Barony of Grey of Codnor

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On the death of Henry Grey, the Barony of Grey of Codnor fell into abeyance in 1496 between the heirs of his three aunts, daughters of the 1st Baron: Lucy wife of Sir Rowland Lenthall; Eleanor wife of Thomas Newport; and Elizabeth wife of Sir John Zouche of Codnor.

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The current Baron descends as follows:
  1. Lucy Grey, 1st dau. and in her issue coheiress of Richard Grey, 1st Baron Grey of Codnor.  She married Sir Roland Lenthall, of Lenthall, co Herf
  2. Elizabeth Lenthall, sole heiress of her father. She married Thomas Cornewall, of Burford, co. Shropshire. (But see this link where another co-heiress was Catherine who married William la Zouche.)
  3. Sir Edmund Cornewall (d. 8 Dec 1489), of Burford, co. Shropshire; first son of his father.  He married Maria Hoorde, daughter of Thomas Hoorde.
  4. Sir Thomas Cornewall, of Burford, co. Shropshire; only son of his father. He married Anne Corbet, daughter of Sir Richard Corbet.
  5. Richard Cornewall, of Burford, co. Shropshire; only surviving son of his father. He married Janet Wogan, sole heiress of her father Henry Wogan.
  6. Thomas Cornewall, of Burford, co. Shropshire; second son of his father. He married Katherine Hartley, daughter of John Hartley
  7. Sir Thomas Cornewall, of Burford, co. Shropshire; first son of his father. He married Anne Lyttelton, daughter of Sir Gilbert Lyttelton
  8. Sir Gilbert Cornewall, of Burford, co. Shropshire; first son of his father. He married Elizabeth Reade, daughter of Sir Thomas Reade, of Beedon, Barton, Ipsden and Dunstew, co. Oxford.
  9. Thomas Cornewall, of Burford, co. Shropshire; first son of his father. He married his cousin Anne Reade, daughter of Thomas Reade, of Ipsden, co. Oxford.
  10. Thomas Cornewall, of Burford, co. Shropshire; first son of his father. He married Katherine Read.
  11. Francis Cornewall, of Burford, co. Shropshire; first son of his father. He married Mary Woodhouse, daughter and heiress of James Woodhouse, of Woodhouse.
  12. Anna Maria Cornewall, sole heiress of her father. She married George Legh, of High Legh, co. Chester.
  13. Henry Cornwall Legh, of High Legh, co. Chester; first son of his father. He married Elizabeth Hopkinson, co-heiress of her father Robert Hopkinson, of Heath Hall, co. York.
  14. George John Legh, of High Legh, co. Cheshire; first son of his father. He married Mary Blackburne, daughter of John Blackburne MP, of Hale, co. Lancaster.
  15. Rev Henry Cornwall Legh, Rector of Welsh Hampton, co. Shropshire; second son of his father. He married Mary Williams, 1st co-heiress of her father Martin Williams, of Bryngwyn, co. Montgomery.
  16. Gertrude Mary Cornwall Legh; 1st daughter of her father. She married Charles Walker.
  17. Charles Henry George Walker later Cornwall-Legh (d. 16 Oct 1934), of High Legh, co. Cheshire; 1st son of his father. He married in 1901 to Geraldine Maud Shuldham, dau. of Lt Col Arthur James Shuldham
  18. Charles Legh Shildham [Walker later Cornwall-Legh], 5th Baron Grey (of Codnor), CBE; 1st son of his father