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655:, fifth ed. (1999): p. 30 (author states, "THOMAS GRENVILLE, ESQ., ... m. (2) by 21 Jan 1453, Elizabeth dau. of Sir Theobald Gorges, K.B., lord of Wraxall, Somerset, and Braunton Gorges, co. Devon, by (1) wife Joan (or Jane) Hankeford.").
311:, with his brother John, in 1520; MP for Cornwall in 1529. He married Matilda Bevil, daughter and co-heiress of John Bevil of Gwarnock, St Allen, Cornwall. He was pre-deceased by his eldest son Roger Grenville (died 1545), captain of the
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201:( born by 21 January 1432 - died c. 1483), by his second wife Elizabeth Gorges, daughter of Sir Theobald Gorges, K.B., lord of Wraxall, Somerset, and Braunton Gorges, co. Devon by his wife, Jane Hankford.
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Graynfyld miles patron(us) (huius) eccle(siae) q(ui) obiit XVIII die me(n)sis Marcii A(nno) D(omini) MCCCCCXIII cui(us) a(n)i(ma)e p(ro)piciet(ur) D(eus) Amen
564:. The monument is an important early source for use in deciphering the form of these mysterious and unexplained charges that are still borne by distant relatives,
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of this church who died on the 18th day of March in the Year of Our Lord 1513, to whose soul may God look on with favour Amen")
262:: Honor Grenville, on chest-tomb of her first husband Sir John Bassett (1462–1529) of Umberleigh. Atherington Church, Devon.
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778:Biography of John Grenville (c. 1506 – c. 1562)
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