Grenville, Richard (1495 - 1550/1)

Biographical Overview

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Titles - 1
Properties - 6
Total events naming patron - 1
Troupes - 1
Venues - 2
Bibliographic Sources - 5
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Born / Died

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

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. , (n.d.)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: n.d.
    Union ended: n.d.

Titles

  • Knight
    Assumed Before 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 n.d.
JP, Cornwall 1531/2 n.d.
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Cornwall 1532 n.d.
JP, Devon 1532 n.d.
Keeper, Cornwall 1532-5-29 n.d.
Sheriff, Devon 1532-11-20 1533-11-17
Marshall, France 1535-10 1540-10-3
Steward of Lands, Devon By 1535 n.d. Stewards of the Devon lands of Bodmin Priory, Cornwall and Fritherlstock Abbey, Devon
Steward of Lands, Cornwall By 1535 n.d. Steward of Cornwall lands of Hartland Abbey, Devon
JP, Devon 1536 n.d.
JP, Cornwall 1536 n.d.
JP, Devon 1543/4 n.d.
JP, Cornwall 1543/4 n.d.
Sheriff, Cornwall 1544-11-16 1545-11-22
Commissioner of Musters, Devon 1545/6 n.d.
JP, Cornwall 1547 n.d.

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

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1533-1533 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 Venue 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. Public Record Office Lists and Indexes 9. 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.