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Henry Grey, (1541–1615), 6th Earl of Kent, and Mary Cotton (d.1580), Countess of Kent

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Henry Grey, (1541–1615), 6th Earl of Kent, and Mary Cotton (d.1580), Countess of Kent
Henry Grey, (1541–1615), 6th Earl of Kent, and Mary Cotton (d.1580), Countess of Kent
Henry Grey, (1541–1615), 6th Earl of Kent, and Mary Cotton (d.1580), Countess of Kent
Henry Grey, (1541–1615), 6th Earl of Kent, and Mary Cotton (d.1580), Countess of Kent
Henry Grey, (1541–1615), 6th Earl of Kent, and Mary Cotton (d.1580), Countess of Kent
Henry Grey, (1541–1615), 6th Earl of Kent, and Mary Cotton (d.1580), Countess of Kent
Henry Grey, (1541–1615), 6th Earl of Kent, and Mary Cotton (d.1580), Countess of Kent
Henry Grey, (1541–1615), 6th Earl of Kent, and Mary Cotton (d.1580), Countess of Kent
Henry Grey, (1541–1615), 6th Earl of Kent, and Mary Cotton (d.1580), Countess of Kent
Henry Grey, (1541–1615), 6th Earl of Kent, and Mary Cotton (d.1580), Countess of Kent
Henry Grey, (1541–1615), 6th Earl of Kent, and Mary Cotton (d.1580), Countess of Kent
Henry Grey, (1541–1615), 6th Earl of Kent, and Mary Cotton (d.1580), Countess of Kent
Henry Grey, (1541–1615), 6th Earl of Kent, and Mary Cotton (d.1580), Countess of Kent
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English Heritage, De Grey Mausoleum

Flitton, Nr Ampthill

Title

Henry Grey, (1541–1615), 6th Earl of Kent, and Mary Cotton (d.1580), Countess of Kent

Date

1615 (?)

Medium

marble & human skulls

Measurements

H 350 x W 205 x D 130 cm

Accession number

UNAC.DGM.13

Work type

Tomb or mausoleum

Inscription description

inscription: Here lieth the body of the most noble virtuous and worthy peere Henry Grey Earle of Kent Lord Hastings Weisford & Ruthyn Lo: Lieutenant of the county of Bedford: ever loyall to his prince assured to his country kinde to his friends loving to al good men and charitable to the poore, the first erector and founder of this chappell who deceased the 31st of January 1614.

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High Street, , Bedfordshire, Flitton, Nr Ampthill, Bedfordshire MK45 5EJ England

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