St Mary's Church, Bideford Devon
"Hic jacet Thomas 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 "
(Here lies Thomas Grenville, knight, patron 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)
Tomb & effigy of Sir Thomas Grenville 1513 www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/6xot92 set between the chancel and south chapel www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/hMS525j8Hr
holding his heart in his hands
Thomas was lord of the manors of Bideford and Stowe, Kilkhampton Cornwall, Sheriff of Cornwall. A lancastrian supporter, he was made one of the Esquires of the Body to Henry VII and created knight of the Bath at the marriage of Prince Arthur to Katherine of Aragon in 1501
On his tomb are his heraldic shield with the arms of Grenville: Gules, 3 clarions or; and of Gilbert 3 roses
Thomas was the son and heir of Sir Thomas Grenville by his 2nd wife Elizabeth daughter of Theobald Gorges
Thomas m1 Isabel daughter of Otes Gilbert of Compton Castle by Elizabeth daughter of Robert Hill of Shilston.
Children - 2 sons 6 daughters
1. Sir Roger 1477-1523 m Margaret co-heiress of Richard Whitlegh of Efford near Stowe
2.Richard dsp unmarried
3 Jane m Sir John Arundel 1512 of Trerice Cornwall, (parents of Sir John Arundell 1561 www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/26X93t )
4. Mary m1 1501 Richard Bluett 1524 son of Nicholas Bluett & Jane FitzJames, nephew of Richard Bluett 1524 of of Holcombe Rogus & Cothy Somerset www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/vroZu9 m2 Thomas St Aubyn. (parents of Francis Bluett of Colan www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/Wb92Z5 )
5. Agnes m John Roscarrock of Port Isaac.
6. Philipa 1524 m1 Francis Harris 1509 of Radford; m2 Humphry Arundell of Lanherne, younger brother of Sir John Arundell 1545 ++
7. Honor 1566 m1 Sir John Bassett 1529 of Umberleigh www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/xkZ752 m2 Arthur Plantagenet, 1st Viscount Lisle.
8. Katherine m 1507 Sir John Arundell 1545 ++ of Lanherne, Receiver General of the Duchy of Cornwall and "the most important man in the county flic.kr/p/rKKuWC
Thomas m2 ........... widow of "Hill de Taunton"
Children - 2
1. John rector of Kilkhampton 1524-80
2. Jane
Sir Thomas' great grandson was Captain of the Mary Rose which sank off Portsmouth in 1545. His great great grandson was Sir Richard Grenville who became a famous Elizabethan sailor, coloniser and administrator. As captain of the Revenge he died at the Battle of Flores (1591), fighting against overwhelming odds, and refusing to surrender his ship to the far more numerous Spanish.
- Church of St Mary, Bideford Devon
St Mary's Church, Bideford Devon
"Hic jacet Thomas 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 "
(Here lies Thomas Grenville, knight, patron 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)
Tomb & effigy of Sir Thomas Grenville 1513 www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/6xot92 set between the chancel and south chapel www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/hMS525j8Hr
holding his heart in his hands
Thomas was lord of the manors of Bideford and Stowe, Kilkhampton Cornwall, Sheriff of Cornwall. A lancastrian supporter, he was made one of the Esquires of the Body to Henry VII and created knight of the Bath at the marriage of Prince Arthur to Katherine of Aragon in 1501
On his tomb are his heraldic shield with the arms of Grenville: Gules, 3 clarions or; and of Gilbert 3 roses
Thomas was the son and heir of Sir Thomas Grenville by his 2nd wife Elizabeth daughter of Theobald Gorges
Thomas m1 Isabel daughter of Otes Gilbert of Compton Castle by Elizabeth daughter of Robert Hill of Shilston.
Children - 2 sons 6 daughters
1. Sir Roger 1477-1523 m Margaret co-heiress of Richard Whitlegh of Efford near Stowe
2.Richard dsp unmarried
3 Jane m Sir John Arundel 1512 of Trerice Cornwall, (parents of Sir John Arundell 1561 www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/26X93t )
4. Mary m1 1501 Richard Bluett 1524 son of Nicholas Bluett & Jane FitzJames, nephew of Richard Bluett 1524 of of Holcombe Rogus & Cothy Somerset www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/vroZu9 m2 Thomas St Aubyn. (parents of Francis Bluett of Colan www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/Wb92Z5 )
5. Agnes m John Roscarrock of Port Isaac.
6. Philipa 1524 m1 Francis Harris 1509 of Radford; m2 Humphry Arundell of Lanherne, younger brother of Sir John Arundell 1545 ++
7. Honor 1566 m1 Sir John Bassett 1529 of Umberleigh www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/xkZ752 m2 Arthur Plantagenet, 1st Viscount Lisle.
8. Katherine m 1507 Sir John Arundell 1545 ++ of Lanherne, Receiver General of the Duchy of Cornwall and "the most important man in the county flic.kr/p/rKKuWC
Thomas m2 ........... widow of "Hill de Taunton"
Children - 2
1. John rector of Kilkhampton 1524-80
2. Jane
Sir Thomas' great grandson was Captain of the Mary Rose which sank off Portsmouth in 1545. His great great grandson was Sir Richard Grenville who became a famous Elizabethan sailor, coloniser and administrator. As captain of the Revenge he died at the Battle of Flores (1591), fighting against overwhelming odds, and refusing to surrender his ship to the far more numerous Spanish.
- Church of St Mary, Bideford Devon