Margaret (Grey) Lenton (abt. 1550)

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Died [date unknown] in Kent, England

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Biography

Margaret Lenton alias Grey, was the illegitimate d. & h. of Sir Thomas Grey (d. 27 Apr 1555 Tower Hill, London).^[1][2]

Marriage

She was the second wife of John Astley of Allington & Maidstone, Kent (b. c. 1507 - d. 01 Aug 1596). They married on 13 October 1565.^[1][2] John was previously married to Catherine Champernown (dsp. July 1565).

Children

According to Hasler (1981), Margaret and John had six children, including three sons and three daughters.^[1] But other sources state they had one son, and three daughters.^[3][4]

• Sir John Astley.^[5][3] (b. 1571).^[4]
• 1. Margaret^[4]

m. Anthony Neville of Nottingham.^[4]

• 2. Bridget^[4] (dsp. 04 Nov 1625).^[6]

m. (bef. Aug. 1592 as second wife) Sir Norton Knatchbull of Mersham Hatch,^[4] (bp. 11 Sep 1569 - d. 12 Dec 1636, bur. St. John the Baptist, Mersham), will dated 13 Jun 1636.^[6]

• 3. Eleanor ^[4]

m. Thomas Knatchbull of Maidstone, bros. of Sir Norton Knatchbull.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Hasler, P.W. (1981). "Astley, John (c.1507-96), of Allington and Maidstone, Kent.," in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1558-1603. HOP. Web.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Fletcher, (1887). "Sir Thomas Grey, 2nd Marquess of Dorset, KG," in Leicestershire Pedigrees and Royal Descents, p. 70. Google Books.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Astley, John (d.1595) (DNB00). WikiSource.org. Web.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7} Goodsall, R. H. (n.d.). The Astleys of Maidstone. Archaeologia Cantiana. kentarchaeology.org.uk. PDF.
5. ↑ Edward Hasted, 'Parishes: Allington', in The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Volume 4 (Canterbury, 1798), pp. 448-454. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-kent/vol4/pp448-454 [accessed 30 August 2020].
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Thrush, A. & Ferris, J.P. (2010). "Knatchbull, Sir Norton (1569-1636), of Mersham Hatch, Kent," in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1604-1629. HOP. Web.

See Also...

• Lundy, D. (2005). Margaret Grey #148234. The Peerage.com, citing Cokayne, 1900. Web.