Giles Reed, Sheriff of Worcestershire

• Giles Reade, Esq., Sheriff of Gloucestershire & Worcestershire1
• M, b. circa 1541, d. 1611
• Father William Reade2 b. c 1486, d. 1557
• Mother Catherine Rowdon2 b. c 1488
• Giles Reade, Esq., Sheriff of Gloucestershire & Worcestershire was born circa 1541 at of Tewkesbury, Little Barrington, Oxenton, & Walton Cardiff, Gloucestershire, England; Age 18 in 1559.1 He married Katherine Greville, daughter of Sir Fulke Greville, Sheriff of Warwickshire & Leicestershire and Elizabeth Willoughby, circa 1570; They had 13 children, including one son, John and one daughter Elizabeth, wife of Richard Brent, Esq.2 Giles Reade, Esq., Sheriff of Gloucestershire & Worcestershire died in 1611; Buried at Bredon, Worcestershire.1
• Family Katherine Greville b. c 1543, d. 1611
• Child
  • Elizabeth Reade1 b. c 1572, d. c 16 May 1631
• Citations
• 1.[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 305.
• 2.[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 270.
• From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p4782.htm#... ___________________
• Catherine GREVILLE
• Born: BET 1546/1556, Milcote, Warwickshire, England
• Died: 1611, Bredon, Worcestershire, England
• Buried: Bredon Church, Worcestershire, England
• Notes: At the west end of the south aisle of the nave of St Giles church Bredon, is a handsome alabaster and black marble monument of great size to Giles Reed and Catherine (Greville) his wife, both of whom died in 1611. It has lifesized recumbent effigies on a panelled sarcophagus. The arched canopy is carried on Corinthian columns, and bears in the spandrels the arms of Reed quartering Or three crossbows proper, and the shield of Greville, quartered with Arderne, Ufford and Beauchamp of Powick. See: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=43123
• Father: Fulke GREVILLE of Beauchamp's Court (Sir)
• Mother: Elizabeth WILLOUGHBY
• Married: Giles READ (d. 1611) (son of Sir Peter Read and Anne Blennerhasset) 8 Oct 1592
• Children:
  • 1. Elizabeth READ (b. ABT 1575 / 1594 - d. 1631) (m. Richard Brent)
  • 2. John READ
• From: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/GREVILLE.htm#Catherine GREVILLE1 ______________
• Ancestral records and portraits: a compilation from the archives ..., Volume 2 By Colonial Dames of America. Chapter I, Baltimore, Grafton Press
• http://books.google.com/books?id=Pox2AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA524&lpg=PA524&dq...
• Pg. 524
• A son, Sir William Brent, Lord of Stoke and Admington, married Elizabeth ___, and died 1595. Their son, Sir Robert, married, 1572, Mary, the daughter of John and Katharine (Hennage) Huggeford, and died 1587. The will of Mary Brent, widow,11 bequeathed silver to her grandchildren, Elizabeth, Elinor, Anne, Jane, Richard, Gyles, William, Edward, and George Brent.
• Pg. 525
• The elder son, Sir Richard, married, 1594, Elizabeth, the daughter of Giles Reed, Esq., Lord of Tusburie and Witten, and Katherine Greville, his wife. Sir Richard died 1652, and was buried at Ilmington. He had thirteen children, a number of whom were conspicuously connnect with the early history of Maryland and Virginia, viz.: Foulke, Giles, Mary, and Margaret. _______________________
• The Virginia magazine of history and biography, Volume 14 By Virginia Historical Society
• http://books.google.com/books?id=otIRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA96&lpg=PA96&dq=M...
• Pg. 96
• Their son William Brent Lord of Stoke and Admington dyed 1595 with Elizabeth his wife here buried. Their son Richard Brent married Mary daughter of John Huggeford and Katherine Hennage his wife, 1572 and died 1587. Here buried. Their son Richard Brent married Elizabeth daughter of Giles Reed Esquire & Katherine Grevill his wife Anno 1594 and dyed 1652. He was here buried but his wife at Bredon with her father. Their son Richard Brent married Margaret daughter of Sir John Peshall Baronet and Anne Sheldon his wife Ano 1622. Four of whose children (viz) Frances, Mary, Elizabeth, and Giles lye here buried Anno 1657. The sd. Margaret Brent died June 20th, 1666. Here buried. ____________________
• Elizabeth Willoughby, 3rd Baroness Willoughby de Broke, de jure 11th Baroness Latimer (c.1512 – c. 15 November 1562) was an English noblewoman and wife of Sir Fulke Greville.
• .... etc.
• Elizabeth Willoughby and Sir Fulke Greville had seven sons and eight daughters[3] among whom were:
  • Fulke Greville, 4th Baron Willoughby de Broke.[5]
  • Robert Greville
  • Sir Edward Greville, who married Jane Grey.[7]
  • Mary Greville, who married William Harris.
  • Eleanor Greville, who married Sir John Conway.
  • Katherine Greville (d.1611), who married Giles Reade (d.1611), esquire, of Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, by whom she had thirteen children.
  • Blanche Greville.
  • Five additional sons
  • Four other daughters
• From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Willoughby,_3rd_Baroness_Wi... _______________

From: 'Parishes: Bredon', A History of the County of Worcester: volume 3 (1913), pp. 279-292.

http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=43123 Date accessed: 07 September 2010.

Elizabeth (Willoughby de Broke), widow of Sir Fulk Greville, died seised of the (Mitton) manor in 1563 and was succeeded by her son Fulk, (fn. 199) who sold the manor in 1571 to Giles Reed. (fn. 200) Giles died seised of it in 1611, when it passed to his son John. (fn. 201) John Reed seems to have been succeeded by Edward Reed, probably his son, before 1627. (fn. 202) Richard Reed and his wife Eleanor and Edward Reed and others conveyed the manor in 1638–9 to Thomas Lord Coventry and others. (fn. 203)

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Some online sources place Giles' birthdate as 1541, and death date as 1611. Haven't found anyone quoting any authority that confirms this. I've seen both Edward and Giles used for his given name, both from relatively authoritative sources.

Melissa Thompson Alexander also suggests the title for Giles could be the Lord of Tisburie (there is a Tisbury near Salisbury in Wiltshire, and one mentioned in Somersetshire - south of Bristol and Gloucestershire). However, most sources (including established ones) suggest that Tusburie (Tusbury) is the correct title.

Melissa Thompson Alexander's page for Giles Reed is:

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=madagtene...

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The death date was determined from a passage about the Church of St. Giles in Bredon published by British History Online:

http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=43123

The church of ST. GILES consists of a chancel 45½ ft. by 20½ ft., nave 60½ ft. by 23 ft., a central tower 13½ ft. square between them, a north aisle 33 ft. by 10½ ft., south aisle 32½ ft. by 18½ ft. and a north porch. These measurements are all internal.

The west pair of lancet windows is blocked by the Reed monument.

Plan of Bredon Church

At the west end of the south aisle of the nave is a handsome alabaster and black marble monument of great size to Giles Reed and Catherine (Greville) his wife, both of whom died in 1611. It has lifesized recumbent effigies on a panelled sarcophagus. The arched canopy is carried on Corinthian columns, and bears in the spandrels the arms of Reed quartering Or three crossbows proper, and the shield of Greville, quartered with Arderne, Ufford and Beauchamp of Powick. Above the cornice is a central arched panel with Reed's quartered coat, surmounted by a black eagle displayed, which is Reed's crest, between two obelisks. On either side of the main arch under which the effigies lie are small side canopies with Ionic capitals carrying ball obelisks, and beneath them are the kneeling figures of eight children, with an inscription recording that John Reed set up the tomb to his parents and that he lies in the south wall near by.

From: 'Parishes: Bredon', A History of the County of Worcester: volume 3 (1913), pp. 279-292. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=43123 Date accessed: 20 July 2010.

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From the Celtic Casimir online family tree:

http://www.celtic-casimir.com/webtree/27/59982.htm

Giles REED

Born: 1540

Married: 8 Oct 1572, Alcester, Warwickshire, ENG

Died: Jan 1611, of Mitton, Bredon, Worcestershire, ENG

Buried: Bredon, Worcestershire, ENG

Another name for Giles was Giles REDE.

General Notes:

!NOTE: Information provided by Brice Claggett, Friendship, Maryland, with sources sited.

Marriage Information:

Giles married Katherine GREVILLE, daughter of Fulke GREVILLE Sir Kt. and Elizabeth WILLOUGHBY, on 8 Oct 1572 in Alcester, Warwickshire, ENG. (Katherine GREVILLE was born about 1545 and died in 1611.)

References

• ”The English Ancestry of William Reade of Weymouth.” In “Proceedings of the Reade Historical and Genealogical Association : with papers on the family history read at its first three annual meetings.” Author. Reade Society for Genealogical Research. Page 23 - 24. Archive.Org. Son of Sir Peter Reade and Anne, widow of George Duke.