John Greville (died 30 September 1444) was a

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for

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in seven parliaments (April 1414, 1419, May 1421, 1422, 1423, 1425 and 1427).

Origins

He was one of the six sons of

William Greville William Greville (died 1 October 1401) (''alias'' Grevel, Graville, Grevill, etc.), of Chipping Campden in Gloucestershire and a Citizen of the City of London, was a prominent wool-merchant and is the ancestor of the present Greville Earls of ...

(d.1401), of

Chipping Campden Chipping Campden is a market town in the Cotswold district of Gloucestershire, England. It is notable for its terraced High Street, dating from the 14th century to the 17th century. ("Chipping" is from Old English ''cēping'', 'market', 'market- ...

in Gloucestershire, "the flower of the wool-merchants of all England", the leading purchaser of wool from the

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at that time.

Marriages and children

He married twice: *Firstly to Sibyl Corbet (c.1387-27 Aug. 1425), daughter and heiress of Sir Robert Corbet, of Hadley in Shropshire; *Secondly to Joyce Cokesey (c.1406-19 July 1473), widow of Walter Beauchamp, Knt., of Brewham, Somerset, and daughter of Walter Cokesey, of Great Cooksey, Worcestershire, and the sister and heiress of Sir Hugh Cokesey. After her husband's death in 1444, Joyce married (3rd) Leonard Stapleton, Esq. His children, by his second wife Joyce, included: * John Greville (died 1480). He was Lord of the

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. This John Greville succeeded to the vast Cokesay estates upon the death his mother Joyce. *Maurice Greville.

Death and succession

He was buried in All Saints' Church, Weston-on-Avon and was succeeded by his son John Greville (died 1480).

References

English MPs April 1414

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