Baron Grey of Powis - Charleton (Cherleton) Descendants Share Powis

Charleton (Cherleton) Descendants Share Powis

Edward Charleton, 5th Baron Cherleton, married Eleanor Holland, eldest daughter of Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent, and lord Wake of Liddell and Lady Alice Fitzalan. Their daughters were co-heirs to the Powis legacy:

• Joan married Sir John Grey, valiant military figure for King Henry V of England, resulting in attaining castle and lordship at Tyle, earldom of Tankerville, and governor of the castle at Tournay. John, made Lord of Powis through his marriage to Joan.
• Joyce married John Tiptoft, 1st Baron Tiptoft, whose son John Tiptoft, 1st Earl of Worcester, was attainted of treason in 1478.

Edward, the last Charleton to hold a title of Powis, died in 1422 leaving the title in abeyance.

For a time, the heirs of both Joan and Joyce claimed the title of Powys. John Tiptoft, Joyce's son, was called baron Tiptoft and Powys in his creation to be Earl of Worcester. Joan's great grandson, John Grey was summoned to Parliament as Baron Grey de Powys.

The Greys and Tiptofts divided not only the estates but also Powis Castle near Welshpool, Wales. In 1540 John Leland (died 1552), English poet and antiquary, noted that he found at Castel Coch (English: Red Castle) "two Lords Marchers" castles within one wall. At that time the part of John Sutton, 3rd Baron Dudley, great-grandson of Joyce Tiptoft, was almost in ruin, that of Lord Grey, grandson of Joan the elder sister was "metely good". The outer ward had been the share of the Tiptofts and inner ward that of the Greys.

Lord Dudley sold the Tiptoft/Dudley share of Powis Castle to his nephew the 3rd and last Baron Grey of Powis before his death in 1553.