16777984.
Lord Bartholomew de Grenvile & 16777985. Dame Amy Vyvyan
~1236, Bartholomew de Granville born in
England, s/o 33555968. Richard de
Grenvile & 33555969. Jane Trewint.
6/1241, Bartholomew’s father died; his
older brother Richard the heir.
~1250, Amy/Anne born in Trevidren,
Cornwall, England, d/o §§Sir
Vyoll Vyvyan, & Margaret ?.
1256, Bartholomew’s older brother Richard
summoned to become a knight.
11/16/1272, Edward I succeeded Henry III
as King of England. [While on crusade.]
~1273, Bartholomew married Amy.
4/23/1307, Bartholomew de Grenvyle and Anne his wife; and William Giffard,
concerning the manor of Compton Greynvyll and the chapel of the same manor,
settled on Bartholomew and Anne and the heirs of Bartholomew. (S) BCM/A/220i.
7/7/1307, Edward II succeeded Edward I as
King of England.
1310, Bartholomew succeeded his brother
Richard as lord of Bideham and Kilkhampton.
1310, Amy’s paternal great-grandfather,
William Brodrigan, died; leaving as his heir his nephew Henry de Bodrigan. (S)
Baronia Anglica Concentrata, V2, Banks, 1843, P48.
1312, To Bartholomew and his wife Amy,
bishop Stapeldon granted a license for the celebration of divine service in
capelle sud de Bydyford.
1314, A fine levied between Bartholomew
de Greynfield and Richard de Greynfield, parson of the church of Kilkhampton,
of one messuage, …, in Kilkhampton near Pogewell.
12/5/1314, Order to deliver to the
aforesaid Matilda the following of the said earl's knights' fees, assigned to
her in dower … one and a half fees in Bydiford and Kilkampton, in the county of
Devon, which Bartholomew de Grenevill holds, of the yearly value of £60
… (S) CCRs.
1317, A fine levied at Westminster: Sir
Bartholomew Grenvile and his wife Amy plaintiffs, Margery, late the wife of
John Dynham, deforciant; manor of Kildhampton to the use of the said
Bartholomew and Amy his wife, for life, excepting one messuage, 4 carucates of
land, 16 acres of meadow, 27 acres of wood, and £60 12s 3d in the same manor;
remainder to Henry, son of the said Bartholomew, and to the heirs of his body.
… Should Henry die without heir of his body then the manor, as is aforesaid,
shall revert in their entirety to Joan and Isabella sisters of the said Henry. … For this
Bartholomew and Amy gave to Margaret 100 marks of silver. (S) Feet of Fines for
Cornwall.
1318, Bartholomew presented a priests to
the parish at Bideford.
9/18/1318, Bartholomew presented Henry of
Cornwall to the rectory of Alverdiscot church.
10/6/1318, William Hurward; and Bartholomew de Grenevill and Anne his wife,
concerning the manor of Compton Grenevill and the advowson of the chapel of the
same manor. Bartholomew and Anne have acknowledged the advowson and one-third
and 2/3rds of 2/3rds of the manor to be the right of William, and they grant
the reversion of one-third of 2/3rds of the manor, held by Richard de Thoverton
and Katherine his wife in dower, to William, for 100 marks. (S) BCM/A/2/20/3/ii.
1320, Bartholomew granted the Rectory at
Kilhampton to his younger son Richard, together with the estate of Hewode.
1323-4, Sir Bartholomew de Greynvile, Lord of Bideford, returned into
chancery, as "one of the knights of Devonshire bearing ancient arms from
their ancestors," certified to be "of great and almost decrepid
age."
By 12/25/1324, Bartholomew died. [Walter
Prodhome admitted to the Rectory of Alverdiscot Church, on the presentation
of Henry, son and heir of
Bartholomew de Grenville.]
[––Amy––]
1325, Dated at ‘Bydeford, Tuesday after
St. Ambrose’s Day’. Widow Amy sold 3 acres of land that had been given to her
by her husband. [To which is a seal appendant of the arms of Granville impaling
the arms of Vyvyan, viz., six mullets, 3, 2, 1, circumscribed.]
1327, Amy’s son and heir Henry died.
1327, A precept from the king to his
escheator in Cornwall directing him to deliver lands, woods, and rents, on the
manor of Kilkhampton, with their appurtenances to Ann who was the wife of
Bartholomew de Greynville; the manor aforesaid was holden of the Earl of
Gloucester as of his honor of Wynkeleigh, being in the hands of the king by
forfeiture of Hugh le Despencer, junior, holden by the service of one knight's
fee. … further directs that sufficient security be taken of the aforesaid Ann
to pay £20 annually for the same during the minority of the heir. [The heir
being her grandson Theobald, son of Henry.]
By 1329, Amy died.
1329, IPM at Kilkhampton of son Henry:
Dame Amy Grenvile held the manors of Kilkhampton and Bideford for life of the
Earl of Gloucester, as of the honour of Winkleigh [chief seat of the honour of
Gloucester in Devon], forfeited to the King by Hugh le Despencer the younger.
(S) History of the Granville Family,
Granville, 1895, P49ff. (S) Peerage of England, Supplement, 1750, P69.
Family notes:
·
Vyoll
Vyvyan s/o §§Ralph Vivian & Isabella Bodrugan, widow of William Boleigh (d/o §§William
Bodrugan). (S) Visitations of
Cornwall, Vivian, 1887, P542.
·
Bartholomew
de Granville composed a work from the writings of Albert the Great and Vincent
de Beauvais, entitled De Rerum Proprietate. (S) Mores Cathloici: Books I-IV,
Digby, 1888, P597.
Children
of Bartholomew and Amy:
i.
Henry de Grenvile (8388992), born ~1275 in Devon, England. [Heir]
ii.
Joanna de Grenvile, born ? in England.
iii.
Isabel de Grenvile, born ? in England.
iv.
Richard de Grenvile, born ? in England.
5/20/1307 at Woky, Master Richard de
Greynvyle, ordained as subdeacon by Walter, Bishop of Bath and Wells.
10/14/1308, Master Richard de Greynvyle
rector of Kylkamton.
9/19/1310, Master
Richard de Greynvyle, ordained as deacon.
3/1311, Master Richard de Greynvyle,
ordained as priest.
1320, Bartholomew granted the Rectory at
Kilhampton to his younger son Richard, together with the estate of Hewode.
Bef. 8/14/1324, Richard died.
