John Greville (died 1480)

Arms of Greville: Sable, on a cross engrailed or five pellets a bordure engrailed of the second

Sir John Greville (1427, Chipping Camden - 6 August 1480, Milcote) was an English nobleman of the Greville family. His father John Greville (died 1444) served as a Member of Parliament in seven English parliaments. He succeeded to the manors of Hunningham,^[1] Tetbury^[2] and Manningford Bruce^[3] on his mother Joyce Cokesay's death in 1473.

Marriage and issue

He married Joan Scote (b. 1429) in 1449 and with her he had three children:

• Sir Thomas Greville alias Cokesey (1452-6 March 1498)
• Margaret Greville (b. 1454)

References

1. Hunningham, in A History of the County of Warwick: Vol. 6, Knightlow Hundred, ed. L F Salzman (London, 1951), pp. 117-120.
2. "Tetbury: Manors and other estates | British History Online".
3. "Parishes: Manningford Bruce | British History Online".

Sources

• George Edward Cokayne, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct, or Dormant (London: St. Catherine Press, 1910.), 6:181a, Los Angeles Public Library, 929.721 C682.
• George Ormerod, The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester (London: Lackington, Hughes, Mavor & Jones, 1819.), 2:599, Family History Library, 942.71 H2or.
• Joseph Edmondson, An Historical and Genealogical Account of the Noble Family of Greville (London: J. Edmonson, 1766.), pp. 4–5, Family History Library, 929.242 G869e.
• Collectanea Topographica et Genealogica (London: J.B. Nichols, 1834–1843. FHL BRITISH Film #496,953 Item 3.), 6:74, Family History Library
• Egerton Brydges, Collins's Peerage of England (London: T. Bensley, 1812.), 4:332-3, Family History Library, 942 D22be.
• Egerton Brydges, Collins's Peerage, 4:333.
• Paul Walton Mackenzie, "The Ancestry of Sir Thomas Cokesey" website https://archive.org/details/theancestryofsirthomascokesey/page/n9/mode/1up