GRANVILLE-BARON LANSDOWNE, OF BIDDEFORD, CO. DEVON.

By Letters Patent, dated 1 June, 1712.

Lineage.

BERNARD GRANVILLE, 2nd surviving son of the famous Sir Bevil Granville, of Stow, by Grace Smythe, his wife, was very young at his father's decease, and made his escape from school to join his brother John in defence of the Scilly islands, besieged by Admiral Blake, to which place he conveyed large reinforcements. He was ever after very active in the service of CHARLES II. during his exile: "When all was concluded for his Majesty's restoration, and his brother Sir John Granville had received the thanks of both houses of parliament for the letters he brought, General Monk thought it proper to send his last despatches by one he could trust, which was Bernard Granville, his first cousin, who was to inform his Majesty that everything was ready for his reception." He was gentleman of the bedchamber to the Duke of Gloucester during his exile, and after the Restoration, gentleman of the horse and groom of the bedchamber to CHARLES II. He was M.P. for Lostwithiel the 1st of CHARLES II., and served for Launceston, Saltash, and Bodinin, in all the parliaments in that reign; also for Plymouth 1st JAMES II.; also for Saltash again in the reign of WILLIAM till the day of his death. He m. Anne, only dau. and heir of Cuthbert Morley, Esq., of Haunby, co. York, and dying in 1701, was buried at Lambeth, leaving issue,

1. BEVIL (Sir), knighted by JAMES II., a major-general, M.P. for Fowey, 1st JAMES II., Governor of Barbadoes, d. 1706, s. p. II. GEORGE, of whom we treat.

He m.

11. Bernard, of Buckland, co. Gloucester, colonel by commission from Queen ANNE, lieutenant-governor of Hull, M.P. for the boroughs of Camelford and Fowey. Mary, dau. of Sir Martin Wescombe, Bart., consul at Cadiz, who, dying in 1747, was buried at Gloucester Cathedral. He d. in 1723, leaving issue two sous and two daus., viz.,

1 Bernard, his heir, who purchased from the Fleetwoods, the estate of Calwich Abbey, in Staffordshire. He d. unm. 1775, being the last male heir of this ancient family. bequeathing his name and estates to his sister Anne's son, JOHN D'EwES, of whom presently.

2 Bevil, in holy orders, m. Mary-Anne, dau of Richard Rose, Esq., d. 8. p.

1 Mary, b. 1700, m. 1st, Alexander Pendarves, Esq., of Roscrow, in Cornwall; and 2ndly, to the Very Rev. Patrick Delany, D.D., dean of Down, but d. s. p. 1788. This lady, so justly celebrated for her great literary acquirements, was much esteemed by King GEORGE III., and Queen CHARLOTTE, and resided constantly with their Majesties both at Kew and Windsor.

2 Anne, b. 1707; m. at Gloucester, 1740, John D'Ewes, Esq., of Wellesbourne, co. of Warwick, and had issue: the only dau.. Mary, m. John Port, Esq., of Ilam, and was grandmother of Lady Llanover; the 3rd son, the Rev. JOHN D'EWES, took the name and arms of GRANVILLE, on succeeding to his uncle Bernard Granville's estates, but d. without surviving issue in 1826, when the property devolved upon his nephew (the son of his elder brother, Bernard D'Ewes), COURT GRANVILLE, Esq., father of the present BERNARD GRANVILLE, Esq., of Wellesbourne Hall, co. Warwick. (See Landed Gentry.)

1. Anne, m. Sir John Stanley, Bart. of Grangegormam II. Elizabeth, d. unm.; maid of honour.

The 2nd son,

GEORGE GRANVILLE, Esq., was elevated to the peerage, on 1 January, 1712, as BARON LANSDOWNE, of Biddefor, co. Devon. His lordship m. Lady Mary Villiers, dau. of Edward, Earl of Jersey, and had issue,

Anne, d. unm.

Mary, m. to William Graham, Esq., of Platten, near Drogheda. Grace, m. to Thomas Foley, Esq., of Stoke, co. Hereford, who was created Baron Foley, of Kidderminster, in 1776. Elizabeth, d. unm

Lord Lansdowne was secretary-at-war, and comptroller and treasurer of the household, in the reign of Queen ANNE. He d. 1734, when the Barony of Lansdowne became EXTINCT, and his estates devolved on his daus. as co-heirs.

Arms-Same as those of Granville, Earls of Bath.

Bernard Granville's mother, and George Monk's mother, were sisters, daus. of Sir George Smythe.

† See Mrs. Delany's Autoviography, edited by Lady Llanover.

GRANVILLE-BARON GRANVILLE.

Refer to GRANVILLE, Earl of Bath.

GRENDON-BARON GRENDON.

By Writ of Summons, dated 29 December, 1299.
Lineage.

ROGER DE GRENDON, living temp. King STEPHEN, was the first who adopted this surname. He had with other issue, RICHARD, his heir.

Walchelinus, of Bromcote, whose son, William de Bromcote, was father of William de Grendon, lord of Bromcote, whose son and heir Robert de Grendon, living 22nd EDWARD I., had a son, Thomas de Grendon, 18th EDWARD II., who was father of Thomas de Grendon, who left an only dau and heir, Margaret, who m. 1st,-Charnels, and 2ndly, Thomas Malory. The eldest son,

RICHARD DE GRENDON, had by Margaret his wife, a son and heir,

SIR ROBERT DE GRENDON, Knt., who m. Avicia, dau. (and in her issue heir) of William de Brae, and had two sons, ROBERT and Roger. The former,

SIR ROBERT DE GRENDON, Knt., as heir to his maternal grand father, became possessed of Shenston, a fair lordship in Staffordshire. He was a justice of assize, and in the 34th HENRY III. was constituted sheriff of the cos. Stafford and Salop, and also governor of the castles of Salop, Bruges, and Ellesmere He contracted matrimony with one Joane le Botiller, but does not seem to have received her as his wife, as appears by a sentence of the spiritual court of Lichfield; he was quit of her and m. Emma, dau. of William Bassett, of Sapcote, and by her had issue,

John, living 55th HENRY II., who had issue, Henry; Thomas; Nicolas; Robert; and Ranulph

RALPH, of whom we treat.
Alicia, m. to John de Clinton.

The 2nd son was

SIR RALPH DE GRENDON, Knt., who in the 26th EDWARD I., had a summons to be at Carlisle on Whitsun eve (with other sundry great men of the time) well furnished with horse and arms to march against the Scots. Three years after he received another command to attend the king at Berwick to march into Scotland. By Johanna, his 1st wife, he had a son and successor, RALPH (Sir), and by his 2nd, A. de Clinton, had three daus., Johanna, m. to Sir Roger Chetwind: Alicia, m. to Sir Philip Chetwind, and was mother of Sir William Chetwind, of Ingestre; and Margaret, m. to John de Freford. The son and heir, SIR RALPH DE GRENDON, d. 5th EDWARD III., leaving a son ROBERT, his heir; and a dau., Joane, m. to John Rochford, Esq., and was mother of Sir Ralph Rochford, who had a dau. and heir Margery. The son,

ROBERT GRENDON, 2nd baron. This being a person of weak intellect, Sir Roger de Chetwind, and Sir Philip de Chetwind, Knts., with John de Freford, who had m. his aunts, Joane, Alice, and Margaret Grendon, alleging that A. de Clinton, 2nd wife of old Sir Ralph de Grendon, father of the late baron, had a joint estate with her husband in all their lands, challenged the whole inheritance, and accordingly entered upon the land; whereupon ROBERT sought the protection of Henry Duke of Lancaster, yielding unto his grace the entire manor of Shenston, near Lichfield, co. Stafford, conditionally, that he would protect him in the possession of Grendon, and certain other lands in other places. In consequence of which arrangements, his uncles and aunts relinquished their pretended claim. He d. about the 22nd EDWARD III., when those lands descended to his nephew, Sir Ralph Rochfort, Knt., whereupon Sir Ralph entailed them upon the issue of his own body, by Joane, his wife, dau. of Sir Hugh Meynil, with remainder to his three sisters successively, and then to Sir Richard Stafford, Knt., and his heirs. According to which settlement the possession continued for divers years, until Sir Ralph Rochfort's death, when Joane, his widow, marrying 2ndly, Hugh de Ashby, made an agreement with Sir William Chetwynd, Knt. (son and heir of Sir Philip), by which Grendon at length came into the possession of the Chetwynds, and is now held by Sir George Chetwynd, Bart. The barony of Grendon, which fell into ABEYANCE amongst the Rochforts, so continues with their representatives, if such exist.

Arms Arg, two chevrons, gu.

WILLIAM-WYNDHAM GRENVILLE, D.C.L., F.S.A., and F.R.S. of Wotton-under-Bernwood, co. Bucks, 2nd son of the Right Hon. George Grenville, by Elizabeth, his wife, dau. of Sir William Wyndham, Bart., b. 25 October, 1759, having attained very high reputation as an orator and statesman, and having filled some of the most important ministerial offices during the reign of GEORGE III., was elevated to the peerage 25 November, 1790, by the title of BABON GRENVILLE. Lord Grenville was auditor of the Exchequer, chancellor of the university of Oxford, an elder brother of the Trinity House, one of the governors of the Charter House, and high steward of Bristol. His lordship m. 18 July, 1792, the Hon. Anne Pitt, only dau. of Thomas, 1st Lord Camelford, and sister and sole heiress of Thomas, 2nd and last lord; but d. 8. p. 12 January, 1834, when his title became EXTINCT. His widow survived until 13 June, 1864. At her Ladyship's decease, her large estates, in accordance with the wish of her husband, devolved by her will on the Hon. George Fortescue.

Arms-Vert, on a cross, arg., five torteaux,

GRENVILLE-BARON GLASTONBURY.

By Letters Patent, dated 20 October, 1797.

Lineage.

JAMES GRENVILLE, Esq., (son of the Right Hon. James Grenville, uncle to George, 1st Marquess of Buckingham, by Mary, dau. and heiress of James Smyth, Esq, of Harden, co. Herts,) having been sworn of his majesty's most honourable privy council, and constituted one of the lords of the Treasury in 1782, was elevated to the peerage 20 October, 1797, as Baron Glastonbury, of Butley, co. Somerset, with remainder to his brother, General Grenville, who predeceased him in 1823, unm. His lordship d. 8. p. in 1826, when the barony of Glastonbury became EXTINCT.

Arms-Vert, on a cross, arg., five torteaux.

ROBERT DE GRESLEL, of Manchester, co. Lancaster, having a large proportion of marsh land, at Swineshed, in Lincolnshire, founded an abbey of Cistertian monks there. To this Robert s. his son,

ALBERT DE GRESLEI, who m. 1st, Agnes, dau. of Nigel, Baron of Halton, and 2ndly, a dau. of Thomas Basset. He d. about the year 1185, and was 8. by his son,

ROBERT DE GRESLEI, who in the 6th RICHARD I., being then of full age, attended that monarch in the expedition made into Normandy; but taking part with the barons towards the close of King Jonn's reign, his lands were all seized by the crown. Making his peace, however, in the 2nd HENRY III., he had restitution of those lands, which lay in the cos. Oxford, Rutland, Lincolnshire, Lancashire, Norfolk, and Suffolk. He 1. a dau. of Henry de Longchamp (brother of William de Longchamp, chancellor to King RICHARD I.), and dying in 1230, was 8. by his son,

THOMAS DE GRESLEI, who, in the 26th HENRY III., had a military summons to march into France, but paid 100 marks, besides his ordinary scutage, to be freed from the journey. In the 42nd of the same reign, he had another military summons to march against the Welsh, and the next year he was constituted warden of the king's forest, south of Trent. He d. about the year 1261, and was 8. by his son,

THOMAS DE GRESLEI, who, in the 8th EDWARD I., having m. Hawyse, one of the daus. and co-heirs of John de Burgh, son of Hubert, Earl of Kent, had livery of her share of her father's

lands: namely, Waukerley, Ringeston, and Porteslade. He d. in 1283, and was 8. by his son,

THOMAS DE GRESLEY, who, in the 34th EDWARD I., was made a knight of the Bath, and was summoned to parliament as a baron, from the 1st to the 4th EDWARD II., inclusive. His lord. ship d. s. p. 1347, when the barony of Gresley became EXTINCT, but his great estates devolved upon his only sister and heiress, JOANE DE GRESLEY, who m. John, son of Roger de la Warro, and brought her noble inheritance into that family. Arms-Vairée, ermines and gu.

GREY-BARONS GREY OF WILTON, CO. HEREFORD.

By Writ of Summons, dated 23 June, 1295.

Lineage.

SIR JOHN DE GREY, 2nd son of Henry de Grey, of Thurrock, co. Essex (see GREY, of CODNOR), served the office of sheriff for the cos. Buckingham and Bedford, in the 23rd HENRY III., and had summons to attend the king, in the 26th of the same reign, with horse and arms, upon the expedition then made into Flanders. "In the 35th HENRY III.," says Dugdale, "the Lady Joane Peyvre, widow of Pauline Pevere (a great man in that age), being possessed of all her husband's estate, sold to this John, the marriage of her son, for 500 marks, he undertaking to discharge her of any fine to the king; whereupon he married him to his own daughter; and when this Joane heard that the king had given her in marriage (as she was a widow) to one Stephen de Salines, an alien, she, by the advice of her friends (being then in London), matched herself to this offended, but at length accepted of a fine of 500 marks from John de Grey, which being told to the king, he grew much him for that transgression." In the 37th HENRY III., Sir John de Grey was made governor of Northampton Castle, and the next year constituted steward of all Gascony, but in three years afterwards, "being an aged knight, much esteemed for his civility and valour, as also chief of the king's council," yet weary of the vanities of the court, he withdrew from public life. In the very next year, however, we find him nominated to the governorship of Shrewsbury Castle, and soon after appointed constable of that of Dover. In the 47th HENRY III., he was sheriff of Herefordshire, and governor of Hereford Castle. The next year he had the custody of all the lands of Anker de Frescheville, in the cos. of Nottingham and Derby; and was one of those barons who undertook that the king should abide the arbitration of LEWIS, King of France, touching the misunderstanding with the barons. Remaining subsequently loyal to the king, he was appointed after the victory of Evesham, sheriff for the cos. of Nottingham and Derby. Sir John de Grey d. in 1265, and was s. by his son,

REGINALD DE GREY, b. 1287, who, in consideration of his faithful services to the king, obtained special livery of all his father's lands, although he had not then done his homage. In the 9th EDWARD I., he was made justice of Chester, and merited so well, that for his manifold services, he had part of the honour of Monmouth conferred upon him by the king; and in further recompense of his services obtained the castle of Ruthyn and other lands. In 22nd EDWARD I., he received command to be at Portsmouth, to attend the king in Gascony, then menaced by the French, and the next year was summoned to parliament as a baron. In two years afterwards, King EDWARD going into Flanders, committed the government of England in his absence to Prince Edward, and appointed Lord Grey the prince's assistant, and the same year his lordship was one of the sureties on the part of the king, for the observance of the charters; after this we find him in the wars of Scotland. His lordship m. Maud, dau. and heiress of William, Lord Fitz-Hugh, by Hawys, dau. and heiress of Hugh de Longchamp, of Wilton Castle, co. Hereford, which came into the family of Grey by this marriage-by whom he had issue, JOHN, his successor.

Joane, m. to Ralph, Lord Basset.

The baron, who had been summoned to parliament, from 23 June, 1295, to 26 August, 1307, d. in 1308, and was 8. by his

son,

JOHN DE GREY, 2nd baron, summoned to parliament, from 9 June, 1309, to 18 September, 1322. In the 10th EDWARD II., he was constituted justice of North Wales, and governor of

the castle of Caernarvon. His lordship m. 1st, Anne, dau. of William, Lord Ferrers, of Groby, and had issue,

HENRY, his successor.

He m. 2ndly, Maud, dau. of Ralph, Lord Basset, and had, Roger, who was summoned to Parliament, as Lord Grey de Ruthyn, in the 18th EDWARD II., a dignity enjoyed by his descendant,

Barbara, the present Baroness Grey de Buthyn and Marchioness of Hastings.

His lordship d. in 1323, seized, among other possessions, of the manor of Eston Grey, in Wilts, and the castle of Ruthyn, in North Wales, and was s. by his elder son,

HENRY DE GREY, 3rd baron, summoned to parliament from 30 December, 1324, to 12 September, 1342. This nobleman being abroad in the French wars at the time of his father's death, and therefore not able to come to claim his inheritance so soon as he should, according to custom, have done, King EDWARD III., in the 1st year of his reign, in consideration of his eminent services remitted him a debt he owed to the exchequer. His lordship m. Anne, dau. and heiress of Ralph Rockley, by Elizabeth, his wife, dau. of William Clare (a younger son of Robert, Earl of Clare), and dying 1342, was s. by his only son,

REGINALD DE GREY, 4th baron, summoned to parliament from 24 February, 1343, to 20 November, 1360. His lordship m. Maud, dau. and co-heir of John Botetourt, of Weoly, and dying in 1370, was 8. by his son,

SIR HENRY DE GREY, 5th baron, summoned to parliament as "Henry Grey, of Shirland," 1 December, 1376, and as "Henry Grey, of Wilton," from 4 August, 1377, to 20 November, 1394. This nobleman, during the lifetime of his father, was in the immediate retinue of John of Gaunt, in the expedition made by that prince into Gascony, in 40th EDWARD III. His lordship m. Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas, Lord Talbot, and had issue,

RICHARD, his successor.

Margaret, m. to John, Lord Darcy.

Lord Grey d. in 1395, and was 8 by his son,

RICHARD DE GREY, 6th baron, but never summoned to parliament. This nobleman, at the decease of his father, was but three years of age, so that nothing occurs regarding him, until the 3rd HENRY V., when he appears to have been in the retinue of Thomas, Earl of Dorset, uncle of the king, and governor of Normandy, in an expedition made thither. His lordship m. 1st, Blanche, dau. and co-heiress of Sir Philip de la Vacche, K.G., by whom he had a son,

REGINALD, his successor.

He m. 2ndly, Margaret, dau. of William, Lord Ferrers, of Groby, and had another son,

William, aged nineteen, 20th HENRY VI.

His lordship d. in 1442, and was s. by his elder son,

SIR REGINALD DE GREY, 7th baron, summoned to parliament from 13 January, 1445, to 14 October, 1495, as "Reginaldo Grey de Wilton, chevalier." His lordship m. Tacina, sister of Owen Tudor, and dying in 1495, was s. by his son,

JOHN DE GREY, 8th baron, summoned to parliament as "Johanni Grey de Wilton," 16 January, 1497. In the 1st RICHARD III., this nobleman obtained a grant from the crown of the manor of Wilsamstede, co. Bedford; and in the 11th HENRY VII., he fought stoutly at Blackheath, against the Cornishmen, then in rebellion, under James, Lord Audley. In the next year he was in the wars of Scotland, under Giles, Lord D'Aubeny. His lordship m. Anne Grey, dau. of Edmund, Earl of Kent, lord-treasurer, and dying before 1506, was s. by his son,

SIR EDMUND DE GREY, 9th baron, summoned to parliament, as "Edmundo Grey de Wilton, Chl'r," 17 October, 1509. His lordship m. Florence, dau. and co-heir of Sir Ralph Hastings, 3rd brother of William, 1st Lord Hastings, by whom he had issue,

Elizabeth, m. to John Brydges, 1st Lord Chandos.

His lordship d. in 1511, and was 8. by his eldest son, GEORGE DE GREY, 10th baron, who d. in minority, and was s. by his brother,

THOMAS DE GREY, 11th baron, at whose decease, also in minority, the title devolved upon his brother,

RICHARD GREY, 12th baron, likewise a minor at his decease, when the title devolved upon his brother,

SIR WILLIAM GREY. 13th baron, summoned to parliament from 3 November, 1529, to 5 November, 1558, as "Willielmo Grey de Wilton, Chl'r." This nobleman was one of the commanders in the expedition made into France in the 36th HENRY VIII., under John, Lord Russell; and in the 1st year of EDWARD VI., being then a field-marshal and captaingeneral of horse in the army sent into Scotland, he placed himself at its head, and in that position made the first charge against the enemy. In the next year his lordship fortified Haddington, fired Dalkeith, and won the castle, spoiling much of the country around Edinburgh; after which, upon the commotions raised in England against the reformation, he marched, at the head of 1500 horse and foot, into Oxfordshire, and immediately restored tranquillity. His lordship was afterwards committed to the Tower as one of the partizans of the Protector Somerset, but was restored to his liberty after the decapitation of that unfortunate nobleman, and the next year made deputy of Calais, and governor of the castle of Guisnes, in Picardy. Lord Grey joined the Duke of Northumberland in his abortive effort to place Lady Jane Grey upon the throne; and it was to him the duke observed, in reference to the multitude of people that stood gazing at them when about to march from London, "Do you see, my Lord, what a conflux of people here is drawn together to see us march?-and yet, of all this multitude, you hear not so much as one that wisheth us success."

As governor of the castle of Guisnes, his lordship, after a gallant defence of that fortress against the French, was obliged to surrender it, and became, with all his officers, prisoner to the Duke of Guise, then commander-in-chief of the French army, by whom he was transferred to Marshal Stozzy, and finally passing to Count Rouchefoucalt, he continued in captivity until ransomed for 20,000 crowns, which considerably impaired his fortune. "How he came to be attainted," says Dugdale, "I have not seen; but in the 1st ELIZABETH he was restored in blood;" and the next year being then a knight of the Garter, he was constituted governor of Berwick-upon-Tweed, and warden of the east and middle marches towards Scotland. His lordship m. Mary Somerset, dau. of Charles, Earl of Worcester, and had issue, ARTHUR, his successor.

William.

Honora, m. to Henry Denny, Esq.

Lord Grey d. in 1562, at Cheston, in Hertfordshire, at the house of his son-in-law, Denny; and it was remarked, "that on the same day died the greatest scholar and the greatest soldier of the nobility," namely Henry Manners, Earl of Rutland, and William Grey, Lord Grey, of Wilton. His lordship was s. by his elder son,

SIR ARTHUR GREY, 14th baron, summoned to parliament, as "Arthuro Grey de Wilton, Chl'r," from 30 September, 1566, to 19 February, 1593. This nobleman was lord lieutenant of Ireland in 1580, and acquired great fame by suppressing the rebellion of Desmond. He was subsequently one of the com missioners who sat in judgment on the unfortunate MARY,

Queen of Scots, at Fotheringay, and he afterwards defended Secretary Davison from the accusation of delivering the warrant of execution without the knowledge of ELIZABETH, and, in a long speech, justified the foul murder of the Scottish princess. In the 31st ELIZABETH, he was one of the council of war, for the defence of the ports and havens against the celebrated Armada. His lordship m. 1st, Dorothy, natural dau. of Richard, Lord Zouch, of Harringworth, by whom he had an only dau.,

Elizabeth, m. to Sir Francis Goodwin, by whom she had a son,

Arthur Goodwin, who m. Jane, dau. of Sir Richard Wen-
man, of Thame, and had an only dau. and heiress,
Jane, who m. Philip, Lord Wharton.

Lord Grey m. 2ndly, Jane-Sibylla, dau. of Sir Richard Morison,
Knt., and Countess Dowager of Bedford, and had issue,

THOMAS, his successor.

William, d. s. p. in 1605.

Bridget, m. to Sir Rowland Egerton, Bart.

His lordship, who was a knight of the Garter, d. in 1593, and was 8. by his elder son,

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SIR THOMAS GREY, 15th baron, summoned to parliament from 24 October, 1597, to 27 October, 1601. This nobleman being involved in what has been termed "Raleigh's Conspiracy,' was arrested 12 July, 1603, and tried with Lord Cobham, at Winchester, 25 and 26 November following Sir Dudley Carleton says, that after the abject defence of Cobham, "Grey, quite in another key, began with great assurance and alacrity, telling the lords, the judges, and the king's council, their duties in a long speech, and kept them the whole day to subtle traverses