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Lady Helen Conway (Greville)

Also Known As: "Elinor", "Eleanor", "Greeville", "Grenville"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Beauchamp's Court, Warwickshire, England (United Kingdom)
Death: October 04, 1603 (59-68)
Arrow, Alcester Parish, Warwickshire, England
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Sir Fulke Greville, Kt., MP and Elizabeth Willoughby, 3rd Baroness Willoughby of Broke
Wife of Sir John Conway, Kt.
Mother of Sir Edward Conway, 1st Viscount Conway; Foulke Conway; Elizabeth Conwy; Mary Tracy; John Conway and 1 other
Sister of Dorothy Greville; William Greville; Sir Fulke Greville, 4th Baron Willoughby of Broke; Mary Harris; Robert Greville and 3 others

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About Lady Helen Conway

  • Helen Greville1
  • F, #176480
  • Last Edited=22 Jul 2014
  • Helen Greville was the daughter of Sir Fulke Greville.1 She married Sir John Conway, son of unknown Conway.
  • Her married name became Conway.
  • Child of Helen Greville and Sir John Conway
    • Edward Conway, 1st Viscount Conway of Conway Castle+1 d. 3 Jan 1630/31
  • Citations
  • [S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume III, page 400. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
  • From: http://www.thepeerage.com/p17648.htm#i176480 __________________
  • Helen (Eleanor) GREVILLE
  • Born: ABT 1539, Beauchamps Court, Warwickshire, England
  • Father: Fulke GREVILLE of Beauchamp's Court (Sir)
  • Mother: Elizabeth WILLOUGHBY
  • Married: John CONWAY (Sir Knight) (See his Biography) (son of Sir John Conway of Arrow and Catherine Verney) BEF 12 Sep 1559, Ragley, Warwickshire, England
  • Children:
    • 1. Edward CONWAY (1º V. Conway) (See his Biography)
    • 2. Fulke CONWAY (b. ABT 1565 - d. ABT 1624)
    • 3. Elizabeth CONWAY (b. ABT 1578) (m. Hugh ?)
    • 4. Mary CONWAY (b. 1580 - d. 8 Apr 1621) (m. John Tracy, Gov. of Berkeley Colony, Virginia)
    • 5. John CONWAY
    • 6. Thomas CONWAY
    • 7. Catherine CONWAY
    • 8. Frances CONWAY
  • From: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/GREVILLE.htm#Helen (Eleanor) GREVILLE1
  • http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Bios/JohnConway.htm
  • http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Bios/EdwardConway.htm ____________
  • Sir Fulk Greville, Sheriff of Warwickshire & Leicestershire1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8
  • M, #80882, b. before 1505, d. 10 November 1559
  • Father Sir Edward Greville, Justice of the Peace for Warwickshire9,2,10,5,11 b. c 1481, d. 22 Jun 1528
  • Mother Anne Denton2,10,5,11 b. c 1473, d. bt 1520 - 1523
  • Sir Fulk Greville, Sheriff of Warwickshire & Leicestershire was born before 1505 at of Milcote on Avon, Warwickshire, England.2,4,5,8 He married Elizabeth Willoughby, daughter of Edward Willoughby and Margaret Neville, circa 11 April 1526 at of Brooke, Wiltshire, England; They had 3 sons (Sir Fulk; Robert; & Sir Edward) and 8 daughters (including Mary, wife of William Harris; Eleanor, wife of Sir John Conway; Katherine, wife of Giles Reade, Esq; & Blanche).2,3,4,5,7,8 Sir Fulk Greville, Sheriff of Warwickshire & Leicestershire died on 10 November 1559 at England; Buried at Alcester, Warwickshire.2,4,5,8 His estate was probated on 7 December 1560.4,5,8
  • Family Elizabeth Willoughby b. c 1512
  • Children
    • Robert Greville+12 b. c 1537
    • Katherine Greville+4,5,6,8 b. c 1543, d. 1611
    • Sir Edward Greville+13,4,5,8 b. c 1545
  • Citations
  • [S11568] The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, by George Edward Cokayne, Vol. XII/2, p. 688-689.
  • [S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 132.
  • [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 338.
  • [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 269.
  • [S6] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry: 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 329.
  • [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. I, p. 517-518.
  • [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. I, p. 578.
  • [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 121-122.
  • [S11568] The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, by George Edward Cokayne, Vol. XII/2, p. 688.
  • [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 268-269.
  • [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 120-121.
  • [S61] Unknown author, Family Group Sheets, Family History Archives, SLC.
  • [S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 132-133.
  • From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p2692.htm#... _____________________________
  • CONWAY, Sir Edward I (c.1563-1631), of Ragley, Arrow, Warws. and Brill, Utd. Provinces; later of St. Martin's Lane, Westminster
  • b. c.1563,1 1st s. of Sir John Conway of Ragley and Eleanor, da. of Sir Fulke Greville of Beauchamps Ct., Alcester, Warws.2 educ. vol., Neths. from c.1589;3 M. Temple 1614; ?G. Inn 1624.4 m. (1) by 1593, Dorothy (d. Feb. 1613), da. of Sir John Tracy† of Toddington, Glos. and wid. of Edmund Bray of Gt. Barrington, Glos., 3s. 4da. (1 d.v.p.);5 (2) pre-nuptial settlement 18 Apr. 1614,6 Katherine (d. 30 June 1639), da. of Giles Hueriblock of Ghent, Spanish Neths. and wid. of Richard Fust (admon. 9 Mar. 1614) of London, Grocer, s.p.7 kntd. ?22 June 1596;8 suc. fa. 1603;9 cr. Bar. Conway of Ragley 24 Mar. 1625, Visct. Killultagh [I] 15 Mar. 1627, Visct. Conway of Conway Castle 26 June 1627.10 d. 3 Jan. 1631.11 sig. Edw[ard] Conway.
  • From: http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1604-1629/member/co... ___________________
  • Edward Conway, 1st Viscount Conway PC (1564 – 3 January 1631) was an English soldier and statesman.
  • He was the son and heir of Sir John Conway of Arrow, and his wife Ellen or Eleanor, daughter of Sir Fulke Greville of Beauchamp's Court, Warwickshire.[1]
  • .... etc.
  • .... By his wife Dorothy, daughter of Sir John Tracy of Tedington, Gloucestershire, and widow of Edmund Bray, he had three sons and four daughters. He was succeeded by his son Edward.[1]
  • From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Conway,_1st_Viscount_Conway _________________
  • Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Volume 12
  • Conway, Edward by Thompson Cooper
  • CONWAY, EDWARD, Viscount Conway (d. 1631), was son and heir of Sir John Conway, knight [q. v.], by Ellen or Eleanor, daughter of Sir Fulke Greville of Beauchamp's Court, Warwickshire. He was knighted by the Earl of Essex at the sacking of Cadiz (1596), .... etc. _______________________

From the Celtic Casimir online family tree:

http://www.celtic-casimir.com/webtree/21/59971.htm

Eleanor (Helen) GREVILLE 105

Born: 1539, Beauchamp's Court, Warwickshire, England

Married: Before 1559

Ancestral File Number: B399-CL.

General Notes:

!NOTE: Cokayne, Complete Peerage (London: St. Catherine Press, 1953), Vol. III, p. 400.

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http://www.celtic-casimir.com/webtree/21/59983.htm

Sir John CONWAY 105

Born: 1535, Ragley, Warwickshire, England

Married: Before 1559

Died: 4 Oct 1603, Arrow, Warwickshire, England

Ancestral File Number: 9G05-3G.

General Notes:

!NOTE: Info provided by Patrick Payne, Lilburn, GA, quoted from the Dictionary of National Biography.

!NOTE: Cokayne, Complete Peerage (London: St. Catherine Press, 1953), Vol. III, p. 400.

!NOTE: The will of John's father-in-law, Fulke Grevill (q.v.) mentions "my son Conway."

Marriage Information:

John married Eleanor (Helen) GREVILLE, daughter of Fulke GREVILLE Sir Kt. and Elizabeth WILLOUGHBY, before 1559. (Eleanor (Helen) GREVILLE was born in 1539 in Beauchamp's Court, Warwickshire, England.)

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-Helen Greville1 F, #176480 Last Edited=22 Jul 2014 Helen Greville was the daughter of Sir Fulke Greville.1 She married Sir John Conway, son of unknown Conway. Her married name became Conway. Child of Helen Greville and Sir John Conway Edward Conway, 1st Viscount Conway of Conway Castle+1 d. 3 Jan 1630/31 Citations [S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume III, page 400. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage. From: http://www.thepeerage.com/p17648.htm#i176480 __________________

Helen (Eleanor) GREVILLE Born: ABT 1539, Beauchamps Court, Warwickshire, England Father: Fulke GREVILLE of Beauchamp's Court (Sir) Mother: Elizabeth WILLOUGHBY Married: John CONWAY (Sir Knight) (See his Biography) (son of Sir John Conway of Arrow and Catherine Verney) BEF 12 Sep 1559, Ragley, Warwickshire, England Children: 1. Edward CONWAY (1º V. Conway) (See his Biography) 2. Fulke CONWAY (b. ABT 1565 - d. ABT 1624) 3. Elizabeth CONWAY (b. ABT 1578) (m. Hugh ?) 4. Mary CONWAY (b. 1580 - d. 8 Apr 1621) (m. John Tracy, Gov. of Berkeley Colony, Virginia) 5. John CONWAY 6. Thomas CONWAY 7. Catherine CONWAY 8. Frances CONWAY From: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/GREVILLE.htm#Helen (Eleanor) GREVILLE1 http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Bios/JohnConway.htm http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Bios/EdwardConway.htm ____________

Sir Fulk Greville, Sheriff of Warwickshire & Leicestershire1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 M, #80882, b. before 1505, d. 10 November 1559 Father Sir Edward Greville, Justice of the Peace for Warwickshire9,2,10,5,11 b. c 1481, d. 22 Jun 1528 Mother Anne Denton2,10,5,11 b. c 1473, d. bt 1520 - 1523 Sir Fulk Greville, Sheriff of Warwickshire & Leicestershire was born before 1505 at of Milcote on Avon, Warwickshire, England.2,4,5,8 He married Elizabeth Willoughby, daughter of Edward Willoughby and Margaret Neville, circa 11 April 1526 at of Brooke, Wiltshire, England; They had 3 sons (Sir Fulk; Robert; & Sir Edward) and 8 daughters (including Mary, wife of William Harris; Eleanor, wife of Sir John Conway; Katherine, wife of Giles Reade, Esq; & Blanche).2,3,4,5,7,8 Sir Fulk Greville, Sheriff of Warwickshire & Leicestershire died on 10 November 1559 at England; Buried at Alcester, Warwickshire.2,4,5,8 His estate was probated on 7 December 1560.4,5,8 Family Elizabeth Willoughby b. c 1512 Children Robert Greville+12 b. c 1537 Katherine Greville+4,5,6,8 b. c 1543, d. 1611 Sir Edward Greville+13,4,5,8 b. c 1545 Citations [S11568] The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, by George Edward Cokayne, Vol. XII/2, p. 688-689. [S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 132. [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 338. [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 269. [S6] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry: 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 329. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. I, p. 517-518. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. I, p. 578. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 121-122. [S11568] The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, by George Edward Cokayne, Vol. XII/2, p. 688. [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 268-269. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 120-121. [S61] Unknown author, Family Group Sheets, Family History Archives, SLC. [S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 132-133. From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p2692.htm#... _____________________________

CONWAY, Sir Edward I (c.1563-1631), of Ragley, Arrow, Warws. and Brill, Utd. Provinces; later of St. Martin's Lane, Westminster b. c.1563,1 1st s. of Sir John Conway of Ragley and Eleanor, da. of Sir Fulke Greville of Beauchamps Ct., Alcester, Warws.2 educ. vol., Neths. from c.1589;3 M. Temple 1614; ?G. Inn 1624.4 m. (1) by 1593, Dorothy (d. Feb. 1613), da. of Sir John Tracy† of Toddington, Glos. and wid. of Edmund Bray of Gt. Barrington, Glos., 3s. 4da. (1 d.v.p.);5 (2) pre-nuptial settlement 18 Apr. 1614,6 Katherine (d. 30 June 1639), da. of Giles Hueriblock of Ghent, Spanish Neths. and wid. of Richard Fust (admon. 9 Mar. 1614) of London, Grocer, s.p.7 kntd. ?22 June 1596;8 suc. fa. 1603;9 cr. Bar. Conway of Ragley 24 Mar. 1625, Visct. Killultagh [I] 15 Mar. 1627, Visct. Conway of Conway Castle 26 June 1627.10 d. 3 Jan. 1631.11 sig. Edw[ard] Conway. From: http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1604-1629/member/co... ___________________

Edward Conway, 1st Viscount Conway PC (1564 – 3 January 1631) was an English soldier and statesman. He was the son and heir of Sir John Conway of Arrow, and his wife Ellen or Eleanor, daughter of Sir Fulke Greville of Beauchamp's Court, Warwickshire.[1] .... etc. .... By his wife Dorothy, daughter of Sir John Tracy of Tedington, Gloucestershire, and widow of Edmund Bray, he had three sons and four daughters. He was succeeded by his son Edward.[1] From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Conway,_1st_Viscount_Conway _________________

Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Volume 12 Conway, Edward by Thompson Cooper CONWAY, EDWARD, Viscount Conway (d. 1631), was son and heir of Sir John Conway, knight [q. v.], by Ellen or Eleanor, daughter of Sir Fulke Greville of Beauchamp's Court, Warwickshire. He was knighted by the Earl of Essex at the sacking of Cadiz (1596), .... etc. _______________________

From the Celtic Casimir online family tree:

http://www.celtic-casimir.com/webtree/21/59971.htm

Eleanor (Helen) GREVILLE 105

Born: 1539, Beauchamp's Court, Warwickshire, England

Married: Before 1559

Ancestral File Number: B399-CL.

General Notes:

!NOTE: Cokayne, Complete Peerage (London: St. Catherine Press, 1953), Vol. III, p. 400.

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http://www.celtic-casimir.com/webtree/21/59983.htm

Sir John CONWAY 105

Born: 1535, Ragley, Warwickshire, England

Married: Before 1559

Died: 4 Oct 1603, Arrow, Warwickshire, England

Ancestral File Number: 9G05-3G.

General Notes:

!NOTE: Info provided by Patrick Payne, Lilburn, GA, quoted from the Dictionary of National Biography.

!NOTE: Cokayne, Complete Peerage (London: St. Catherine Press, 1953), Vol. III, p. 400.

!NOTE: The will of John's father-in-law, Fulke Grevill (q.v.) mentions "my son Conway."

Marriage Information:

John married Eleanor (Helen) GREVILLE, daughter of Fulke GREVILLE Sir Kt. and Elizabeth WILLOUGHBY, before 1559. (Eleanor (Helen) GREVILLE was born in 1539 in Beauchamp's Court, Warwickshire, England.)

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Lady Helen Conway's Timeline

1539
1539
Beauchamp's Court, Warwickshire, England (United Kingdom)
1563
1563
Warwickshire, England
1565
1565
Probably Ragley, Warwickshire, England
1570
1570
1578
1578
Probably Arrow, Warwickshire, England
1580
1580
Arrow, Warwickshire, England
1590
1590
Antrim Ireland, Lisburn, Lisburn, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
1603
October 4, 1603
Age 64
Arrow, Alcester Parish, Warwickshire, England
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of Beauchamp's Court, Warwicks.