Groby (pronounced "GROO-bee" listen) is a village in the Hinckley and Bosworth borough Leicestershire, England. It is to the north west of Leicester....
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Sir John Grey of Groby, Leicestershire (c. 1432 – 17 February 1461) was a Lancastrian knight, the first husband of Elizabeth Woodville who later married...
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Earl of Stamford (redirect from Baron Grey of Groby)
Peerage of England. It was created in 1628 for Henry Grey, 2nd Baron Grey of Groby. This Grey family descended through Lord John Grey, of Pirgo, Essex, younger...
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Baron Ferrers of Groby (or Baron Ferrers de Groby) was a title in the Peerage of England. It was created by writ on 29 December 1299 when William Ferrers...
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Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Dorset (category People from Groby)
Grey, 1st Marquess of Dorset, 1st Earl of Huntingdon, 7th Baron Ferrers of Groby, KG (1455 – 20 September 1501) was an English nobleman, courtier and the...
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Thomas Grey, Lord Grey of Groby (c. 1623 – 1657), was an elected Member of Parliament for Leicester during the English Long Parliament, an active member...
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Tess of the d'Urbervilles (redirect from Farmer Groby)
Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman is a novel by Thomas Hardy. It initially appeared in a censored and serialised version, published by the British...
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Brookvale Groby Learning Campus is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in Groby in the English county of Leicestershire. The school...
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Groby Old Hall is partly a 15th-century brick-built manor house and grade II* listed building located very near the site of Groby Castle in the village...
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Groby Castle is situated in the large village of Groby to the north-west of the city of Leicester, England. After the Norman Conquest, the area came into...
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Isabel de Verdun, Baroness Ferrers of Groby (21 March 1317 – 25 July 1349) was an heiress, who was related to the English royal family as the eldest daughter...
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William de Ferrers (1240-1287) of Groby Castle in Leicestershire was the younger son of William de Ferrers, 5th Earl of Derby (c.1193-1254) of Chartley...
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Henry Grey, Duke of Suffolk (redirect from Henry Grey, Duke Of, 3rd Marquess of Dorset, Lord Ferrers of Groby, Lord Harington, Lord Bonville Suffolk)
the wife of King Edward IV, by her first marriage to Sir John Grey of Groby. Before 1530, Grey was betrothed to Catherine FitzAlan, the daughter of...
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Bradgate House is a 19th-century ruin in Groby, Leicestershire, England. Built in 1856 for the seventh Earl of Stamford, George Harry Grey, it was intended...
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Ferrers family (section Barons Ferrers of Groby)
1299 as Baron Ferrers of Groby. The title continued in the male line until the death of William Ferrers, 5th Baron Ferrers of Groby in 1445 without male issue...
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Anstey, then there are roads which lead to the A50 at Groby and at Markfield (the former passing Groby Pool). Another road that leads north towards Ulverscroft...
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Henry Grey, 1st Earl of Stamford (redirect from Henry Grey, 2nd Baron Grey of Groby)
Earl of Stamford (c. 1599 – 21 August 1673), known as the Lord Grey of Groby from 1614 to 1628, was an English nobleman and military leader. He was the...
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marriage was to a minor supporter of the House of Lancaster, John Grey of Groby. He died at the Second Battle of St Albans in 1461, leaving Elizabeth a...
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Baron Ferrers of Groby (d. 18 December 1457). Lady Elizabeth was the granddaughter and heiress of William Ferrers, 5th Baron Ferrers of Groby in her own right...
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midfielder for Leicester City. In 2018, while he was a Year 9 pupil at Brookvale Groby Learning Campus, Alves won the MOTD "Can You Kick It" competition to find...
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George Harry Grey, 8th Baron Grey of Groby (5 April 1802 – 24 October 1835), was a British peer. Grey was the son of George Grey, 6th Earl of Stamford...
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Groby Pool and Woods is a 29 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Groby in Leicestershire. Groby Pool is the largest natural...
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married Margaret Ferrers, daughter of William Ferrers, 3rd Baron Ferrers of Groby by his wife Margaret d'Ufford, a daughter of Robert d'Ufford, 1st Earl of...
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Ferrers of Groby (31 January 1272 – 20 Mar 1325) was an English peer who lived under two kings, Edward I and Edward II. His baronial caput was Groby in Leicestershire...
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and Margaret Ferrers, a daughter of William Ferrers, 3rd Baron Ferrers of Groby. His godfather was King Richard II of England. He was knighted at the coronation...
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Richemount Grey Margaret Grey Edward Grey, 6th Baron Ferrers of Groby Sir John Grey of Groby Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Dorset Thomas Grey, 2nd Marquess...
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(1240–1287), of Groby in Leicestershire, younger son, who having been granted by his mother Groby Castle, founded the junior line of Ferrers of Groby. He married...
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Bradgate Park, Leicestershire, England. Edward Grey's son Sir John Grey of Groby married Elizabeth Woodville, who, after John's death married King Edward...
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Rothley and Thurcaston. The Borough of Hinckley and Bosworth wards of: Groby; Markfield, Stanton and Fieldhead; Ratby, Bagworth and Thornton. It comprises...
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Charnwood Forest. Since medieval times it has been part of the Manor of Groby. In the reign of Edward the Confessor, the area was owned by a landowner...
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