Ancestral Trails 2016 » Richard GRENVILLE (1495-1550)

Personal data Richard GRENVILLE 

• He was born in the year 1495 in Kilkhampton Manor, Stowe, Cornwall.
• He died on March 18, 1550 in Egloskerry, Cornwall, he was 55 years old.
• He is buried on March 23, 1550 in St James the Great, Kilkhampton, Cornwall.
• A child of Roger GRENVILLE and Margaret WHITLEIGH

Household of Richard GRENVILLE

He is married to Matilda BEVILL.

They got married between 1515 and 1527 at Parish Church, Gwarnock, Devon, he was 20 years old.

Child(ren):

1. Mary GRENVILLE  1525-???? 
2. Roger GRENVILLE  1527-1545 

Notes about Richard GRENVILLE

Richard Grenville (died 1550) was an English soldier, politician and administrator who served as the Member of Parliament for Cornwall in 1529, and was both Sheriff of Cornwall and Sheriff of Devon.

Richard Grenville was the son of Sir Roger Grenville (d. 1523) of Stowe, Cornwall and his wife Margaret Whitleigh. His forebears had held land in Cornwall since the 12th century. The family seat of Stowe is closer to Bideford in Devon than any significant town in Cornwall, so the family had strong links with Devon, hence Richard's positions in both Cornwall and Devon.

One of his sisters, Amye, married John Drake of Musbury, Devon.

Career
Early in his career Richard Grenville had some minor posts in the royal household. On the death of his father in 1523 he completed his father's term as Sheriff of Cornwall, a post he also held in 1526-7, 1544-5. In between he was Sheriff of Devon in 1532-3. He was Justice of the Peace for Cornwall from 1524 till his death and also in Devon, at Exeter from 1535 to 1547.

Further afield he was Marshal of Calais, a post that required his residence there, from October 1535 to October 1540. In 1544 Grenville accompanied the king to France as a commander in the English army.

He was active in his Christian faith and openly favoured 'God's word'.

In the Prayer Book Rebellion of 1549 Grenville was called upon against the western rebels, and with a company of friends and followers he defended Trematon Castle. When they were unsuccessful in defending the castle, he and his wife were held in custody in Launceston prison. Grenville contracted a fatal illness probably while in gaol and died from it on 18 March 1550. He was buried at Kilkhampton five days later.

Marriage and family
Richard Grenville married Matilda Beville, daughter of John Beville of Gwarnick, near Truro, Cornwall.

Their son, Sir Roger Grenville, had been captain of the Mary Rose and drowned when it sank in Portsmouth Harbour in 1545. Sir Richard was therefore succeeded by Roger's son, Richard Grenville, naval commander and the captain of Revenge.

References
"Grenville, Richard I (by 1495-1550), of Stowe in Kilkhampton, Cornw". historyofparliament.org. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
The History of the Granville Family: Traced Back to Rollo, First Duke of Normandy. With Pedigrees, Etc by Roger Granville
Granville, Roger. (2013). The King's General in the West: The Life of Sir Richard Granville, 1600-1659. London, pp. 4-5, 10.
A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 3 By John Burke p.4.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Grenville_(died_1550)

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