Profile needs editing by pre 1500

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Husband born in 1495 and looking at when the children were born, date of birth is more likely to be around 1500.  This profile needs cleaning up and editing, but unable to do as I am not pre 1500 accredited, would someone be able to help?
WikiTree profile: Matilda Grenville
in The Tree House by Zoe Cochrane G2G6 Mach 1 (12.8k points)

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I will look at the profile and clean up the second bio section and try to find better sources for Matilda Grenville.
by David Selman G2G Astronaut (1.3m points)
selected by Zoe Cochrane
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I think that her LNAB  may be incorrect but  I think that if you agree about that then it might be necessary to get a leader to change it.

 

The book that is supposed still to be the reference for the family history (though needs scrutiny) uses the surname Bevil(l). They were a family from Gwarnock and apparently intermarried with the Grenvilles several times. There is a  Sir Bevill Grenville, a Royalist who  died  in 1643 which would appear to add some confirmation to this.

The will of her grandfather is quoted in the book, this was written in 1515,.In it he gives £20 to  Matilda Grennefeld , daughter of his son John Bevyll .

If the account of her death is to be believed, both she and he died from hardships endured during their capture at Trematon castle in 1549 during the Prayer Book Rebellion . Her date of death is given as 25 April 1551. (buried in Kilkhampton) The story of their capture comes from Carew  bk2 p 111 but this does not state that their deaths were as a result of  ill health caused by the incident (deaths aren't mentioned) 

I haven't been able to find anything to confirm that death (not found mention of a memorial in the church and the registers don't seem to start that early) As she was left land Buckland Abbey for 70 years or until her death, there might be something there to be found.

See History of the Granville Family p 81, 82, 128

and D and J Carter: Grenville Research,  (report  produced to accompany the Historical Research and Statement of Significance Reports into Nos. 1 to 5 Bridge Street, Bideford )http://www.nimrodresearch.co.uk/grenville/pdf/Grenville%20research.pdf

(there are some dates in the above document and a full transcript of her husbands will and a summary of his IPM. edit will transcript actually from above book, not in National Archives, but if probated in Exeter would as suggested  have been lost in the war)

I will add what I found about her if David  hasn't found and entered it. (it doesn't help working in different time zones!0

by Helen Ford G2G6 Pilot (470k points)
edited by Helen Ford
Thanks Helen, sent a message to info@wikitree.com to see if they can clean it up and change birth date.  I will keep some of the links you sent as they will be useful. Matilda is my 13th great grandmother and Richard Carew author of the Survey of Cornwall is my 12th great grandfather.  A lot of the old Cornish families were all related, one way or another! Hopefully we can sort out some source material for Matilda and get her profile into shape. Regards. Zoe

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