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THE ANCESTRY OF GEORGE GRENVILLE

 

1  George Grenville

   bap 11 Nov 1712, St Martin, Westminster

   d 13 Nov 1770, Piccadilly, Middlesex

 

Parents

 

2  Richard Grenville of Wotton Underwood, Buckinghamshire

   b 23 Mar 1677/78

   bur 22 Feb 1726/27, Wotton Underwood

   m ca 25 Nov 1710

3  Hester Temple, Countess Temple

   bap 7 May 1684, St Paul, Covent Garden, Westminster

   d 6 Oct 1752, Bath, Somerset

 

Grandparents

 

4  Richard Grenville of Wotton Underwood

   b 14 Jan 1646/47, bap St Paul, Covent Garden, London

   bur 4 Jul 1719, Wotton

   m ca 12 Apr 1666

5  Eleanor Temple

   b ca 1647

   bur 25 Mar 1729, Wotton

6  Sir Richard Temple of Stowe, Buckinghamshire, 3rd Baronet

   b 28 Mar 1634

   bur 12 May 1697, Stowe

   m 25 Aug 1675

7  Mary Knapp

   b

   d 19 Jan 1726/27, bur Stowe

 

Great-grandparents

 

8  Richard Grenville of Wotton Underwood

   b 8 Aug 1612

   d 10 Jan 1665/66

   m 9 Feb 1634/35, St Martin in the Fields

9  Anne Borlase

   b ca 1617

   bur 30 Jan 1646/47, Wotton

10 Sir Peter Temple of Stantonbury, Buckinghamshire

   b 1613

   bur 14 Jan 1659/60, St Peter Mancroft, Norwich

   m 8 Sep 1635, St Mary le Strand, Westminster

11 Eleanor Tyrell

   b ca 1614

   d 24 May 1671, bur Stantonbury

12 Sir Peter Temple of Stowe, 2nd Baronet

   bap 10 Oct 1592, Stowe

   bur 12 Sep 1653, Stowe

   m 20 May 1630, Kensington

13 Christian Leveson

   bap 21 Apr 1613, Cuxton, Kent

   bur 3 Apr 1655, Stowe

14 Henry Knapp of Rawlins, Oxfordshire

   bap 4 Nov 1599, South Stoke

   d 27 Apr 1674, bur Checkendon, Oxfordshire

   m 23 Feb 1630/31, Lambourne, Berkshire

15 Hester Clarke

   bap 10 May 1607, Stowe

   d 27 Dec 1678, bur Checkendon

 

Great-great-grandparents

 

16 Richard Grenville of Wotton Underwood

   b 1567

   bur 8 Apr 1618, Wotton

   m

17 Frances Saunders

   b

   bur 1 Dec 1653, Wotton

18 Sir William Borlase of Little Marlow, Buckinghamshire

   bap 28 Dec 1589, Little Marlow

   d 10 Dec 1630, Bockmer, Buckinghamshire

   m

19 Amy Popham

   b

   bur 1 Aug 1661, Little Marlow

20 Sir John Temple of Biddlesden, Buckinghamshire

   b 10 Nov 1593

   d 23 Sep 1632, Biddlesden

   m

21 Dorothy Lee

   b ca 1597

   d 1625

22 Sir Timothy Tyrell of Oakley, Buckinghamshire

   b

   bur 18 Dec 1632, Thornton, Buckinghamshire

   m 22 Aug 1613, Marsworth, Buckinghamshire

23 Eleanor Kingsmill

   b

   bur 1 Sep 1622, Thornton

24 Sir Thomas Temple of Stowe, 1st Baronet

   bap 9 Jan 1566/67

   d ca 1636, Burton Dassett, Warwickshire

   m 1595

25 Hester Sandys

   bap 21 Jan 1569/70, Chesham

   bur 15 Jul 1656, Burton Dassett

26 Sir John Leveson of Haling, Kent and Lilleshall, Staffordshire

   bap 3 May 1587, Cuxton

   bur 3 Dec 1614, Cuxton

   m 1611

27 Frances Sondes

   b

   d

28 Richard Knapp of Woodcote, South Stoke, Oxfordshire

   b ca 1562

   bur 18 Apr 1611, South Stoke

   m 20 Sep 1591, Harpsden

29 Agnes Symeon

   b

   bur 17 Oct 1628, Shottesbrooke, Berkshire

30 Sir Edward Clarke of Ardington, Berkshire

   b

   d ca 1630

   m 28 Feb 1602, Kidlington, Oxfordshire

31 Susan Temple

   b

   d

 

 

Sources

 

The Complete Peerage (2nd edition)

The Complete Baronetage

The History of Parliament

The Dictionary of National Biography

Alumni Oxonienses

VCH Buckinghamshire vols 3 & 4

VCH Oxfordshire vol 7

G. Lipscomb, The History and Antiquities of the County of Buckingham

Burke’s Peerage and Baronetage (106th edition)

O.G. Knapp, A History of the Chief English Families bearing the name of Knapp (1911)

The Visitations of Buckinghamshire [Harleian Society, vol 58]

The Genealogist [London], New Series, vol 2

H.B. Hoff, “The Temple Family of Stowe”, The Genealogist [New York], vol 2 no 1

Lambourne parish register transcript

Kidlington parish register transcript

Faculty Office marriage allegations

William H. Hunt, The Registers of St. Paul’s Church, Covent Garden, London, vol. 1 (London, 1906)

J.L. Chester, Allegations for Marriage Licences, ed. G.J. Armytage (London, 1886)

J.W. Garrett-Pegge, A Transcript of the First Volume, 1538-1636, of the Parish Regiser of Chesham (London, 1904)

Will of Sir Edward Clarke (National Archives, PROB 11/159/9)

St Pancras Old Church parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com)

St Martin in the Fields parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com)

South Stoke parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com)

Harpsden parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com)

St Mary le Strand, Westminster, parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk)

Burton Dassett parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk)

Cuxton parish registers (https://cityark.medway.gov.uk/wwwopacx/wwwopac.ashx?command=getcontent&server=files&value=P108-01-01(1).pdf)