BRADGATE, (Leicestershire) near Mountsorrel, and 4 m. from Leicester, was anciently the manor of the Es. of Leicester, and by partition came to the noble family of Ferrers, from whom, by descent, it passed to the Greys, of whom was the D. of Suffolk, father to the Lady Jane, and is the seat of Thomas Grey, E. of Stamford, and Baron Grey of Groby.