GRENVILLE (GRANVILLE), Richard (1612-66), of Wotton Underwood, Bucks.

Family and Education

b. 8 Aug. 1612, 1st s. of Richard Grenville of Wotton Underwood and Frances, da. of Thomas Saunders of Long Marston, Herts.Vis. Bucks. 1634 (Harl. Soc. lviii), 67; Collins’ Peerage of Eng. (1812), ii. 408-9; J. Foster, The Peerage of the British Empire (1882), 100. educ. I. Temple 19 Apr. 1627.I. Temple database. m. (1) 9 Feb. 1635, Anne (d. 14 Jan. 1647), da. of Sir William Borlase† of Great Marlow, Bucks. 1s. 2da. d.v.p.;Collins’ Peerage, ii. 409; Foster, Peerage, 100; Lipscombe, Buckingham. iii. 595. (2) Eleanor, da. of Sir Timothy Tyrrell of Oakley, Bucks. and wid. of Sir Peter Temple of Stanton Bury, Bucks. s.p.PROB11/320/115; Collins’ Peerage, ii. 409; Foster, Peerage, 100. suc. fa. 1628.VCH Bucks. iv. 131. d. 10 Jan. 1666.Lipscombe, Buckingham. i. 612.

Offices Held

Legal: called, I. Temple 3 Nov. 1635; jt. steward, June 1662.CITR ii. 226; iii. 9.

Local: commr. subsidy, Bucks. 1641, 1663; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641, 1660.SR. Sheriff, 1641–2.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 9. Commr. contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 24 Feb. 1643, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664.SR; A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance…for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). Member, Bucks. standing cttee. June 1642.G. Nugent-Grenville, Lord Nugent, Some Mems. of John Hampden (1832), ii. 458. Dep. lt. July 1642–?Whitelocke, Diary, 131n. Commr. loans on Propositions, 12 July 1642;LJ v. 207b. for associating midland cos. 15 Dec. 1642; sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660. 1650 – 12 July 1653A. and O. J.p. by Feb., by c.Sept. 1656–d.C193/13/3, f. 5; C193/13/6, f. 5v; C231/6, p. 259; A Perfect List (1660). Commr. oyer and terminer, Norf. circ. June 1659–10 July 1660;C181/6, p. 379. sewers, Bucks. 6 June 1664.C181/7, p. 255.

Military: capt. of horse (parlian.), regt. of Arthur Goodwin* (later Richard Browne II*) by Aug. 1642-bef. May 1645.SP28/1a, f. 184; CSP Dom. 1644–5, p. 538; BHO, Cromwell Assoc. database.

: of Wotton Underwood, Bucks.

GRANVILLE

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

GRENVILLE (GRANVILLE), Richard (1612-66), of Wotton Underwood, Bucks.

Will

30 Dec. 1665, pr. 5 Apr. 1666.PROB11/320/115.

Estates

owned land at Wotton Underwood, Bucks.;‘Wotton Underwood in 1657’, Recs. of Bucks. xiv. 133-48. bought manor of Ashendon, Bucks. 1632.VCH Bucks. iv. 4.

Oxford 1644

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