of Lincoln on 30 April 1431.[7]

Grey died between 10 February and 18 February 1436.[8]

Citations

  1. ^ Richardson II 2011, p. 254; Richardson III 2011, p. 206; Pugh 1988, pp. 103, 187, 196.
  2. ^ Richardson II 2011, p. 254; Pugh 1988, p. 187.
  3. ^ Richardson II 2011, p. 254; Pugh 1988, p. 108.
  4. ^ Pugh 1988, pp. 104, 187.
  5. ^ Richardson II 2011, pp. 254–6.
  6. ^ Richardson II 2011, pp. 257, 390.
  7. ^ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 259
  8. ^ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 256

References

  • Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
  • Haines, Roy Martin (2009). Gray, William (c.1388–1436). Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
  • Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 2, p. 1661.
  • Pugh, T.B. (1988). Henry V and the Southampton Plot of 1415. Alan Sutton. ISBN 0-86299-541-8.
  • Richardson, Douglas (2011). Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, ed. Kimball G. Everingham. Vol. II (2nd ed.). Salt Lake City. ISBN 978-1449966386.((cite book)): CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Richardson, Douglas (2011). Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, ed. Kimball G. Everingham. Vol. III (2nd ed.). Salt Lake City. ISBN 978-1449966393.((cite book)): CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
Catholic Church titles Preceded byJohn Kemp Bishop of London 1425–1431 Succeeded byRobert FitzHugh Preceded byRichard Fleming Bishop of Lincoln 1431–1436 Succeeded byWilliam Alnwick
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