1048624.
Lord William Grenville Esq. & 1048625. Philippa Bonvile
~1375, William de Greynvill born in
Devon, England, s/o 2097248. Sir
Theobald Greynvill & 2097249. Margaret Courtenay.
6/21/1377, Richard II succeeded Edward
III as King of England.
7/26/1381, John de Grenvile [older
half-brother of William] presented Robert Braybroke [later Bishop of London] to
the rectory of Bideford. [William must have been much younger than John.]
9/8/1381, John de Grenvile, son and heir
of Sir Theobald de Grenvile, deceased, presented Thomas Cary to Kilkhampton.
1/15/1392, The Earl of Devonshire and
William Grenville, sheriff of Devonshire, ordered to appear before the King.
(S) Select Cases Before the King’s Council, V36, 1918, Pg-ci.
~1392, Philippa born in Chuton, Somerset,
England, d/o 3802754. Sir John Bonville
& 3802755. Elizabeth Fitz Roger.
5/12/1396, Bishop Stafford granted an
indulgence to all penitents who would assist “ad constructionem seu
reparacionem longi pontis de Bydeford”, i.e., help repair and replace the
bridge at Bideford; which William’s grandfather Theobald had been stated as “an
especial furtherer and great benefactor” of the bridge.
10/21/1396, Philippa’s father, age 26,
died. Her mother remarried.
10/13/1399, Henry IV succeeded Richard II
as King of England.
1402, at Kilkhampton, William Graynville,
son of Sir Theobald, sets forth that whereas his brother, Sir John Greynville,
Kt., and Margaret his wife held the manor and borough of Bideford in the county
of Devon, … the said William Greynvill ratifies and confirms them to the said
Sir John. Sealed “Sygillum Willimi
Greynvill.” [William, heir to his mother, who was from the powerful
Courtenay family.]
[––William
& Thomasia––]
By 1403, William 1st married
Thomasine, d/o John Cole. [No children.]
1404, Thomasine named in an indenture at
Bideford.
1410, Thomasine named in deed at
Bideford.
1410-11, William’s brother John died
without heirs; William succeeding.
11/1412, William de Greynvill, Lord of
Kilkhampton, surrendered to Ralph de Berncote … Estrabernecote and
Westrabernecote … saving to himself the suits to his own court and suit to his
mill.
3/20/1413, Henry V succeeded Henry IV as King of England.
10/5/1413, A Licence to celebrate Divine
Service in Domestick Chapels or Oratories was granted to William Greynevyle and
Thomasia his wife, for their manors in the parish of Kilkhampton. (S)
Register of Edmund Stafford, 1395-1419, P275.
1415, William, brother and heir of Sir
John Greynvill, Kt., confirms the charter which John Arundell and Margaret his
wife had granted to Richard Godman. Sealed: “Sigillum
Willimi de Greynvill armigeri.”
8/31/1422, Henry VI (an infant) succeeded
Henry V as King of England.
11/7/1424, Wm. Graynefeld, esq., granted
lands to James Chuddeleigh, Wm. Chuddeleigh, and Hugh Stucle, esqs.
4/22/1425, To William Graynevyle and
Thomasia his wife, for divine service in their presence in any suitable place
in the diocese. (S) Register of Edmund Lacy, Bishop pf
Exeter, 1420-1455, P118.
5/5/1427, Thomasine named in a deed.
[––William
& Philippa––]
William married 2nd Philippa.
1428, Willemus Greynfeld tenet di. f. m.
in Bydeford, quod Johannes Ralegh quondam tenuit ibidem. (S) Inquisitions and
Assessments, Maskelyne, 1899, P496.
1428, Willemus Grenfeld tenet quartam
partem un. f. m. in Kilkamplond, quam idem comes Gloucestrie quondam tenuit, et
subsidium inde - xx. d. (S) Inquisitions
and Assessments, Maskelyne, 1899, P237.
1434, William de Greynevill and Thomasine
his wife, and John Cole agreed that Thomasine had certain lands and tenements
in Yllecombe and Hodesland, in the manor of Kilkhampton, of Sir John de
Greynville, Kt., deceased, brother of William, whose heir he is, by knight’s
service and doing suits to his courts and mills.
12/30/1437, at Stowe, William, Lord of
Kilkhampton, surrendered to William Bond a furlong of land … and suits to his
two courts at Kilkhampton.
7/20/1446 at Stowe, William Grenville is
mentioned in a deed with Philippa his wife, to Thomas Barnecote.
11/7/1447, William granted lands to Hugh
Stucle, esq. and others. [Philippa half-sister to Hugh Stucle.]
1448, Thomas Greynvyle, son and heir to
William Greynvile, Esquire, with Anne his wife, grants to Richard Ashrigge a
tenement in Bideford, doing suit at ‘our’ courts [William is still alive.]
William died.
[––Philippa––]
Philippa married 2nd John de
Almescombe, esq..
1450-51, John de Almescombe and Philippa
his wife, late the wife of William de Graynvil, received a grant from John de
Copleston … lands in Wildhays and Guakmore.
5/9/1455, Thomas Bodrugan late of
Bodrugan, co. Cornwall, esquire, for not appearing before the justices of the
Bench to answer John Almyscombe and Philippa his wife, late the wife of William
Greynevyle, esquire, touching a trespass. Devon. (S) CPRs.
3/1458, John and Philippa, Lady of the
Manor of Bideford, presented Lewis Pollard to the church of Bideford, Devon.
1461, John and his wife, Philippe,
settled 23 messuages, 1 mill, and various lands in Kilkhampton, Cornwall,
together with the advowson of the church of Kilkhampton, Cornwall, on
themselves and the heirs of their bodies, with successive remainders to John
Grenville and William Grenville.
1464, John and his wife, Philippe,
settled the manor and advowson of the church of Kilkhampton, Cornwall and the
manor and advowson of the church of Bideford, Devon on themselves and the heirs
of their bodies, with reversion to the right heirs of Philippe.
(S) Hist. of the Granville Family,
Granville, 1895, P55ff. (S) Rpts. & Trans., Devonshire, V16,
1884, P684.
Family notes:
·
Arms of William Greynefield, impaled with those
of Bonvile were in Kilkhampton Church, on a hatchment of stucco.
Children of William and Philippa:
i.
Sir Thomas Grenville (524312), born ~1430 in Devon, England.
ii.
Margaret Grenville, born ? in Devon, England.
Margaret married John Thorne of Thorne.
iii.
Ellena Grenville, born ? in Devon, England.
Ellena married William Yoe of Heanton
Satchville, co. Devon.
[Arms of Yeo with Granvile quartering
existed in Petrockstowe Church.]
