Submitted by legacy on
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s. and h. of Sir Theobald Grenville of Stow and Bideford by Margaret, da. of Hugh Courtenay, earl of Devon, and Margaret de Bohun, gdda. of Edw. I. m. bef. Sept. 1391, Margaret (c.1376-c.1421), er. da. and coh. of Sir John Burghersh of Ewelme, Oxon. 1da. d.v.p. suc. fa. by July 1381. Kntd. bef. Aug. 1386.Reg. Brantingham, 71, 621; Reg. Stafford, 275; CCR, 1389-92, p. 453; R. Granville, Hist. Granville Fam. 55-56; H.A. Napier, Swyncombe and Ewelme, 25.
Offices Held

Commr. of arrest, Cornw. Feb. 1388, Devon Jan. 1392; to enforce statutes relating to salmon Nov. 1389; of oyer and terminer, Cornw. Sept. 1393, July 1409, Devon, Cornw. Aug. 1410, Devon Apr., May 1411; inquiry, Cornw., Devon Mar. 1401 (claims to lands of (Sir) Thomas Shelley), Devon Mar. 1410 (Beaumont estates), Cornw. Feb. 1412 (contributors to a subsidy); array, Devon, Cornw. July 1402, Cornw. Aug., Sept. 1403; to make proclamation of the King’s intention to govern well, Devon, Cornw. May 1402.

Sheriff, Devon 21 Oct. 1391 – 18 Oct. 1392, Cornw. Nov. 1394 – 9 Nov. 1395, Rich. 1404 – 06, 1410-c.Oct. 1411.

J.p. Devon 16 May 1401 – d., Cornw. 16 May 1401 – Mar. 1410, 12 July 1410 – d.

Tax controller, Devon Mar. 1404.

Parlimentarian
GRENVILLE, Sir John (d.1412), of Stow in Kilkhampton, Cornw. and Bideford, Devon.
Main residences: Stow in Kilkhampton, Cornw.; Bideford, Devon.
Author
L.S.W.
Volume
Commons 1386-1421
Web Title

GRENVILLE, Sir John (-d.1412)

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