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The De Grey Mausoleum Adjoining Church of St John the Baptist

A Grade I Listed Building in Greenfield, Central Bedfordshire

  • Grey Mausoleum: built by Henry Grey d.1614, sixth Earl of Kent (left), descended from medieval Holand earls; Henry (tenth Earl) d.1651 & wife to the right

  • Grey Mausoleum; Henry Grey, sixth Earl of Kent, 1541-1614

  • Grey Mausoleum; Mary Cotton, d.1580, countess of Kent, married to sixth Earl

  • Grey Mausoleum; Amabel Benn d.1698, wife of Henry Grey, tenth Earl of Kent

  • Grey Mausoleum; Jane Hart, d.1671; mother in law to tenth Earl of Kent

  • Henry Grey d.1740, twelfth Earl of Kent & two wives, Jemima Crew d.1728 & Sophie Bentinck d.1748

  • Grey Mausoleum; figures in the north wing; Anthony Grey d.1727 (in Roman attire), Henry & Henrietta Grey (both d.1717), all children of Henry Grey, twelfth Earl of Kent

  • Grey Mausoleum; Amabel Grey, Lady Glenorchy, d.1727

  • Grey Mausoleum; Jemima, (Amabel's daughter) d.1797 & Mary Jemima d.1830, her daughter

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Entry Name: The De Grey Mausoleum Adjoining Church of St John the Baptist

Listing Date: 23 January 1961

Grade: I

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1113904

English Heritage Legacy ID: 37997

ID on this website: 101113904

Location: St John the Baptist's Church, Flitton, Central Bedfordshire, MK45

County: Central Bedfordshire

Civil Parish: Flitton and Greenfield

Built-Up Area: Greenfield

Traditional County: Bedfordshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Bedfordshire

Church of England Parish: Flitton

Church of England Diocese: St.Albans

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