114 GREY — GREYSTOCK. •XV. 1593, 15. Thomas (Grey), Lord Grey de Wilton, s. and h., to by second wife, b. at Whaddon afsd. ; mat. nt Oxford (Univ. Coll.), 1 GO 1 2 March 1592 3, mid then aged 17. He was sum. to Pari, from 24 Oct. (1597), 39 Eliz., to 27 Oct, (1601), 43 Eliz., by writs directed " Thonuf Grey dc Wilton, Chl'r." He early took the side of the Puritans ; was with the Earl of Essex in Ireland in 1599 ; took part (under Prince Maurice) in the battle of Nieuport, 2 July 1600, against the Spaniards ; sat on the Commission in Feb. 1600/1 fur the trial of the Earls of Essex and Southampton ; was involved in the plot called the "Bye " or " Priests " plot ; arrested 12 July and tried IS Nov. 1003 (with Lord Cubham, Sir Griflin Maikham, and others), found guilty of high treason, sentenced to death and attainted, whereby alt kin honours became forfeited. His life was spared and, after 1 1 years imprisonment, he d. in the Tower of London, 9 July 1614, being apparently the last heir male of this branch of the family.(») 1. Sir Thomas Egerton, Bart., descended from Sir Rowland Egerton, 1st Bart., by Bridget, sister and coheir of Thomas (Grey), the last LORD GREY DE WILTON(«) next aboveuamed, was cr. 15 May 1784, Baron Grey de Wilton, ( h ) co. Hereford. He was subsequently, 26 June 1801, er. VISCOUNT GREY DE WILTON and EARL OF WILTON OF WILTON CASTLE, afsd., with a spec. rem. failing the heirs male of his body to his grandson Thomas Grosyenor and others. He d. s.p.m.s. 23 Sep. 1814, when the Barony of Grey dc Wilton became cxtinet but the Viscountcy of Grey dc Wilton (cr. 1801) devolved with the Earldom of Wilton which see. (by patent.) I. 1784, to 1814. Viscouatcy. I. 1801. 75 U .2 +J O V ~ to ife- £ - III GREYS. i.e., " Knollys of Greys, co. Oxford," Barony (Knolhjg), cr. see "Banbury " Earldom, cr. 1626. 1C03, GREYSTOCK. Barony by 1. John de Greystock, of Greyslock, co, Cumberland, Writ. B " Bn d b. of William de Greystock, of the same, by Mary, da. and coheir of Roger DE Merlay, of Morpeth, CO. Northumberland, sue. I. 1205, his father (1288-89), 17 Ed. I., being then aged 25. He was in the to wars with France and subsequently with Scotland and was sum. to 1306. Pari, as a Baron (LOUD GREYSTOCK) from 24 June (1295), 23 Ed. !.,(«) to 22 Jan. (1304/5), 33 Ed. L, by writs directed " Johanni Baroni^) de Greystok or " Johanni dc Grayslok." He was also with ( a ) The Barony (subject to the attainder) fell at the death in 1614 of the last Lord into abeyance between his two sisters and coheirs or their issue, fir. (1) Elizabeth, only sister of the half blood, who m. Sir Francis Goodwin and left a s. and h., Arthur Goodwin, whose only da. and h., Jane, m. in 1637 Philip (Wharton), 4th Lord Wharton, and was ancestor of the well known Duke of Wharton (2) Bridget, only sister of the whole blood, m. Sir Rowland Egerton, cr. a Bart, in 1617, by whom she was ancestress of Sir Thomas Egerton, Bart., cr. in 1784 Baron Grey dc Wilhm, &c. () As to the estate of Wilton alienated temp. Elizabeth, see p. 113, note "b." ( c ) By this writ 11 Earls and 53 Barons were sum. See vol. iii, p. 90, note "c," sub " Despencer," for some account thereof. C) " Two instances occur in which the word Baron was applied in early writs to names in writs of summons, but this addition was always confined to the families of Stafford and Greystock, who arc frequently styled " Edm'o, Baroni Stafford, or " Edm'o, Baroni dc Stafford " and " Joh'i, Baroni dc Greystock," but for what reason they were so distinguished has never been ascertained." [Courlho/ie, p. xxx.] See vol. i, p. xviii of Introduction and p. 172, note " f," sub " Atheury," for a somewhat analogous early use of " Baro " in Ireland as applied to the family of Power and others,
