Sir Fulke Greville, de jure 4th Lord Willoughby de Broke

circa 1536 - 1606  (~ 70 years)

• Name	Fulke Greville  [1]
  Prefix	Sir
  Suffix	de jure 4th Lord Willoughby de Broke
  Born	circa 1536  [2]
  Gender	Male
  Hereditary Title	From Nov. 1562 to 15 Nov. 1606  [3]
  	de jure 11th Lord Latimer, of Corby [E., 1299]
  Hereditary Title	From Nov. 1562 to 15 Nov. 1606  [3]
  	de jure 12th Lord Latimer, of Corby [E., 1290]
  Hereditary Title	From Nov. 1562 to 15 Nov. 1606  [1, 3]
  	de jure 4th Lord Willoughby de Broke [E., 1491]
  	The Barony of Willoughby of Broke fell into abeyance, on the death of the 2nd Lord s.p.m.s., 10 November (1521) 13 Henry VIII, between his three granddaughters and coheirs. Two of these died without issue, before the death of their sister, Dame Elizabeth Greville (who died in 1560), who, according to modern doctrine, would have been entitled suo jure to the Barony. She would have been succeeded therein by her son (1560[sic]-1606) and, subsequently, by her grandson, Fulke Greville, created in 1621, Baron Brooke. It was not, however, till 13 February 1695/96 (when the representation had passed from the family of Greville) that this Barony was allowed to her descendant and representative, Richard Verney; this being the first decision whereby a Barony by Writ was allowed to the heir at law (through a female) after it had been in abeyance. The older and better doctrine was, that, as the effect of abeyance was to vest the dignity in the Crown, no right of succession, after such vesture, could subsequently ensue, other than by the special favour of the Crown. G.E.C. The case is discussed by J. H. Round, in his Peerage and Pedigree, where it is shown that the Attorney General actually argued that the acceptance of the Brooke barony in 1621 had the effect of extinguishing the claimant’s right. V.G.
  Office	From 1572 to 1573  [2]
  	High Sheriff of Warwickshire
  Office	From 1584 to 1585  [2]
  	High Sheriff of Warwickshire
  Decoration	1585  [2]
  	Knighthood
  Residence	Beauchamp's Court, Alcester, Warwickshire, England   [1]
  Died	15 Nov. 1606  [2]
  Person ID	I2614	British Peerage & Gentry
  Last Modified	8 July 2021

  
  

  Father	Sir Fulke Greville,   d. 10 Nov. 1569
  Mother	Elizabeth Willoughby, de jure suo jure Lady Willoughby de Broke,   d. circa Nov. 1560
  Married	Before 11 April 1526  [3]
  Family ID	F1309	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lady Anne Neville
  Married	circa 1553  [4]
  Children	1. Fulke (Greville), 1st Baron Brooke of Beauchamps Court,   b. 1554,   d. 30 Sept. 1628, Brooke House, Holborn, London, England  (Age 74 years) + 2. Margaret Greville, de jure suo jure Lady Willoughby de Broke,   b. circa 1561,   d. 26 March 1631  (Age ~ 70 years)
  Last Modified	10 July 2021
  Family ID	F1310	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Heraldry

  Arms of Greville quartering Willoughby and Beauchamp (Earl of Warwick, etc.) Quarterly, 1st and 4th, Sable on a cross engrailed Or, five pellets, a bordure engrailed of the second (GREVILLE); 2nd, Or, fretty Azure (WILLOUGHBY); 3rd, Gules a fess between six crosses crosslet Or (BEAUCHAMP). Source: Burke's General Armory (London: Harrison, 1884), page 427.

  
  

• Sources

  [S22] The Complete Peerage, G. E. Cokayne, with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden (eds.), (Alan Sutton Publishing, 1910–59; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, 2000), volume II, page 331. [S2] BP 2003, Charles Mosley (ed.), (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd., 2003), volume 3, page 4081. [S2] BP 2003, Charles Mosley (ed.), (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd., 2003), volume 3, page 4192. [S3] BP 1999, Charles Mosley (ed.), (Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd., 1999), volume 1, page 15.