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Sir Fulke Greville

Birth
Death
15 Nov 1606 (aged 69–70)
Burial
Alcester, Stratford-on-Avon District, Warwickshire, England Add to Map
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4th Baron Willoughby de Broke

He was born in 1536, the son of Sir Fulke Greville (d. 10 November 1559) by his wife Elizabeth Willoughby, 3rd Baroness Willoughby de Broke (d.1562), grand daughter and heiress of Robert Willoughby, 2nd Baron Willoughby de Broke, the wealthiest heiress of her time.
In 1553 he married Lady Anne de Neville (d.1583), a daughter of Ralph de Neville, 4th Earl of Westmorland,[2] a distant cousin. They had the following children:

Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke and 5th Baron Willoughby de Broke
Margaret Greville (1561–1631/2), who married Sir Richard Verney,[3] High Sheriff of Warwickshire in 1572.
Death:
Greville, was treasurer of the Navy until April 1604, and was keen on falconry. In 1602 one of falcons was found at Seaton in Devonshire. Its silver rings were engraved with Greville's name and the device of the stern of a ship. On his death on 15 November 1606 at Beauchamp Court near Alcester, his estate (including any claim to the titles) passed to his eldest son, Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke and 5th Baron Willoughby de Broke. After the murder of his son in 1628, they passed to his daughter Margaret Greville, 6th Baroness Willoughby de Broke, wife of Sir Richard Verney of Compton Verney in Warwickshire.
Contributor: Judith Thomas de Neville (47647391) • [email protected]
4th Baron Willoughby de Broke

He was born in 1536, the son of Sir Fulke Greville (d. 10 November 1559) by his wife Elizabeth Willoughby, 3rd Baroness Willoughby de Broke (d.1562), grand daughter and heiress of Robert Willoughby, 2nd Baron Willoughby de Broke, the wealthiest heiress of her time.
In 1553 he married Lady Anne de Neville (d.1583), a daughter of Ralph de Neville, 4th Earl of Westmorland,[2] a distant cousin. They had the following children:

Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke and 5th Baron Willoughby de Broke
Margaret Greville (1561–1631/2), who married Sir Richard Verney,[3] High Sheriff of Warwickshire in 1572.
Death:
Greville, was treasurer of the Navy until April 1604, and was keen on falconry. In 1602 one of falcons was found at Seaton in Devonshire. Its silver rings were engraved with Greville's name and the device of the stern of a ship. On his death on 15 November 1606 at Beauchamp Court near Alcester, his estate (including any claim to the titles) passed to his eldest son, Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke and 5th Baron Willoughby de Broke. After the murder of his son in 1628, they passed to his daughter Margaret Greville, 6th Baroness Willoughby de Broke, wife of Sir Richard Verney of Compton Verney in Warwickshire.
Contributor: Judith Thomas de Neville (47647391) • [email protected]


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