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GROVE, Robert (c.1511-79/80), of Donhead St. Andrew, Wilts.
Family and Education
b. c. 1511, 2nd s. of Thomas Grove of Donhead St. Andrew by Isabel, da. of John Luyshe. m. by 1532, Joan, da. of John Combe of Cann, Dorset, 3s. inc. William 1da.Aged 60 or ‘thereabouts’ in 1571, E134/13-14 Eliz. Mich. 3; Hoare, Wilts. Dunworth, 57-58.
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Servant of Sir Thomas Arundell by 1540, steward and surveyor by 1545; receiver to Queen Catherine Parr, Dorset, 1543 – 48; steward, surveyor, and later comptroller of the household to 1st and 2nd Earls of Pembroke by 1554 – d.; feodary, Wilts. by 1561.
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Main residence: Donhead St. Andrew, Wilts.
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GROVE, Robert (c.1511-79/80)
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GRIMSTON, William (by 1508-52/53), of Wardour Castle and Salisbury, Wilts. and Motcombe, Dorset.
Family and Education
b. by 1508. m. (1) Joan, 1s. 3da.; (2) Sybil Huyland or Hewland.Presumed to be of age at election. C1/995/30; PCC 18 Tashe; St. Ch.3/1/10.
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Servant of Sir John Rogers c. 1530, Queen Anne Boleyn 1534.
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Main residences: Wardour Castle; Salisbury, Wilts.; Motcombe, Dorset.
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GRIMSTON, William (by 1508-52/53)
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GRIFFITH, Robert (1501/2-68), of Salisbury, Wilts.
Family and Education
b. 1501 /2. m. by 1546, Catherine, 1s. 3da.Aged 50 on 17 Dec. 1552, Salisbury dioc. RO, bp’s dep. bk. 2, f. 21v. Salisbury corp. ledger B, f. 271; PCC 16 Babington.
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Member, council of the Forty-Eight, Salisbury 1531, member of the Twenty-Four 1541, auditor 1537, 1541, 1549, 1553, 1556 – 57, 1559, 1561 – 63, 1565, assessor for Market ward 1541, warden, tailors’ guild in 1541, senior warden in 1548, 1556, mayor 1545.
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Main residence: Salisbury, Wilts.
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GRIFFITH, Sir George (by 1503-59), of Burton Agnes, Yorks; Wichnor, Staffs. and London.
Family and Education
b. by 1503, 1st s. of Sir Walter Griffith of Burton Agnes and Wichnor by Jane, da. of Sir John Ferrers of Tamworth, Staffs. m. by 1524, Elizabeth, da. of Sir John Skeffington of London, 1s. 3da. suc. fa. 20 Oct. 1531. Kntd. 1 Nov. 1532.Date of birth estimated from marriage. J. C. Wedgwood, Staffs. Parl. Hist. (Wm. Salt Arch. Soc.), i. 314; Vis. Staffs. (Harl. Soc. lxiii), 113; Glover’s Vis. Yorks. ed. Foster, 524; LP Hen. VIII, iv, v; Chron. Calais (Cam. Soc. xxxv), 122-3; C142/52/11, 31, 34.
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Esquire of the body by 1532, knight by 1533; j.p. Staffs. 1538 – 54; commr. musters 1539, 1546, relief 1550; other commissions 1538–47.
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Main residences: Burton Agnes, Yorks. and Wichnor, Staffs. and London.
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GRIFFITH, Sir George (by 1503-59)
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GREY, William II (by 1514-51), of London and Reading, Berks.
Family and Education
b. by 1514. m. by 1543, Agnes, da. of Thomas Pyke of Ilford, Essex, wid. of Robert Blagrave of Reading and London and Robert Cowper, s.p.Date of birth estimated from first reference. LP Hen. VIII, xviii; Vis. Berks. (Harl. Soc. lvii), 70; Vis. Surr. (Harl. Soc. xliii), 80; E. W. Dormer, Gray of Reading, 58-60.
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Chamberlain and receiver, ct. gen. surveyors of the King’s lands by 1545; King’s plumber in 1547; j.p. Berks. 1547; commr. relief 1550.
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Main residences: London; Reading, Berks.
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GREY, William II (by 1514-51)
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