An exact catalogue of the nobility of England and lords spiritual, according to their resective precedencies with all their titles of honor (whether by creation, succession, or office), and the particular times of their several promotions : together with their paternal coats of arms, and also those of the Archiepiscopal and Episcopal sees in blazon
Dale, Robert, d. 1722.
CREATIONS.
Earl, in King Stephen's time, by Maud the Empress (anno 1137) sans date. Confirm'd by Henry her Son, right Heir of England and Normandy; also sans date: And again Confirm'd by the same Henry when he was King, by the Name of Hen. 3. sans date. The Baronies of Heirs general.
ARMS.
Quarterly, Gules and Or, a Mollet in the First quarter Argent.
2. ANTHONY GREY,* Earl of Kent, Chief of the Ancient and Il∣lustrious House of Grey, from which are descended and branched the Barons of Rotherfield, Codnore, Wilton, Ruthin, Groby and Rugemont; the Viscount Page 36 Lisle,* the Earl of Stamford, the Marquis Dorset, and the Duke of Suffolk, all of that Surname, deriv'd from the Castle and Honor of Grey in Picardy, their Pa∣trimony before the Conquest.
