Family and Education
b. 23 Mar. 1596, 1st s. of Sir Bernard Grenville† of Stowe and Elizabeth, da. and h. of Philip Bevill of Killigarth; bro. of Sir Richard*.Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 192. educ. Exeter Coll., Oxf. 1611, BA 1614; Al. Ox. Court 1614-c.1618; R. Granville, Hist. of Granville Fam. 142-4; M. Coate, Cornw. in Gt. Civil War, 85. ?travelled abroad 1623. APC, 1623-5, p. 47. m. 1619, Granville, 145. Grace (bur. 8 June 1647), da. of (Sir) George Smith* of Exeter, Devon and coh. to her grandfa. William Viell of Trevorder, St. Breock, Cornw., 7s. (4 d.v.p.) 5da. (1 d.v.p.). suc. fa. 1636; Vivian, 192. Kntd. 23 June 1639. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 206. d. 5 July 1643. Vivian, 192. sig. Bevill Grenvile.
Offices Held

Commr. piracy, Cornw. 1624 – 26, 1637, 1641 C181/3, ff. 113, 196; 181/5, ff. 83v, 187v., Devon 1624, 1637 – 39, Exeter, Devon 1639, C181/3, f. 130; 181/5, ff. 84v, 133. Forced Loan, Cornw. 1626–7, C193/12/2, f. 7v; T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 144. swans, W. Country 1629; C181/4, f. 3. col. militia ft. and dep. lt. Cornw. 1636–d.; Granville, 192, 194. commr. assessment 1641–2, SR, v. 82, 149. array 1642, HMC 4th Rep. 307. j.p. 1642–d. C231/5, p. 529.

Lt. horse 1639, CSP Dom. Addenda, 1625–49, p. 607. col. ft. (roy.) 1642–d. R. Hopton, Bellum Civile ed. C.E.H. Chadwyck Healey (Som. Rec. Soc. xviii), 25; F.T.R. Edgar, Sir Ralph Hopton, 208.

Gent. of the privy chamber (extraordinary) 1639–d. LC5/134, p. 329.

Main residence: Stowe, Kilkhampton, Cornw.
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Commons 1604-1629
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GRENVILLE, Bevill (1596-1643)

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