About John Greville
John Greville was a politician.
John Greville (died 30 September 1444) was a Member of Parliament for Gloucestershire in seven parliaments.
Life He was one of the six sons of William Greville (d.1401), of Chipping Campden in Gloucestershire, "the flower of the wool-merchants of all England", the leading purchaser of wool from the Cotswold Hills at that time. Between 1412 and 1420 his income from land increased from £20 to £74. 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).
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