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Richard Greswold

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  • Name Richard Greswold 
    Gender Male 
    Died 1411/2  Solihull, Warwick, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I3242  Petersen-de Lanskoy
    Last Modified 27 May 2021 

    Father Ralph or Rudolphus Greswold,   b. Solihull, Warwick, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Margaret Dadley 
    Family ID F1633  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Grome 
    Children 
     1. William or Thomas Greswold,   b. of Solihull, Warwick, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 28 May 2021 
    Family ID F1577  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • RESEARCH_NOTES:
      1. FHL book 929.242 G868f "The Greswold Family, 12 Generations in England," researched and edited by Robert L. and Esther G. French, comp. by Coralee Griswold [Wethersfeld, CT; 1999]. The authors standardize spelling as Greswold for England and Griswold for America. As of 2012, it appears that this book is the most current evolution of the Griswold ancestry and includes all previous research up to 1999 when it was published. (It also supersedes the author's own work in 1990 for the later English generations). See notes in this database of the original Griswold for a more detailed explanation of the various sources and a bibliography of previously published books that the authors include in this genealogical compilation.
      "Richard3 Greswold (Ralph2, John1). Richard married a daughter of William GROME, of Kyneton (this is a small manor, west of Ulverley in Solihull and bordering on Worcestershire, not the hundred of Kyneton in the, southern part of the county). Pemberton's chart says he was of Kimenhall, and Philpott apparently picked it up. Glenn Griswold says "___ Grome, Lord of Kimmenhall and Burch Furlongs." Richard died before the 13 Henry IV which is 1411/12 in Solihull, Warwickshire, England." [Glenn Griswold quoting Dugdale, but Woodall says this is a very improbable date and the source is uncertain.] They had 1 Child:
      i. William (vel Thomas) Greswold. ["vel" is the Latin term for "or" and William is almost always termed thus. In later records the term "als" {alias} is more frequent but means the same.]
      The earliest record that appears to relate to the Greswold family is in Vol II of the Feet of Fines, 1284-1385 and was discovered in 1997 by Joy Woodall, Historian of Rowington, Warwickshire:
      Solihull, Kineton Green: (month) 11, (year) 4, reign of (King) Edward II [who reigned from 1307 to 1327]. Quinz of St Martin (15th day of the feast of St Martin).
      William, son of Walter de Grousewold, plaintiff. Walter de Grousewold, defendant.
      A messuage, 30 acres of meadow in Solihull and Kyngton juxta (next to) Solihull. Plea of covenant. Defendant recognized right of plaintiff.
      Consideration - Plaintiff grants to defendant to hold for life of defendant of plaintiff and his heirs by a rose rent yearly at Nativity of St. John the Baptist, for all service to them and doing the services due to the chief lord.
      In a letter of 2 Feb 1996, Joy cites a Lay Subsidy Roll [GE 3 (1332) Dugdale Society Publication, Vol. VI, published 1926.], "William de Grousewold paying 6s under Kyneton Lyndon and an Agnes Grome paying 10d." This William was probably the chaplain at St. Alphege in 1349. ["Our Griswold Family in England before 1639," p.5.] (Richard3 Greswold married a daughter of William Grome of Kyneton)."