GRENVILLE, Sir Richard (1600-1659), of Fitzford, nr. Tavistock, Devon.

Family and Education

bap. 26 June 1600, 2nd s. of Sir Bernard Grenville† (d.1636) of Stowe, nr. Kilkhampton, Cornw. and Elizabeth, da. and h. of Philip Bevill of Killigarth, Cornw.; bro. of Bevill*. Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 192. educ. ?Oxf.; Leiden 1634; Ath. Ox. ii. (Fasti), 352; W.N. Du Rieu, Album Studiosorum Academiae Lugduno, 259. vol. Netherlands 1618-c.1620, ?Germany 1634-9. G. Granville, Genuine works of George Granville, Lord Lansdowne (1736), ii. 231, 234. m. c. Nov. 1628, Miller, 26-7. Mary (admon. 20 May 1672), PROB 11/339, f. 2. da. and h. of Sir John Fitz of Fitzford and wid. of (Sir) Allan Percy* (d.1611) of Tower Hill, London, Thomas Darcy (d.1612) and Sir Charles Howard (d.1622), 1s. (?d.v.p.) 1da. Vivian, Vis. Devon, 342; Miller, 22-3, 27. Kntd. 20 June 1627; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 192. cr. bt. 9 Apr. 1630. W. Courthope, Extinct Baronetage of Eng. 90. d. 21 Oct. 1659. CSP Clar. iv. 418. sig. Ry[chard] Grenvile.

Offices Held

Capt. Germany c.1620–3, Clarendon, Hist. of the Rebellion ed. W.D. Macray, iii. 418. Cadiz expedition 1625, Harl. 3638, f. 125v. lt. Netherlands 1624, SP84/121, f. 276v. sgt.-maj. Île de Ré 1627, SP16/59/49. col. Som. 1628, APC, 1627–8, pp. 235, 424. officer, 1st Bps.’ War 1639, Granville, ii. 200, 234. maj. horse, 2nd Bps.’ War 1640, E351/293. maj. horse, Ire. 1641–3, Clarendon, iii. 421. gov. of Trim, co. Meath 1642–3, Bodl. Carte ms 3, f. 168. lt.-gen. (parl.), 1643–4, CJ, iii. 347a-b. ‘Field Marshal’ (roy.), Plymouth, Devon 1644–5, Clarendon, iii. 423. Taunton, Som. and Lyme Regis, Dorset 1645, maj.-gen. Western army 1645. Clarendon, iv. 15, 61, 94.

Gent. of the privy chamber (extraordinary) 1628 – 31, by 1641. LC3/1; LC5/132, pp. 21, 263.

J.p. Devon 1629–33, C66/2495; C231/5, p. 111. commr. piracy 1630, C181/4, f. 52v. sheriff by 1645. Clarendon, iv. 31.

Parlimentarian

GRENVILLE, Sir Richard (1600-1659), of Fitzford, nr. Tavistock, Devon.

Main residence: Fitzford, nr. Tavistock, Devon.

Author

P.M.H.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

GRENVILLE, Sir Richard (1600-1659)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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