Famous Kin of
Guy Ritchie
British Filmmaker
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King Henry VIII
King of England
13th great-granduncle via Henry VII, King of England
Catherine Parr
6th Wife of King Henry VIII
1st cousin 15 times removed via Sir William Parr
Anne Boleyn
2nd Wife of King Henry VIII
2nd cousin 14 times removed via Sir John Howard
Catherine Howard
5th Wife of King Henry VIII
2nd cousin 14 times removed via Sir John Howard
Jane Seymour
3rd Wife of King Henry VIII
3rd cousin 15 times removed via Sir John Clifford
Sir Winston Churchill
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
4th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Stewart
Lt. Gen. James Brudenell
Leader of the “Charge of the Light Brigade”
4th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Robert Dashwood
Major John Pitcairn
British Commander at Battle of Lexington
4th cousin 8 times removed via Esmé Stewart
Catherine Middleton
Duchess of Cambridge
6th cousin 1 time removed via Dr. David Martineau
Cara Delevingne
Fashion Model and Movie Actress
6th cousin 2 times removed via Alexander Stewart
Patrick Henry
1st and 6th Governor of Virginia
6th cousin 8 times removed via Elizabeth Stewart
Richard More
Mayflower Passenger
6th cousin 11 times removed via Thomas Clifford
Edmund Waller
English Poet and Politician
6th cousin 13 times removed via Sir Baldwin Freville
Alexander Hamilton
1st U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
7th cousin 6 times removed via William Cunningham
Robert Catesby
Leader of Gunpowder Plot
7th cousin 11 times removed via Sir John Beauchamp
Princess Diana
Princess of Wales
8th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Robert Dashwood
Prince William
Duke of Cambridge
8th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Robert Dashwood
Johnny Mercer
Songwriter and Co-Founder of Capitol Records
8th cousin 2 times removed via John Stewart
George Washington
1st U.S. President
8th cousin 6 times removed via Sir William Gascoigne of Gawthorpe
Meriwether Lewis
Lewis and Clark Expedition
8th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Anthony Cooke of Giddy Hall, Essex
Thomas Nelson
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
8th cousin 6 times removed via Sir William Gascoigne of Gawthorpe
Abigail (Smith) Adams
First Lady of President John Adams
8th cousin 7 times removed via Sir William FitzWilliam
George Clinton
4th U.S. Vice President
8th cousin 9 times removed via William Herbert
Rev. George Burroughs
Executed for Witchcraft, Salem 1692
8th cousin 10 times removed via Sir John Howard
General Robert E. Lee
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
9th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Walter Lindsay
John Quincy Adams
6th U.S. President
9th cousin 6 times removed via Sir William FitzWilliam
Fletcher Christian
Leader of the mutiny on the Bounty
9th cousin 6 times removed via Henry Clifford
George Mason
Father of the U.S. Bill of Rights
9th cousin 7 times removed via John Aston
Daniel Carroll
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
9th cousin 7 times removed via Henry Percy
John Carroll
Founder of Georgetown University
9th cousin 7 times removed via Henry Percy
DeWitt Clinton
6th Governor of New York
9th cousin 8 times removed via William Herbert
Philip Livingston
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
9th cousin 9 times removed via Sir Robert Erskine of the Ilk
Caesar Rodney
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
9th cousin 9 times removed via Sir John Clifford
Helen Keller
Author and Activist
10th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Walter Lindsay
Fitzhugh Lee
40th Governor of Virginia
10th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Walter Lindsay
Richard Henry Lee
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
10th cousin 6 times removed via John Aston
Francis Lightfoot Lee
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
10th cousin 6 times removed via John Aston
General Hugh Mercer
American Revolution
10th cousin 7 times removed via Thomas Erskine
William Ellery
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
10th cousin 8 times removed via Richard Woodville
William Greene
2nd Governor of Rhode Island
10th cousin 8 times removed via Richard Woodville
Edith (Bolling) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
11th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Walter Lindsay
James Russell Lowell
American “Fireside” Poet
11th cousin 3 times removed via James IV, King of Scotland
Alan Turing
WWII Codebreaker of Nazi Enigma Machine
11th cousin 4 times removed via William Keith
Henry Lee III
9th Governor of Virginia
11th cousin 5 times removed via John Aston
Charles Darwin
Theory of Evolution
11th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Robert Spencer
Thomas Sim Lee
2nd and 7th Governor of Maryland
11th cousin 5 times removed via John Aston
Benjamin Harrison V
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
11th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Thomas Jefferson
3rd U.S. President and Signer of the Declaration of Independence
11th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
James Madison
4th U.S. President
11th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Robert Townsend
Member of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution
11th cousin 7 times removed via Richard Woodville
William C. C. Claiborne
1st Governor of Louisiana
11th cousin 7 times removed via Sir John Beauchamp
Button Gwinnett
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
11th cousin 8 times removed via Sir Walter Devereux
Jonathan Swift
Author of Gulliver's Travels
11th cousin 9 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Camilla Parker Bowles
Duchess of Cornwall
12th cousin 1 time removed via Henry Clifford
Theodore Roosevelt
26th U.S. President
12th cousin 2 times removed via Archibald Campbell
Wernher von Braun
Rocket Scientist
12th cousin 2 times removed via William Keith
Horace Gray
U.S. Supreme Court Justice
12th cousin 2 times removed via Sir William Gascoigne of Gawthorpe
Franklin D. Roosevelt
32nd U.S. President
12th cousin 3 times removed via Sir William FitzWilliam
William Howard Taft
27th U.S. President
12th cousin 3 times removed via Henry Clifford
Lytton Strachey
Author and Co-Founder of Bloomsbury Group
12th cousin 3 times removed via John Stewart
Francis Scott Key
Author of “The Star Spangled Banner”
12th cousin 4 times removed via Sir John Howard
General James Longstreet
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
12th cousin 4 times removed via John Aston
Edward Lloyd V
13th Governor of Maryland
12th cousin 4 times removed via John Aston
William Henry Harrison
9th U.S. President
12th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Robert Treat Paine
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
12th cousin 5 times removed via Joan Beaufort
C. W. Post
Founder of Post Cereals
12th cousin 5 times removed via Sir John Berkeley of Beverstone, Gloucestershire, England
John Marshall
4th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
12th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Lewis Carroll
Author of Alice in Wonderland
12th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Richard Woodville
Samuel Howard
Boston Tea Party Participant
12th cousin 6 times removed via Sir John Howard
Samuel Prescott
Completed Paul Revere's Midnight Ride
12th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Nicholas Harington
Samuel Ward King
15th Governor of Rhode Island
12th cousin 6 times removed via Richard Woodville
Roger Sherman
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
12th cousin 7 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Nicholas Gilman
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
12th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Baldwin Freville
John Hancock
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
12th cousin 7 times removed via Alice Plumpton
George H. W. Bush
41st U.S. President
13th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Edward Aston
Queen Elizabeth II
Queen of the United Kingdom
13th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Charles Brandon
Eleanor Roosevelt
First Lady of President Franklin D. Roosevelt
13th cousin 1 time removed via Archibald Campbell
General George S. Patton
U.S. Army - World War II
13th cousin 1 time removed via Sir William Gascoigne of Gawthorpe
Leverett Saltonstall
55th Governor of Massachusetts
13th cousin 1 time removed via Sir William Gascoigne of Gawthorpe
Charles A. Pillsbury
Co-Founder of C.A. Pillsbury Co.
13th cousin 2 times removed via Sir William Gascoigne
Rutherford B. Hayes
19th U.S. President
13th cousin 3 times removed via Richard Sherburne
John D. Rockefeller
Founder of the Standard Oil Company
13th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Robert Spencer
Ellen DeGeneres
Comedienne and TV Personality
13th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Thomas Fairfax
Zachary Taylor
12th U.S. President
13th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Grover Cleveland
22nd and 24th U.S. President
13th cousin 4 times removed via Sir John Berkeley of Beverstone, Gloucestershire, England
Marjorie Post
Founder of General Foods
13th cousin 4 times removed via Sir John Berkeley of Beverstone, Gloucestershire, England
E. M. Forster
English Novelist
13th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Richard Woodville
Julia (Ward) Howe
Author of “The Battle Hymn of the Republic”
13th cousin 5 times removed via Richard Woodville
Susan B. Anthony
Women's Rights Advocate
13th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Baldwin Freville
Hetty Green
“The Witch of Wall Street”
13th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Baldwin Freville
Joseph Wharton
Founder of the Wharton School of Business
13th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Baldwin Freville
William Floyd
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
13th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Thomas de Beauchamp
Bathsheba (Ruggles) Spooner
First woman executed for murder in U.S. by non-British government
13th cousin 7 times removed via Sir John Grey of Rotherfield
John Langdon
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
13th cousin 7 times removed via Sir John Grey of Rotherfield
Elizabeth Montgomery
TV Actress - “Bewitched”
14th cousin 1 time removed via Henry Clifford
Sandra Day O'Connor
First Female U.S. Supreme Court Justice
14th cousin 1 time removed via Henry Clifford
John Adams Morgan
1952 Olympic Sailing Gold Medalist
14th cousin 1 time removed via Sir William FitzWilliam
Ted Danson
TV Actor - “Cheers”, “CSI”
14th cousin 2 times removed via Sir William Gascoigne of Gawthorpe
John Kerry
68th U.S. Secretary of State
14th cousin 2 times removed via James Hamilton
Harry F. Byrd
50th Governor of Virginia
14th cousin 2 times removed via Henry Percy
Henry Lloyd
40th Governor of Maryland
14th cousin 2 times removed via John Aston
Story Musgrave
NASA Astronaut
14th cousin 2 times removed via Sir William Gascoigne of Gawthorpe
Benjamin Harrison
23rd U.S. President
14th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Carly Fiorina
CEO of Hewlett-Packard
14th cousin 3 times removed via Sir William Gascoigne of Gawthorpe
Melvyn Douglas
Movie Actor
14th cousin 3 times removed via Sir John Berkeley of Beverstone, Gloucestershire, England
Capt. William Lewis Herndon
Captain of the ill fated S.S. Central America
14th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Nicholas Harington
Colonel Robert Gould Shaw
Principal character of film Glory portrayed by Matthew Broderick
14th cousin 4 times removed via Sir John Beauchamp
Paget Brewster
TV Actress
14th cousin 4 times removed via Sir William Gascoigne of Gawthorpe
James Sherman
27th U.S. Vice-President
14th cousin 4 times removed via Sir John Beauchamp
Olivia De Havilland
Movie Actress
14th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Walter Devereux
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
American “Fireside” Poet
14th cousin 4 times removed via John of Gaunt
Lucretia (Rudolph) Garfield
First Lady of President James Garfield
14th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Baldwin Freville
Eli Whitney
Inventor of the Cotton Gin
14th cousin 5 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Ralph Waldo Emerson
American Poet
14th cousin 5 times removed via Alice Plumpton
Charles Goldsborough
16th Governor of Maryland
14th cousin 5 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Jane (Appleton) Pierce
First Lady of President Franklin Pierce
14th cousin 6 times removed via Sir John Grey of Rotherfield
Charles Carroll
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
14th cousin 6 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Caleb Brewster
Member of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution
14th cousin 7 times removed via Edward I, King of England
Carter Braxton
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
14th cousin 7 times removed via Edward I, King of England
Benedict Cumberbatch
Movie, Television and Stage Actor
15th cousin via Henry Clifford
Calvin Coolidge
30th U.S. President
15th cousin 1 time removed via Richard Sherburne
Nelson Rockefeller
41st U.S. Vice-President
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Robert Spencer
Bing Crosby
Singer and Movie Actor
15th cousin 1 time removed via Richard Sherburne
Upton Sinclair
Pulitzer Prize Winning Novelist
15th cousin 1 time removed via Henry Percy
Thomas Hunt Morgan
Nobel Prize Winner in Physiology or Medicine
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Howard
General George C. Marshall
Author of “The Marshall Plan”
15th cousin 1 time removed via Richard Sherburne
Eugene Foss
45th Governor of Massachusetts
15th cousin 1 time removed via Richard Sherburne
Lizzie Borden
Accused Murderess
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Berkeley of Beverstone, Gloucestershire, England
Frank Lloyd Wright
American Architect
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Henry FitzHugh
Allen Dulles
5th Director of the C.I.A.
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Berkeley of Beverstone, Gloucestershire, England
John Foster Dulles
52nd U.S. Secretary of State
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Berkeley of Beverstone, Gloucestershire, England
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Author, “Sherlock Holmes”
15th cousin 2 times removed via Joan Beaufort
Ellen (Herndon) Arthur
Wife of President Chester A. Arthur
15th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Nicholas Harington
General Douglas MacArthur
U.S. Army - World War II
15th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Thomas Mowbray
Marilyn Monroe
Actress, Model, and Singer
15th cousin 3 times removed via Richard Woodville
Judy Garland
Singer and Movie Actress
15th cousin 3 times removed via Sir William FitzHugh
Liz Claiborne
Fashion Designer and Founder of Liz Claiborne Inc.
15th cousin 3 times removed via Sir John Beauchamp
Orson Welles
Radio, Stage, and Movie Actor
15th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Walter Devereux
Jack London
Author of “The Call of the Wild”
15th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Thomas Mowbray
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice
15th cousin 3 times removed via John of Gaunt
Shubael D. Childs
Founder of S.D. Childs & Company
15th cousin 4 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Jay Gould
American Railroad “Robber Baron”
15th cousin 4 times removed via Alice Plumpton
Ichabod Goodwin
27th Governor of New Hampshire
15th cousin 4 times removed via John de Mowbray
Abraham Baldwin
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
15th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Robert de Holland
General William Whipple
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
15th cousin 6 times removed via Edward I, King of England
Anthony West
Novelist and writer for the New Yorker
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Paris Hilton
Socialite and TV Personality
16th cousin 1 time removed via John Aston
Adlai Stevenson III
U.S. Senator from Illinois
16th cousin 1 time removed via Richard Sherburne
Illeana Douglas
TV and Movie Actress
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Berkeley of Beverstone, Gloucestershire, England
John Cena
Movie Actor and WWE Pro Wrestler
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Robert Spencer
Richard Nixon
37th U.S. President
16th cousin 2 times removed via Richard Woodville
Alice (Lee) Roosevelt
First Wife of President Theodore Roosevelt
16th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Clifford
Walt Disney
Co-Founder of The Walt Disney Company
16th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Howard
Jimmy Carter
39th U.S. President
16th cousin 2 times removed via Richard Woodville
George Romney
43rd Governor of Michigan
16th cousin 2 times removed via Richard Woodville
Warren G. Harding
29th U.S. President
16th cousin 2 times removed via Richard Woodville
Robert Frost
Poet and Playwright
16th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Nicholas Harington
Roy Rogers
Cowboy movie actor and singer
16th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Clifford
Liza Minnelli
Singer and Actress
16th cousin 2 times removed via Sir William FitzHugh
James Taylor
Singer-Songwriter
16th cousin 2 times removed via Richard Sherburne
J. A. Folger
Founder of Folger Coffee Company
16th cousin 3 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Richard Warren Sears
Co-Founder of Sears, Roebuck, & Co.
16th cousin 3 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Gloria Vanderbilt
Fashion Designer
16th cousin 3 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
William Marsh Rice
Founder of Rice University
16th cousin 3 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
John McCain
U.S. Senator from Arizona
16th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Baldwin Freville
William Rufus Day
36th U.S. Secretary of State
16th cousin 3 times removed via John de Mowbray
James Youngs Smith
29th Governor of Rhode Island
16th cousin 3 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
John Brown
American Abolitionist
16th cousin 4 times removed via Sir John Grey of Rotherfield
Marshall Field
Founder of Marshall Field & Co.
16th cousin 4 times removed via Sir John Howard
Richard Gere
Movie Actor
17th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Berkeley of Beverstone, Gloucestershire, England
Gerald Ford
38th U.S. President
17th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Berkeley of Beverstone, Gloucestershire, England
Mitt Romney
70th Governor of Massachusetts
17th cousin 1 time removed via Richard Woodville
Lou (Henry) Hoover
First Lady of President Herbert Hoover
17th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Howard
Juliette Gordon Low
Founder of the Girl Scouts
17th cousin 1 time removed via John of Gaunt
Kyra Sedgwick
TV and Movie Actress
17th cousin 1 time removed via Richard Woodville
Christopher Reeve
Movie Actor
17th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Walter Devereux
Maggie Gyllenhaal
Movie Actress
17th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Beauchamp
Chevy Chase
Comedian, Actor and Writer
17th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Berkeley of Beverstone, Gloucestershire, England
Buckminster Fuller
Author, Architect, and Inventor
17th cousin 1 time removed via John of Gaunt
Charlie Munger
Vice-Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway
17th cousin 1 time removed via Richard Woodville
Mary Chapin Carpenter
Singer and Songwriter
17th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Bill Weld
68th Governor of Massachusetts
17th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Howard
Tuesday Weld
TV and Movie Actress
17th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Clifford
Henry Clay Folger
Founder of Folger Shakespeare Library and Chairman of Standard Oil
17th cousin 2 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
William Sprague
27th Governor of Rhode Island
17th cousin 2 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Sir Charles Tupper
6th Prime Minister of Canada
17th cousin 2 times removed via Eleanor Plantagenet
Anderson Cooper
Television Journalist
17th cousin 2 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Alan Shepard
Mercury and Apollo Astronaut
17th cousin 2 times removed via Alice Plumpton
Endicott Peabody
62nd Governor of Massachusetts
17th cousin 2 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Guillermo Billinghurst
31st President of Peru
17th cousin 2 times removed via Eleanor Plantagenet
Tennessee Williams
Author of A Streetcar Named Desire
17th cousin 3 times removed via Sir John Grey of Rotherfield
Dr. H. H. Holmes
Serial Killer aka “Devil in the White City”
17th cousin 3 times removed via Sir John Grey of Rotherfield
Helen (Herron) Taft
First Lady of President William H. Taft
17th cousin 3 times removed via Sir John Howard
Stephen A. Douglas
Participated in Lincoln-Douglas Debates
17th cousin 3 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Shanghai Pierce
Texas Cattleman
17th cousin 3 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Charles Carnan Ridgely
15th Governor of Maryland
17th cousin 4 times removed via Edward I, King of England
Warren Buffett
Chairman & CEO, Berkshire Hathaway
18th cousin via Sir Thomas Mowbray
Barbara (Pierce) Bush
First Lady of President George H.W. Bush
18th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
Ray Bradbury
Author of The Martian Chronicles
18th cousin 1 time removed via John de Mowbray
Ellen Louise (Axson) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
18th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
Valerie Bertinelli
Television Actress
18th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
Thomas Pynchon
American Novelist
18th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
Pete Seeger
American Folk Singer
18th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
Sally Ride
1st American Woman in Space
18th cousin 2 times removed via John of Gaunt
Dick Clark
Radio and TV Host
18th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Thomas de Beauchamp
Anna Gunn
TV and Movie Actress
18th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Nicholas Harington
J.P. Morgan
American Banker and Art Collector
18th cousin 3 times removed via Ida de Odingsells
Elizabeth Smart
Founder of Elizabeth Smart Foundation
18th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Nicholas Harington
Lee Harvey Oswald
Accused Assassin of President John F. Kennedy
19th cousin via John de Mowbray
Mamie (Doud) Eisenhower
First Lady of President Dwight Eisenhower
19th cousin via Sir Hugh de Stafford
Abigail Folger
Charles Manson Murder Victim and Folger Coffee Heiress
19th cousin via Richard FitzAlan
Susana Ferrari Billinghurst
Argentine Aviation Pioneer
19th cousin via Eleanor Plantagenet
Herbert Hoover
31st U.S. President
19th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Grey of Rotherfield
Linda Hamilton
TV and Movie Actress
19th cousin 1 time removed via John de Mowbray
Amelia Earhart
Aviation Pioneer
19th cousin 1 time removed via Ralph de Stafford
George Hamilton
TV and Movie Actor
19th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Grey of Rotherfield
Kevin Love
NBA All-Star Player
19th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Walter Devereux
Willis Carrier
Inventor of Air Conditioning
19th cousin 1 time removed via Ralph de Stafford
J. K. Simmons
TV and Movie Actor
19th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Grey of Rotherfield
Treat Williams
TV & Movie Actor
19th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Hugh de Stafford
J.P. Morgan, Jr.
American Banker and Philanthropist
19th cousin 2 times removed via Ida de Odingsells
Sydney Biddle Barrows
Mayflower Madam
19th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Hugh de Stafford
Christian Herter
59th Governor of Massachusetts
20th cousin via Sir Robert de Holland
Henry Sturgis Morgan
Co-Founder of Morgan Stanley
20th cousin 1 time removed via Ida de Odingsells
Kate Upton
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Cover Model
20th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Grey of Rotherfield
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