Baron Astley was ceated by writ of summons dated 23 June 1295 for a family which had lived at Astley

Astley

-Places in England:* Astley, Greater Manchester, a dormitory town* Astley Green Colliery Museum* Astley, Warwickshire, a village and parish* Astley, Worcestershire, a village and parish* Astley, Shropshire, a village and parish* Astley Village, in Lancashire...

, Warwickshire

Warwickshire

Warwickshire is a landlocked non-metropolitan county in the West Midlands region of England. The county town is Warwick, although the largest town is Nuneaton. The county is famous for being the birthplace of William Shakespeare...

, England

England

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 since the time of Henry I

Henry I of England

Henry I was the fourth son of William I of England. He succeeded his elder brother William II as King of England in 1100 and defeated his eldest brother, Robert Curthose, to become Duke of Normandy in 1106...

. Sir Thomas de Astley who was killed in the Battle of Evesham

Battle of Evesham

The Battle of Evesham was one of the two main battles of 13th century England's Second Barons' War. It marked the defeat of Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester, and the rebellious barons by Prince Edward – later King Edward I – who led the forces of his father, King Henry III...

 in 1265 married twice. From Sir Thomas's first marriage to Joan de Blois descended the Barons Astley.

• Andrew de Astley, 1st Lord Astley, (1295 - 1301)
• Nicholas de Astley, 2nd Lord Astley, (1301 – 1325)

(Sir Giles de Astley, younger brother of Nicholas, (died before 1316)

• Sir Thomas Astley, 3rd Lord Astley, son of Sir Giles, (1325 – 1370)
• William Astley, 4th Baron Astley (1370?)

William had only one child, a daughter Joan, who married Reginald Grey, 3rd Baron Grey de Ruthyn

Reginald Grey, 3rd Baron Grey de Ruthyn

Reginald Grey, 3rd Baron Grey de Ruthyn , a powerful Welsh marcher lord, succeeded to the title on his father Reginald's death in July 1388.- Lineage :...

. Their son Edward married Elizabeth Ferrers, 6th Baroness Ferrers of Groby and he, Edward, was thereby summoned to Parliament as Baron Ferrers of Groby

Baron Ferrers of Groby

The peerage title Baron Ferrers of Groby was created in the Peerage of England in 1300 when William Ferrers, 1st Baron Ferrers of Groby was summoned to parliament. He was a grandson of William de Ferrers, 5th Earl of Derby. In 1475 the eighth baron was created the Marquess of Dorset, with which...

.

Whether the Barony of Astley passed to Joan and her son Edward is open to dispute. The Complete Peerage

The Complete Peerage

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entries on the 1st

Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Dorset

Thomas Grey, 7th Baron Ferrers of Groby, 1st Earl of Huntingdon and 1st Marquess of Dorset, KG , was an English nobleman, courtier and a man of mediocre abilities pushed into prominence by his mother Elizabeth Woodville's second marriage to the king, Edward IV.-Family:Thomas was born about 1455,...

 and 2nd

Thomas Grey, 2nd Marquess of Dorset

Thomas Grey, 2nd Marquess of Dorset, KG, KB was an English peer, courtier, soldier and landowner, the grandfather of Lady Jane Grey, briefly Queen of England.-Early life:...

 Marquess of Dorset and on the Duke of Suffolk

Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk

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 do not include Baron Astley with their other titles; indeed the entry on Baron Astley stops with William Astley and a query on his descendants. On the other hand, Burke’s Dormant and Extinct Peerages of 1831 and 1978 take the barony to 1554 when it would have been forfeited along with all the other titles of the Duke of Suffolk following participation in Wyatt's Rebellion

Wyatt's rebellion

Wyatt's Rebellion was a popular uprising in England in 1554, named after Thomas Wyatt the younger, one of its leaders. The rebellion arose out of concern over Queen Mary I's determination to marry Philip II of Spain, which was an unpopular policy with the English...

 and his attainder and execution.
Therefore-

• ? Joan Astley, Baroness Astley
• ? Sir Edward Grey, died 18 December 1457}
• ? Sir John Grey of Groby
  John Grey of Groby
  Sir John Grey, of Groby, Leicestershire was a Lancastrian knight, the great-great-grandfather of Lady Jane Grey.-Titles:...
  
  , (died 17 February 1461)
• ? Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Dorset, (died 20 September 1501)
• ? Thomas Grey, 2nd Marquess of Dorset, (died 10 October 1530) and his son:,
• ? Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk, (executed 23 February 1554).