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GREVILLE, John (by 1492-1547), of Milcote, Weston-upon-Avon, Warws.
Family and Education
b. by 1492, 1st s. of Sir Edward Greville, and bro. of Sir Fulke. m. (1) by 1517, Elizabeth, da. of John Spencer of Hodnell, Warws., 1s. 1da.; (2) settlement 1 Sept. 1527, Eleanor, da. of Sir Ralph Verney of Pendley in Tring, Herts. suc. fa. 22 July 1528. Kntd. 22 Feb. 1547.Date of birth estimated from age at fa.’s i.p.m., C142/50/81. Vis. Warws. (Harl. Soc. xii), 28-29; Vis. Oxon (Harl. Soc. v), 228-9; C142/87/102; PCC 16 Populwell.
Offices Held
Gent., household of Princess Mary c. 1525; j.p. Warws. 1531 – d.; commr. suppression monasteries 1536, benevolence 1544/45, musters 1546; other commissions 1537–d.
Main residence: Milcote, Weston-upon-Avon, Warws.
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GREVILLE, Sir Fulke (by 1505-59), of Beauchamp’s Court, Alcester, Warws. and London.
Family and Education
b. by 1505, 2nd s. of Sir Edward Greville of Milcote, Weston-upon-Avon by Anne, da. of John Denton of Wittenham, Berks.; bro. of John. m. by Apr. 1526, Elizabeth, da. and coh. of Edward Willoughby, later de jure suo jure Baroness Willoughby de Broke, 7s. 8da. Kntd. 1542 /43.Date of birth estimated from first reference. CP, xii(2), 688-9; Vis. Warws. (Harl. Soc. xii), 28-29; Vis. Oxon. (Harl. Soc. v), 228-9; PCC 59 Mellershe; VCH Warws. iii. 18; Dugdale, Warws. ii. 776.
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Feodary, Worcs. and Warws. 1534 – 35; j.p. Warws. 1537 – d.; sheriff, Warws. and Leics. 1542 – 43, 1547 – 48; commr. contribution, Coventry 1546, chantries, Leics., Warws. and Coventry 1548, enclosures, midland counties 1548, 1549, relief, Warws. 1550, goods of churches and fraternities 1553; other commissions 1540–57.
Main residences: Beauchamp's Court, Alcester, Warws.; London.
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GREVILLE, Sir Fulke (by 1505-59)
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GRESHAM, Sir Richard (by 1486-1549), of London.
Family and Education
b. by 1486, 3rd s. of John Gresham of Holt, Norf. by Alice, da. of Alexander Blyth of Stratton, Norf. m. (1) Audrey (d. 28 Dec. 1522), da. of William Lynne of Southwick, Northants., 2s. 2da.; (2) Isabella, da. of John Warsop of London, wid. of one Taverson. Kntd. by 16 Nov. 1537.Date of birth estimated from admission to freedom of Mercers’ Company. G. Leveson-Gower, Fam. Gresham, 161-3; DNB; C1/930/2; LP Hen. VIII, xii.
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Warden, Mercers’ Co. 1524 – 25, master 1532 – 33, 1538 – 39, 1548 – 49; auditor, London 1530 – 32, 1538 – 40, sheriff 1531 – 32, alderman 1536 – d., mayor 1537 – 38; gent. usher extraordinary by 1533; j.p. Norf. 1538 – d., Yorks. (E. and W. Ridings) 1540 – d., Suff. 1543 – d.; commr. of Admiralty in Nov. 1547.
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Main residence: London.
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GRENVILLE, Richard II (by 1524-77/78), of Stowe in Kilkhampton and Penheale, Cornw.
Family and Education
b. by 1524, 1st s. of Digory Grenville of Penheale, by 1st w. Philippa, da. and h. of one Gough; half-bro. of George Grenville. m. by 1553, Florence, da. and coh. of John Kelloway of Broadwood Kelly, Devon, 2s. inc. George 3da. suc. fa. aft. 1564.Presumed to be of age on election. Vis. Cornw. ed. Vivian, 191, 194 (in error over order of Digory Grenville’s two wives); Vis. Cornw. (Harl. Soc. ix), 84-86.
Offices Held
Gen. subsidy collector, hundreds of Stratton and Lesnewth, Comw. 1559; j.p. 1569 – 77; commr. grain 1576.
Main residences: Stowe in Kilkhampton; Penheale, Cornw.
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GRENVILLE, Richard I (by 1495-1550), of Stowe in Kilkhampton, Cornw.
Family and Education
b. by 1495, 1st s. of Roger Grenville, and bro. of John. m. Matilda, da. and coh. of John Bevill of Gwarnock in St. Allen, Cornw., 2s. 3da. suc. fa. 7 July 1523. Kntd. aft. 3 Nov. 1529.Date of birth estimated from age at fa.’s i.p.m., C142/40/22, 44/103. Vis. Cornw. ed. Vivian, 191; Paroch. Hist. Cornw. 373.
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Sewer, privy chamber by 1523; commr. subsidy, Cornw. 1523, 1524, 1547, musters 1546; sheriff, Cornw. July – Nov. 1523, 1526 – 27, 1544 – 45, Devon 1532 – 33; j.p. Cornw. 1524 – d., Devon, Exeter 1535 – 47; steward of Devon lands, Bodmin priory, Frithelstock abbey, of Cornish lands, Hartland abbey by 1535; marshal, Calais Oct. 1535-Oct. 1540.
Main residence: Stowe in Kilkhampton, Cornw.
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