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Personal data Thomas de Grey 

  • He was born on April 20, 1480 in Merton, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom.
  • He died on September 1, 1556 in Merton, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, he was 76 years old.

    Fout Attention: Died (September 1, 1556) before marriage (??-??-1568).

  • He is buried in the year 1556 in Saint Peter from the North West, Merton, Norfolk, England.

    Fout Attention: Buried (??-??-1556) before marriage (??-??-1568).

  • This information was last updated on October 18, 2023.

Household of Thomas de Grey

Waarschuwing Attention: Partner (Elizabeth Drury) is 75 years younger.

He is married to Elizabeth Drury.

They got married in the year 1568 at Walsingham, Norfolk, England, he was 87 years old.

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Birthday April 20, 1480

  • Gravin Maria de Rijke (Bourgondisch Huis) was from 1477 till 1482 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1480: Source: Wikipedia
    • August 14 » Battle of Otranto: Ottoman troops behead 800 Christians for refusing to convert to Islam; they are later honored in the Church.
    • October 8 » The Great stand on the Ugra river puts an end to Tartar rule over Moscow

Day of death September 1, 1556

  • Graaf Filips III (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1555 till 1581 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1556: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 16 » Philip II becomes King of Spain.
    • January 23 » The deadliest earthquake in history, the Shaanxi earthquake, hits Shaanxi province, China. The death toll may have been as high as 830,000.
    • February 14 » Coronation of Akbar.
    • March 21 » On the day of his execution in Oxford, former Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Cranmer deviates from the scripted sermon by renouncing the recantations he has made and adds, "And as for the pope, I refuse him, as Christ's enemy, and Antichrist with all his false doctrine."
    • September 15 » Departing from Vlissingen, ex-Holy Roman Emperor Charles V returns to Spain.
    • November 5 » Second Battle of Panipat: Fought between the forces of Hem Chandra Vikramaditya, the Hindu king at Delhi and forces of Muslim Emperor Akbar.


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