Family and Education
bap. 10 Apr. 1585, ?2nd s. of William Greaves† (d.1621), draper, of Nottingham and Mary (d.1630), da. of John Gregory, alderman, of Nottingham. m. (1) lic. 17 June 1618, Isabel (d.1626), da. of John Dalton, vintner, of Nottingham, 2s. d.v.p. 1da. d.v.p. ; (2) 15 Jan. 1628, Mary Collinson (d.1675), 2s. 2da. bur. 21 Feb. 1663 21 Feb. 1663.Notts. RO, St. Mary’s, Nottingham par. reg.; PR/NW Will of Marie Greaves widow of Nottingham, proved 12 Feb 1631; HP Commons, 1558-1603, ii. 213; Thoroton, Notts. (1790), ii. 42; J.T. Godfrey, Notes on the Par. Regs. of St. Mary’s Nottingham, 4-5; Abstracts of Notts. Mar. Lics. ed. T.M. Blagg and F.A. Wadsworth (Brit. Rec. Soc. lviii), 73.
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Town clerk, Nottingham 1617 – 44, 1653–8, Recs. of the Bor. of Nottingham ed. W.H. Stevenson, iv. 430; Recs. of the Bor. of Nottingham ed. W.T. Baker, v. 356, 431–3. collector, Palatinate Benevolence 1622, E403/2741, f. 31. commr. subsidy 1622, 1624, 1640–1, C212/22/21, 23; SR, v. 64, 154. chamberlain 1625–6, Recs. of the Bor. of Nottingham, v. 281. commr. array 1642, Northants. RO, FH133. common councilman 1653–?8. Recs. of the Bor. of Nottingham, v. 242–3, 425.

Main residence: Nottingham, Notts.
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Commons 1604-1629
Web Title

GREAVES, Robert (1585-1663)

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Oxford 1644
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