Bradgate House (16th century) It was lived in by the Grey family for the next 220 years. It is believed that the house was the birthplace of Lady Jane Grey, later Queen, ruling for a mere 9 days before being overthrown by Mary I. Jane was executed in 1553 and when her father was executed the following year the estate passed to the crown. Local history claims that groundskeepers marked the occasion of Jane's execution by pollarding the estate's oak trees in a symbolic beheading. Examples of pollarded oaks can still be seen in the park. In 1563 the family regained favour, and the
Harry Grey, 3rd Earl of Stamford Enville in Staffordshire from a distant relative. In 1720, Henry succeeded as Earl of Stamford on the death of his first cousin, Thomas Grey, 2nd Earl of Stamford. He then inherited the Grey estates at Bradgate Park in Leicestershire, thus uniting the two Grey estates. Subsequently, he chose to live at Enville, allowing the Bradgate Park house to fall into disrepair. On his death, he was succeeded in the earldom by his eldest son, Henry Grey. Harry Grey, 3rd Earl of Stamford Harry Grey, 3rd Earl of Stamford (10 June 1685 – 16 November 1739), was an English peer. He