An historical and genealogical account of the noble family of Greville, : to the time of Francis, the present Earl Brooke, and Earl of Warwick : including the history and succession of the several Earls of Warwick since the Norman conquest; and some account of Warwick Castle . fhire; as alfo a thirdtime, in the 17th year of king Ed-ward IV. He bore the fame arms ashis father did, excepting the annu-lets upon the crofs, as appears byhis pi£lure, together with that ofhis wife, both kneeling in theirfurcoats of arms, in the eaft win-dow of the parifli church at Binton,in Warwickiliire (b). He dep
An historical and genealogical account of the noble family of Greville, : to the time of Francis, the present Earl Brooke, and Earl of Warwick : including the history and succession of the several Earls of Warwick since the Norman conquest; and some account of Warwick Castle . fhire; as alfo a thirdtime, in the 17th year of king Ed-ward IV. He bore the fame arms ashis father did, excepting the annu-lets upon the crofs, as appears byhis pi£lure, together with that ofhis wife, both kneeling in theirfurcoats of arms, in the eaft win-dow of the parifli church at Binton,in Warwickiliire (b). He departedthis life on the 6th day of Auguft, in the 20th year of Edward IV. and, purfuant to the direc-tions given in his laft will (c), was buried in St. Anns chapelin the church of Wefton upon Avon (d). By Joan his wife,daughter of William Scote, he left iffue Thomas, his only fonand heir ; as alfo two daughters, Ann and Margaret, both ofwhom died without ifilie. Thomas (w) Pat. ab an. ufq. (a) Ibid. m. 50. and 17 Edw. IV. 7. Edw. IV. in d. m. 11. (x) Rot. Fin. I. Edw. IV. m. 33. (b) DugdalesWarwIckfh. p. 536. (y) Pat. 5. Edw. IV. p. i. in d. (c) Lib. 3. Teft. in Regift. Epifc. m. 30. Wigorn. fol. 24. (z) Rot. Fin. 13. Edw. IV. m. 30. (d) Ibid. lib. 3. f. [ 6 ] Thomas Greville, only fen and heir of the above-men-tioned John, was (e) twenty-fix years of age at the deceafe ofhis father. He afiumed the name of Cokefey in refnefl of theinheritance he enjoyed by defcent from his grand-mother, andhaving livery of his fathers lands, made Milcote his chiefrefidence. In the fame year, 20 Edv/ard IV. (f) he wasconftituted fheriff of Warwickflnre and Leicefterfiiire, and atthe coronation of king Henry VII. (g) was one of the knightsof the Bath then created. The next year, 2 Hen. VII. hewas made (h) a knight banneret, for his valiant behaviour inthe battle of Stoke. In the 4th year of king Henry VII. hewas (i) one of the commiilioners of array in the county ofWarwick, for fe
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