Lasse & Anita - Person Sheet
NameEdward Grey 3rd Baron Grey of Powis , Half 8C17R
Birth1503
Death2 Jul 1551
Spouses
Birthca 1507
DeathJan 1558
Birth1509, Powys, UK
Deathca 1596
Alias/AKAOrrell
ChildrenEdward (Illegitimate) (1545-1627)
Anne (Illegitimate) (ca1541-)
Jane (Illegitimate) (ca1543-)
Cecily (Illegitimate) (ca1545-)
Notes for Edward Grey 3rd Baron Grey of Powis
Edward Grey, 3rd Baron Grey of Powis (1503-1551). Edward traveled with the Duke of Suffolk to France, including the taking of Bray and other places from the French.
In 1525 Edward married
Anne Brandon, Baroness Grey of Powys, daughter and co-heir of Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk with whom he had no issue. The marriage was not successful and in 1537 Anne left Edward for her lover, Randal Haworth (whom she later married).
By the time Anne took Randal as her lover, Edward had already taken a mistress, Jane Orwell [Orrell] by whom he had illegitimate children, and upon whom he would later entail the greater part of his estates comprising the barony of Powys.
Anne's father, with the assistance of Thomas Cromwell, forced Grey to support her, and succeeded in obtaining for her an annuity of £100. He also asked Cromwell to help discipline Anne so that she would "live after such an honest sort as shall be to her honor and mine".
In 1540, Grey petitioned the Privy Council to punish Anne for adultery, and also accused Anne and Haworth of conspiring to murder him. No action was taken against Anne, and she remained with her lover; however, this scandalous arrangement caused her to be excluded from Charles Brandon's will, which contained generous bequests to her two half-sisters, Frances and Eleanor.
In 1536 King Henry VIII took the lands of the Buildwas Abbey in Shropshire and in July 1537 granted the site of the abbey and all its lands in Shropshire, Staffordshire and Derbyshire to Edward Grey, Lord Powis.
On 17 September 1545, the king demised to Edward Grey, Lord Powis, the site of the Abbey of Strata Marcella for 21 years.
In 1551 Edward Grey died without lawful issue and the barony went into abeyance. He left six illegitimate children by Jane Orwell [Orrell]: Edward, Walter, Andrew, Thomas, Jane, and Cecily or Anne.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baron_Grey_of_Powis#Edward_Grey,_3rd_Baron_Grey_of_Powis