of treasons in which Grey was stated to have engaged in bringing together a hundred gentlemen of quality for the purpose of seizing the king. The plot in which Grey was involved was known as the "Bye plot". Another plot, known as the "Main Plot" had been found out at the same time, with the result that Cobham and Raleigh were arrested soon after Grey, Markham, and their group. The government then tried to identify the two conspiracies, though Grey was not complicit with Cobham and Raleigh. Nevertheless, Grey and Cobham were tried together at Winchester (18 November) before a court composed of thirty-one peers, presided over by the chancellor. Grey made a spirited defence, which occupied the best part of the day, and referred to the patriotic services of his ancestors. He was condemned to death, and on 10 December he and Cobham and Markham were taken to the scaffold. But after each had made a declaration of innocence, a reprieve was given, and they were taken once again to the Tower of London. Later life Grey had declined to beg for his life, but after his return to the Tower, he wrote to thank the king for his clemency, and presented petitions subsequently for his release. He was allowed to correspond with friends, and watched the course of the war in the Low Countries. In 1613, when Frederick V, Elector Palatine, came to England to marry the Princess Elizabeth, he appealed to James to grant Grey's release; James refused the request. Grey is said to have been kept subsequently in more rigorous confinement, on the grounds of a relationship with one of the women attending of Lady Arabella Stuart, a fellow prisoner. He died in the Tower, after eleven years' imprisonment, on 9 July 1614. Legacy The Barony of Grey of Wilton became extinct at his death. Of the family estates, Wilton Castle, on the River Wye, had been alienated before the attainder of 1603 to Grey Brydges, 5th Baron Chandos. The confiscated estates of Whaddon were granted to George Villiers, the king's favourite. Many of Grey's papers passed, through his sister Bridget Egerton, to Philip Wharton, 4th Baron Wharton, and thence to Thomas Carte the historian; they went with the Carte MSS. to the Bodleian Library. References Attribution 16th-century births 1614 deaths Year of birth unknown Barons Grey de Wilton (1295)