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Richard Grenville was the eldest son and heir of Sir Roger Grenville (d. 1545), who was captain of Mary Rose when she sank in Portsmouth Harbour in 1545, by his wife Thomasine Cole, daughter of Thomas Cole of Slade. [1]
Sir Richard Grenville (26 June 1600 – 21 October 1659) was a professional soldier from Cornwall, who served in the Thirty Years War, and 1638 to 1651 Wars of the Three Kingdoms. He was the younger brother of Sir Bevil Grenville , who died at Lansdowne in 1643, and grandson of Admiral Sir Richard , killed at Flores in 1591.
Arms of Grenville: Gules, three clarions or Early 16th c. bench end in Sutcombe Church in Devon, showing the arms of Grenville Richard Grenville (died 1550) lord of the manor of Stowe, Kilkhampton in Cornwall and of Bideford in Devon, was an English soldier, politician, and administrator who served as a Member of Parliament for Cornwall in 1529, [1] and served as Sheriff of Cornwall and ...
Roger Grenville (died 1545), present on the Mary Rose when it sank in Portsmouth Harbour in 1545, whose son was the heroic Admiral Sir Richard Grenville (1542–1591). Roger Grenville (died 1545) married Thomasine Cole (d.1586), [ 43 ] a daughter of Thomas Cole of Slade [ 44 ] in the parish of Cornwood in Devon and of Bucks in the parish of ...
Al Stewart's song "Lord Grenville" (on his 1976 album Year of the Cat) concerns the end of the Revenge at Flores. [9] Sir Richard Grenville and the Revenge are the subject matter of the Strawhead song Grenville and the Revenge in their Gentlemen of Fortune album.
In order to impede a Spanish naval recovery after the Armada, Sir John Hawkins proposed a blockade of the supply of treasure being acquired from the Spanish Empire in the Americas by a constant naval patrol designed to intercept Spanish ships. Revenge was on such a patrol in the summer of 1591 under the command of Sir Richard Grenville.
Sir Richard Grenville. For the first colony in Virginia, Raleigh planned a largely military operation focused on the exploration and evaluation of natural resources. The intended number of colonists was 69, but approximately 600 men were sent in the voyage, with about half intended to remain at the colony, to be followed by a second wave later.
Sir Richard Grenville was the leader of the 1585 expedition which first attempted to land English settlers on Roanoke island. Guided by Chief Manteo, Grenville arrived at the village but the inhabitants showed little inclination to meet with him, and the settlers soon returned to their boats. [1]