Sir William Granville, Kt.

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William Granville

Also Known As: "Grenville", "Greenville"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Stowe, Cornwall, England (United Kingdom)
Death: before 1451
Kilkhampton, Cornwall, England (United Kingdom)
Immediate Family:

Son of Theobald Granville and Margaret Grenville (Courtney)
Husband of Thomasine Granville and Philippa Almescombe
Father of Margaret Thorne; Sir Thomas Grenville, Kt. and Ellen Yeo
Brother of Sir John Grenville, MP

Occupation: Knight
Managed by: James Fred Patin, Jr.
Last Updated:

About Sir William Granville, Kt.

Primary Sources

William Grenville was married to Thomasine Cole by 1403. Source: DCNQ 1979, p. 158: citing a deed in the Pole Collection

She was mentioned again in a deed in 1410.

A Licence to celebrate Divine Service in Domestick Chapels or Oratories was granted 5 October 1413 to William Greynevyle and Thomasia his wife, for their mansions in the parish of Kilkhampton. Source: The register of Edmund Stafford, 1395-1419, p. 275

22 Apr. 1425, Hertlond; to William Graynevyle and Thomasia his wife, for divine service in their presence in any suitable place in the diocese. Source: The Register of Edmund Lacy, Bishop of Exeter, 1420-1455, p. 118 Ancestry.com LINK (paid sub.)

The last known mention of Thomasine is in an indenture dated 5 May 1427.

William Grenville is mentioned in a deed with Philippa his wife to Thomas Barnecote, dated at Stowe, 20th July 1446.

John Almescombe and Philippa are mentioned in a deed dated 1450-51, in a grant of land from John Copleston, and others, of lands in Weldhays and Guakemore.

May 9. 1455 Westminster.
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. Source: Calendar of the patent rolls, preserved in the Public Record Office. Henry VI. A.D. 1452-1461, p. 189

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Sir William Granville, Kt.'s Timeline

1387
1387
Stowe, Cornwall, England (United Kingdom)
1415
1415
1430
1430
Stowe, Cornwall, England (United Kingdom)
1437
1437
Cornwall, England
1451
1451
Age 64
Kilkhampton, Cornwall, England (United Kingdom)
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