Manor of Bideford
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The manor of Bideford in North Devon was held by the Grenville family between the 12th and 18th centuries. The full descent is as follows:
Arms of Grenville, Gules, three clarions or
1860 imaginary depiction of Robert FitzHamon (died 1107) (left) and his younger brother Richard de Grenville (died after 1142) (right), Church of St James the Great, Kilkhampton, Cornwall
Thomas Grenville (died 1513)
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Sir Thomas Grenville II, K.B.,, lord of the manors of Stowe in Kilkhampton, Cornwall and Bideford, Devon, Sheriff of Cornwall in 1481 and 1486. During the Wars of the Roses, he was a Lancastrian suppo
Manor of Bideford
…Somerset, and Braunton Gorges, co. Devon by his wife, Jane Hankford. His younger son Rev. John Grenville (died 1509) was Rector of Bideford from 1504. Sir Thomas Grenville II, K.B., (c. 1453 – c. 1513), (eldest son and heir). He was Sheriff of Cornwall in 1481 and in 1486. During the Wars of the Roses in his youth he was a…
Detail of Grenville's effigy in St Mary's Church, Bideford
Heraldic escutcheon within quatrefoil on Grenville's monument in St Mary's Church, Bideford. Arms displayed are: Gules, three clarions or (Grenville) impaling Or, on a chevron sable three roses of the field (Gilbert)
Grenville's monument in St Mary's Church, Bideford, from the Lady Chapel looking northwards
Thomas Grenville Arms 1513Bideford Church Devon