1048624. William Grenville & 1048625. Philippa Bonvile
6/21/1377,
Richard II succeeded Edward III as King of England.
~1375, William born in Devon, England,
s/o 2097248. Sir Theobald Greynvill & 2097249. Margaret Courtenay.
7/26/1381, John de Grenvile [older
brother of William] presented Robert Braybroke [later Bishop of London] to the
rectory of Bideford. [William must have been much younger than John.]
9/8/1381, John de Grenvile, son and heir
of Sir Theobald de Grenvile, deceased, presented Thomas Cary to Kilkhampton.
8/30/1386, John de Grenvile licensed a
chapel in his manor at Stowe.
1392, William’s brother John knighted.
~1392, Philippa born in Chuton, Somerset,
England, d/o 3802754. Sir John Bonville
& 3802755. Elizabeth Fitz Roger.
5/12/1396, Bishop Stafford granted an
indulgence to all penitents who would assist “ad constructionem seu
reparacionem longi pontis de Bydeford”, i.e., help repair and replace the
bridge at Bideford; which William’s grandfather Theobald had been stated as “an
especial furtherer and great benefactor” of the bridge.
10/21/1396, Philippa’s father, age 26,
died. Her mother remarried.
10/13/1399,
Henry IV succeeded Richard II as King of England.
1402, at Kilkhampton, William Graynville,
son of Sir Theobald, sets forth that whereas his brother, Sir John Greynville,
Kt., and Margaret his wife held the manor and borough of Bideford in the county
of Devon, … the said William Greynvill ratifies and confirms them to the said
Sir John. Sealed “Sygillum Willimi
Greynvill.”
William 1st married Thomasine,
d/o John Cole. [No children.]
1410-11, William’s brother John died
without heirs; William succeeding.
1412, William de Greynvill, Lord of
Kilkhampton, surrendered to Ralph de Berncote … Estrabernecote and
Westrabernecote … saving to himself the suits to his own court and suit to his
mill.
3/20/1413, Henry V succeeded Henry IV as King of England.
1415, William, brother and heir of Sir
John Greynvill, Kt., confirms the charter which John Arundell and Margaret his
wife had granted to Richard Godman. Sealed: “Sigillum
Willimi de Greynvill armigeri.”
1428, Willemus Greynfeld tenet di. f. m.
in Bydeford, quod Johannes Ralegh quondam tenuit ibidem. (S) Inquisitions and
Assessments, Maskelyne, 1899, P496.
1428, Willemus Grenfeld tenet quartam
partem un. f. m. in Kilkamplond, quam idem comes Gloucestrie quondam tenuit, et
subsidium inde - xx. d. (S) Inquisitions
and Assessments, Maskelyne, 1899, P237.
11/6/1429,
Henry VI succeeded Henry V as King of England.
1434, William de Greynevill and Thomasine
his wife, and John Cole agreed that Thomasine had certain lands and tenements
in Yllecombe and Hodesland, in the manor of Kilkhampton, of Sir John de
Greynville, Kt., deceased, brother of William, whose heir he is, by knight’s
service and doing suits to his courts and mills.
Tomasine died; William married Philippa.
12/30/1437, at Stowe, William, Lord of
Kilkhampton, surrendered to William Bond a furlong of land … and suits to his
two courts at Kilkhampton.
7/20/1453, William Graynville and his
wife Philippa named in a deed of William, Lord Bonville of Chuton. [Brother of
Philippa.]
11/7/1455, William granted lands to James
Chuddeleigh and Hugh Stucles, equires.
1456-57, William died.
Philippa married 2nd John de
Almescombe.
1458, John de Almescombe and Philippa his
wife, late the wife of William de Graynvil, received a grant from John de
Copleston … lands in Wildhays and Guakmore.
(S) History of the Granville Family,
Granville, 1895, P55ff.
Children
of William and Philippa:
i.
Margaret Grenville, born ? in Devon, England.
Margaret married John Thorne of Thorne.
ii.
Ellena Grenville, born ? in Devon, England.
Ellena married William Yoe of Heanton
Satchville, co. Devon.
iii. Sir Thomas Grenville (524312), born ~1435
in Devon, England.