4194496. Lord Theobald Grenvile & 4194497.
Joyce de Beaumont
6/1323, Theobald de Grenevyle born in
Devon, England, s/o 8388992. Henry de
Grenvile & 8388993. Joanna Wortham.
1325, Joyce born in England, d/o 5910184. Earl Henry de Beaumont &
5910185. Alice Comyn. [Not d/o Sir
Thomas Beaumont. Thomas born 1324, age 24 aft. the death of his mother in 1349.
(S) FMG. Joyce would have to be Thomas’ sister.]
2/1/1327, Edward III succeeded Edward II
as King of England.
1327, Theobald, age 4 at the death of his
father.
1327, During his minority, Theobald a
ward of Sir John Carew.
2/25/1328 at York. Grant to William de
Chevereston, for a fine of £50, of the marriage of Theobald de Grenevill,
son and heir of Henry de Grenevill, tenant in chief, a minor in the king's
ward, so that if the said Theobald die before he reach the age of 15 years and
be married, the said William shall have the marriage of his next heir, being a
minor, and so from heir to heir. Order to the escheator beyond Trent to deliver
him the body of the heir to be married. (S) CFRs.
5/29/1328, Presentation of William de
Welingoure to the church of Bydyford … king’s gift by reason of his custody of
the lands and heir [Theobald] of Henry de Grenevil, tenant in chief. (S) CPRs.
1332, Tax Assessment, 30 Burgesses paying
rents to Theobald de Grenvile, Lord of the Manor at Bideford. (S) History of
Early Bideford.
1343, Theobald of Greneville, plaintiff vs.
the Bishop of Exeter (John Grandisson), defendant. [The beginning of a long
conflict between the two. Theobald claimed the Patronage of the Benefice, then
vacant. John Ralegh and his wife Amy, patrons of Kilkhampton church, also a
part of the suit, who’s nominee was ousted by the Bishop.] (S) BU School of
Law, The Year Books, #1348.019.
1344, Theobald de Grenevill recovered in
the King's Bench, the advowson of Kylkhampton.
1345, “Quare incumbravit pur Thebaud
Greneville vers Levesqe Dexcestre del eglish de Kylhamtone …” (S) Year Books of
the Reign of King Edward the Third, Horwood, 1906, P279. [Theobald Greneville
vs. John Ralegh and his wife Amy, patrons of Kilkhampton church. Theobald
wanted the next presentation. John de Stonore was the head justice for the
plea.]
7/12/1346, Edward landed an invasion force of 10000 in
Normandy, which marched north plundering the countryside. King Philip VI, with
8000 horsemen and 4000 Genoese crossbowmen pursued. The 1st Division commanded by the
Prince of Wales [future Black Prince] supported by the Earls of Warwick and
Oxford, whose retinue of knights included Sir Theobald Greneville. (S) Crecy
and Calais, Wrottesley, 1898, P33.
7/26/1346 at Caen, capital of Normandy, Edward’s forces
captured the city.
1346, Edward stopped at Crecy and took up defensive
positions.
8/26/1346, Edward won the Battle of Crecy in France. The
French vanguard attacked without orders, commiting the whole army. The English
longbowmen could fire much more quickly than the Genoese, with a killing range
of 250 yards. A decisive victory, a third of the French forces lost [mainly to
arrows] to less than 100 Englishmen, this started the decline in importance of
the mounted knight, and the rise of England as a European power.
6/1347, Theobald given letters of
protection to return to England in the retinue of John de Veer, earl of Oxford.
(S) Crecy and Calais, Wrottesley, 1898, P92.
7/29/1347, Theobald de Grenevill, sheriff
of Devonshire, … on the
Saturday after the late feast of St. Benedict, at the dawn of day, with Thomas
de Merton, …, and a rabble composed of about 500 persons, proceeded with arms
offensive and defensive to the Manor of Tawton and to the Glebe and Vicarage
House, and forcing Premises belonging to the Church, as also the houses of free
tenants there, … After severely
beating and even murdering some of the tenants, and residents of the place,
these lawless invaders decamped hooting and shouting and terrifying the
neighbourhood … [As sheriff, Theobald was enforcing a king’s writ for money
owed by the Bishop.]
By 8/9/1347, Theobald de Grenevill and
other members of the raiding party excommunicated by direction of Bishop
Grandisson. [The Bishop eventually settled his differences with the king.]
8/9/1347, Commission to James Daudeleye …
Theobald de Greyvill recovered against the bishop by judgement … now past
delivery to … Theobald son of Henry de Greyvill … the bishop, as the king
understands, has issued stentence of major excommunication atainst the same
Theobald … (S) CPRs.
9/5/1347, Theobald de Grenevill made
similar actions against the clergy at Kilkhampton.
1/14/1348, Sir Theobald Greneville, on
his bended knees, made due submission to the Bishop in aula manerii sui de
Chudleigh in the presence of his sureties, John de Ralegh and John de Dynham,
knights, and of Almaric Fitzwaryn, Sheriff of Devon, and succeeded in obtaining
the benefit of absolution.
1348, The Black Death entered the west
countryside of England [likely entering through Bristol].
1/14/1349, Bishop Grandisson enjoined Sir
Theobald de Greneville of Kilkhampton for trespasses and wrongs done to hime at
his manor of Bishop’s Tawton. (S) Collegiate Church of Ottery St. Mary, P258.
11/10/1349, Whereas the king by letters
patent has appointed William Botriaux, Westminster. John de Ferers, William de
Chaumbernoun, … as keepers of the peace in the county of Cornwall, and whereas
Ralph de Beovyle, …, indicted before the said keepers of the peace of felonies,
have withdrawn from the county on that account, the king has appointed John de
Ferers, Richard de Merton,Theobald de Grenvyle, 'chivaler,' … to take them
and deliver them into the custody of the keeper of the king's gaol of
Launceveton. (S) CPRs.
1351, Theobaldus de
Greynvile Miles, Lord of Kilkhampton, he gave and granted to Richard
de Piggisdon and his heirs, all his lands and tenements in Stowe in
Kilkhampton, together with rents and services of Joan late the wife of Nicholas
de Stowe, for the lands she holds in dower.
2/25/1352, Theobald de Grenevill, Guy de
Sancto Albino, … to collect the 10th and 15th in the
county of Cornwall. (S) CFRs.
8/1/1353 at Exeter, Creditor: Theobald de
Grenvile, and John de Dinham [held part of a fee in Hartland, Hartland Hundred,
Devon], knights. Amount: 100m. (S) UKNA.
10/8/1353, Pardon, at the request of
William de Monte Acuto, earl of Salisbury, to Theobald de Greneville,
'chivaler,' lately convicted by the inquisition upon which he put himself
before Hugh de Courteneye, earl of Devon, and his fellows, justices appointed
to hear and determine a trespass against John, bishop of Exeter, by him and
others, …, he having fully satisfied the bishop of the damages adjudged to him
on account of the trespass, …. (S) CPRs.
8/1/1357, Commission to levy and collect
in all cities and towns in the Cornwall to Richard de Sergeaux, the elder,
knight, Theobald Grenevyle, knight. (S) CFRs.
1361, Commission of oyer and terminer to
John Moubray, Theobald de Grenvill, Edmund de Chelreye, John Dabernoun and
Randolf Trewysa, touching indictments of Osbert Hamely … before John de Monte
Acuto and his fellows, … Devon, and before Richard Sergeaux and his fellows, …
Cornwall, of felonies and trespasses as the said justices cannot proceed
further with the indictment! (S) CPRs.
1361, Sir Theobald styled “Lord of
Bideford” in 2 land grants. (S) Rpts. & Trans., Devonshire, V16, 1884,
P684.
1362, Theobald de Grenvill, lord of
Bideford, made 2 land grants in his manor of Bideford.
Aft. 1362, Theobald died.
(S) History of the Granville Family,
Granville, 1895, P52ff.
Child of Theobald and Joyce:
i.
Theobald Greynvill (2097248), born ~1345 in Devon, England.
