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Grenville, Richard (1495 - 1550/1)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1495
Death Date: 1551-03-18

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Type: marriage
    Union began: n.d.
    Union ended: n.d.

Siblings

Female

  • Grenville, Agnes ( - )
  • Grenville, Jane ( - )
  • Grenville, Philippa ( - )
  • Grenville, Mary ( - 1581)
  • Grenville, Christiana ( - )
  • Grenville, Amy ( - 1576/7)

Male

  • Grenville, John (1506 - 1562)
  • Grenville, Digory ( - )

Titles

  • Knight
    Assumed: 1529-11-03 (knighted between this date and 20 Dec. 1531)
    Vacated: 1550-11-21

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Sheriff, Cornwall 1523 -7 -21 1523 -11 -13 Assumed the office upon the death of his father Roger (d 7 July 1523)
JP, Cornwall 1523/4 1525
Sheriff, Cornwall 1526 -11 -7 1527 -11 -16
MP, Cornwall 1529
JP, Cornwall 1531/2
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Cornwall 1532
JP, Devon 1532
Keeper, Cornwall 1532 -5 -29
Sheriff, Devon 1532 -11 -20 1533 -11 -17
Marshall, France 1535 -10 1540 -10 -3
Steward of Lands, Devon 1535 Stewards of the Devon lands of Bodmin Priory, Cornwall and Fritherlstock Abbey, Devon
Steward of Lands, Cornwall 1535 Steward of Cornwall lands of Hartland Abbey, Devon
JP, Devon 1536
JP, Cornwall 1536
JP, Devon 1543/4
JP, Cornwall 1543/4
Sheriff, Cornwall 1544 -11 -16 1545 -11 -22
Commissioner of Musters, Devon 1545/6
JP, Cornwall 1547

Details of Properties

Residence

Lands

  • Cornwall: Morewenstow Rectory
    Acquired: 1541-05
  • Cornwall: Tynyell in Landulph
    Acquired: 1546-09
    Purchased with Roger Blewett
  • Devon: Buckland Abbey
    Acquired: 1541
  • Devon: Canonleigh in Burlescombe
    Acquired: 1546-09
    Purchased with Roger Blewett

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Guildhall, Plymouth, Devon Mr Grenville's Minstrels

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Mr Grenville's Minstrels Grenville, Richard (1495 - 1551) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Type
Grenville Town House Devon Private Residence
Stowe House Cornwall Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

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  • Bindoff, S.T. The History of Parliament: The House of Commons, 1509–1558. 3 vols. London: Secker & Warburg, 1982
  • Granville, Roger. The History of the Granville Family. Exeter: William Pollard & Co., 1895
  • Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII [1509--47]. 21 vols and Addenda (2 vols). London: HMSO, 1864--1932
  • List of Sheriffs for England and Wales from the Earliest Times to AD 1831. London: HMSO, 1898
  • Shaw, William Arthur. The Knights of England: A complete record from the earliest time to the present day of the knights of all the orders of chivalry in England, Scotland, and Ireland, incorporating a complete list of knights bachelors dubbed in Ireland. 2 vols. London: Sherratt & Hughes, 1906