GREVILLE, Sir Fulke (1554-1628), of Brooke House, Holborn, London and Warwick Castle; formerly of Beauchamps Court, Alcester, Warws.

Family and Education

b. 3 Oct. 1554, o.s. of Sir Fulke Greville of Beauchamps Court and Anne, da. of Ralph Neville, 4th earl of Westmorland.R.A. Rebholz, Life of Fulke Greville, 3; Vis. Warws. (Harl. Soc. lxii), 9. educ. Shrewsbury g.s. 1564; Shrewsbury Sch. Regestum Scholarium 1562-1635 comp. E. Calvert, 15. Jesus, Camb. 1568; MA, Oxf. 1588; Al. Cant.; Al. Ox. M. Temple 1581; G. Inn 1588; M. Temple Admiss.; GI Admiss. embassy, Germany 1577, Low Countries 1578, 1582; F. Greville, Life of Sir Philip Sidney ed. N. Smith, 41-5, 147; J. Nichols, Progs. of Queen Eliz. ii. 344-87; Rebholz, 32 n. 1. ?vol. France 1587. Greville, 148; HMC Var. Coll. vii. 340. unm. cr. KB 25 July 1603; Shaw, Knights of Eng. i. 154. suc. fa. 1606; C142/300/172. cr. Bar. Brooke of Beauchamps Ct. 29 Jan. 1621. C66/2228/1. d. 30 Sept. 1628. Vis. Warws. 9. sig. Fulke Grevyll.

Offices Held

Capt. RN, Ire. 1580; APC, 1578–80, p. 419. r.-adm. Channel sqdn. 1599. CSP Dom. 1598–1601, p. 282; HMC Hatfield, ix. 335–6.

Freeman, Southampton, Hants 1581, HMC 11th Rep. III, 21. Portsmouth, Hants 1624; R. East, Portsmouth Recs. 349. ranger, Wedgnock Pk., Warws. 1597–d.; C66/1458. j.p. Kent 1600–4, C231/1, f. 83v; C66/1620. Warwick 1610–d., C181/2, f. 207v; 181/3, f. 156v; CPR, 1554–5, p. 19. Mdx. 1615–d., C231/4, f. 3v; C66/2449. Westminster by 1618-at least 1620, C181/2, f. 331v; 181/3, f. 15v. custos rot., Warws. 1626–d.; C231/4, f. 196v; C66/2449. commr. piracy, London, Mdx., Kent, Essex 1603, C181/1, f. 66v. enclosure riots, Warws. 1607, C181/2, f. 35. subsidy 1608, SP14/31/1. Mdx. 1621 – 22, 1624, C212/22/20–1, 23. oyer and terminer, Verge 1615–21, C181/2, f. 235; 181/3, 20v. London 1620–d., C181/2, f. 351; 181/3, f. 234v. Mdx. 1620-at least 1625, C181/2, f. 352; 181/3, f. 190v. Midland circ. 1626–?d., C181/3, f. 205v. new buildings, London 1618, C66/2165. gaol delivery, London 1621–d., C181/3, ff. 22v, 234v. Forced Loan, London, Westminster, Mdx., Warws., Coventry 1626–7. C193/12/2, ff. 34v, 60v, 75, 90; T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, pp. 141, 145; HMC 15th Rep. x. 127.

Clerk of Signet, Council in Marches of Wales 1581–90 (jt.), 1590–d. (sole), sec. and clerk of Council, Marches of Wales 1590–d., CPR, 1575–8, p. 225; 1582–3, p. 167; C66/1612; HMC De L’Isle and Dudley, ii. 97; Rebholz, 89; HMC 13th Rep. iv. 274. cllr. from 1593; P. Williams, Council in the Marches of Wales under Eliz. I, 295. treas. of Navy 1598–1604, C66/1499; CSP Dom. 1603–10, p. 98. commr. inquiry naval corruption 1602; C66/1578. gent. of privy chamber by 1601–3, HMC Cowper, i. 31; LC2/4/4, f. 47v. bedchamber 1621; HMC Trumbull Ts. XLVIII. 79. member, Queen Anne’s Council from 1603; J. Nichols, Progs. of Jas. I, i. 268n. PC 1614–d.; APC, 1613–14, p. 575; 1627–8, p. 455. chan. and under-treas. of the Exch. 1614–21; C66/2034/2–3; CSP Dom. 1619–23, p. 296. commr. compensation of Cautionary Town garrisons 1616, HMC Downshire, v. 437. examine suits and petitions preferred to the king 1618, inquiry into Exch. disbursements 1618, Treasury 1618–19, CSP Dom. 1611–18, pp. 534, 560; SP14/141, p. 237. E. Indies conference 1619; Ibid. 1619–23, p. 8. member, High Commission, Canterbury prov. 1620; R.G. Usher, Rise and Fall of High Commission, 351. commr. for the accts. of the Irish treas. of war 1621; C181/3, f. 44. commr. exacted fees 1622; APC, 1621–3, p. 325. member, Council of War 1624–6; CSP Dom. 1623–5, p. 214; 1625–6, p. 328; Rymer, viii. pt. 1, p. 18. commr. inquiry customs fees and petty farm of customs 1624, Add. 34,324, ff. 230, 232. trade 1625. Rymer, viii. pt. 1, p. 59.

Agent, Low Countries 1582. Handlist of British Diplomatic Representatives comp. G.M. Bell, 188. In 1588 Greville was also dispatched to Ostend to quell a mutiny by Eng. forces: HMC Hatfield, iii. 379.

Cttee. New Eng. Venturers 1607; member, Virg. Co. 1617. T.K. Rabb, Enterprise and Empire, 302.

Recorder, Warwick 1610–d. VCH Warws. viii. 493.

Parlimentarian

GREVILLE, Sir Fulke (1554-1628), of Brooke House, Holborn, London and Warwick Castle; formerly of Beauchamps Court, Alcester, Warws.

Main residences: Brooke House, Holborn, London; Warwick Castle; Beauchamps Court, Alcester, Warws.

Author

P.M.H.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

GREVILLE, Sir Fulke (1554-1628)

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Estates

Oxford 1644

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