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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Christopher Copley

    Other Events:

    • Residence: Wadsworth, Yorkshire, England

    Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Margaret Copley  Descendancy chart to this point


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Margaret Copley Descendancy chart to this point (1.Christopher1)

    Other Events:

    • Name: Mary Copley

    Family/Spouse: Ralph Bosville. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Margaret married Fulke Greville on 15 May 1602. Fulke (son of Robert Greville and Blanche Whitney) died in 1632. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 3. Robert (Greville), 2nd Baron Brooke of Beauchamps Court  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1607; died on 2 March 1642/43 in The house of Michael Biddulph M.P., Lichfield, Staffordshire, England.
    2. 4. William Greville  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 5. Dorothy Greville  Descendancy chart to this point died on 28 Jan. 1650.


Generation: 3

  1. 3.  Robert (Greville), 2nd Baron Brooke of Beauchamps CourtRobert (Greville), 2nd Baron Brooke of Beauchamps Court Descendancy chart to this point (2.Margaret2, 1.Christopher1) was born in 1607; died on 2 March 1642/43 in The house of Michael Biddulph M.P., Lichfield, Staffordshire, England.

    Other Events:

    • Education: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England; University of Cambridge
    • Office: Between Feb. 1628 and May 1628; Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Warwick
    • Hereditary Title: From 30 Sept. 1628 to 2 March 1642/43; 2nd Baron Brooke of Beauchamps Court, co. Warwick [E., 1621]
    • Office: Sept. 1640, Ripon, Yorkshire, England; Joint Commissioner to the Scots
    • Office: Nov. 1640, London, England; Joint Commissioner to the Scots
    • Office: Between 1641 and 2 March 1642/43; Recorder of Warwick
    • Military Service: 1642; Colonel of a Regiment of Foot
    • Office: 1642; Lord-Lieutenant of Warwickshire

    Notes:

    In 1628 he succeeded his cousin (by whom he had been adopted when but four years of age) in the Peerage under the special limitation of the patent.

    He early imbibed republican notions, and with Viscount Saye and Sele, was one of the two noblemen who refused to profess their loyalty to the King as required by the Council of York in 1639.

    "Those who were acquainted with him believed him to be well natured and just, and rather seduced and corrupted in his understanding than perverse and malicious. Whether his Passions, or Conscience swayed him, he was undoubtedly one of those who could have been with most difficulty reconciled to the government of Church or State." (Clarendon).

    Office:
    On the nomination of Parliament

    Military Service:
    He fought at the Battle of Edgehill, 22 October 1642, and was appointed Major-General (for the Parliamentarians) for Warwickshire and Staffordshire, 7 January 1642/43.

    Died:
    He was struck with a musket ball while looking out of a window to direct the siege of St. Chad's Church. His death is said to have occurred "just after he had prayed publicly that, if the cause he were in were not right and just, he might be presently cut off."

    Robert married Lady Catharine Russell circa 1630. Catharine died circa 1 Dec. 1676. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 6. Francis (Greville), 3rd Baron Brooke of Beauchamps Court  Descendancy chart to this point was born before 1638; died on 19 Nov. 1658 in Chiswick, Middlesex, England; was buried on 21 Dec. 1658 in Warwick, Warwickshire, England.
    2. 7. Robert (Greville), 4th Baron Brooke of Beauchamps Court  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 4 Jan. 1638/39; died on 17 Feb. 1676/77 in Bath, Somerset, England; was buried on 20 March 1676/77 in Warwick, Warwickshire, England.
    3. 8. Fulke (Greville), 5th Baron Brooke of Beauchamps Court  Descendancy chart to this point was born after 2 March 1642/43; died on 22 Oct. 1710 in Twickenham, Middlesex, England; was buried in St. Mary's, Warwick, Warwickshire, England.

  2. 4.  William Greville Descendancy chart to this point (2.Margaret2, 1.Christopher1)

  3. 5.  Dorothy Greville Descendancy chart to this point (2.Margaret2, 1.Christopher1) died on 28 Jan. 1650.

    Family/Spouse: Sir Arthur Hesilrige, 2nd Baronet. Arthur (son of Sir Thomas Hesilrige, 1st Baronet and Frances Gorges) died on 7 Jan. 1660/61 in Tower of London, London, Middlesex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 9. Sir Thomas Hesilrige, 3rd Baronet  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1625; died on 24 Feb. 1680.
    2. 10. Sir Robert Hesilrige, 5th Baronet  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1640; died on 22 May 1713.


Generation: 4

  1. 6.  Francis (Greville), 3rd Baron Brooke of Beauchamps CourtFrancis (Greville), 3rd Baron Brooke of Beauchamps Court Descendancy chart to this point (3.Robert3, 2.Margaret2, 1.Christopher1) was born before 1638; died on 19 Nov. 1658 in Chiswick, Middlesex, England; was buried on 21 Dec. 1658 in Warwick, Warwickshire, England.

    Other Events:

    • Office: Recorder of Warwick
    • Hereditary Title: From 2 March 1642/43 to 19 Nov. 1658; 3rd Baron Brooke of Beauchamps Court, co. Warwick [E., 1621]

    Notes:

    Died:
    Died unmarried.


  2. 7.  Robert (Greville), 4th Baron Brooke of Beauchamps CourtRobert (Greville), 4th Baron Brooke of Beauchamps Court Descendancy chart to this point (3.Robert3, 2.Margaret2, 1.Christopher1) was born on 4 Jan. 1638/39; died on 17 Feb. 1676/77 in Bath, Somerset, England; was buried on 20 March 1676/77 in Warwick, Warwickshire, England.

    Other Events:

    • Hereditary Title: From 19 Nov. 1658 to 17 Feb. 1676/77; 4th Baron Brooke of Beauchamps Court, co. Warwick [E., 1621]
    • Office: Between 1660 and 17 Feb. 1676/77; Lord-Lieutenant of Staffordshire
    • Office: Between 1660 and 17 Feb. 1676/77; Recorder of Warwick
    • Will: From 14 Nov. 1667 to 24 Nov. 1674
    • Office: 1674; High Steward of Stafford
    • Probate: 2 June 1677

    Notes:

    He was one of the six peers sent to Holland to invite the return of King Charles II, 3 May 1660.

    Died:
    without surviving male issue

    Family/Spouse: Ann Dodington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 11. Hon. John Greville  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 12. Hon. Francis Greville  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 13. Hon. Charles Greville  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 14. Hon. Robert Greville  Descendancy chart to this point
    5. 15. Hon. William Greville  Descendancy chart to this point
    6. 16. Hon. Fulke Greville  Descendancy chart to this point
    7. 17. Hon. Anne Greville  Descendancy chart to this point was buried on 23 Sept. 1702.
    8. 18. Hon. Dodington Greville  Descendancy chart to this point died on 16 Feb. 1720.

  3. 8.  Fulke (Greville), 5th Baron Brooke of Beauchamps CourtFulke (Greville), 5th Baron Brooke of Beauchamps Court Descendancy chart to this point (3.Robert3, 2.Margaret2, 1.Christopher1) was born after 2 March 1642/43; died on 22 Oct. 1710 in Twickenham, Middlesex, England; was buried in St. Mary's, Warwick, Warwickshire, England.

    Other Events:

    • Office: From 1664 to 1677; Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Warwick
    • Office: From 1677 to 22 Oct. 1710; Recorder of Warwick
    • Hereditary Title: From 17 Feb. 1676/77 to 22 Oct. 1710; 5th Baron Brooke of Beauchamps Court, co. Warwick [E., 1621]
    • Office: From 1687 to 1706; Recorder of Coventry
    • Will: 3 April 1710
    • Probate: 9 Nov. 1710

    Notes:

    "Hath been always a man of pleasure, with a very good capacity; well bred; loves play; a fair complexion; towards 60 years of age. His son, Mr. Grevill [i.e. Francis G., who died within the lifetime of his father] makes a tolerable figure in the House of Commons: both great assertors of the Prerogative in Church and State." (Macky).

    Birth:
    He was born posthumously. His father died 2 March 1642/43.

    Fulke married Sarah Dashwood on 12 Jan. 1664/65 in St. Bartholomew the Less, London, Middlesex, England. Sarah (daughter of Francis Dashwood and Alice Sleigh) was born circa 1645; died in Sept. 1705. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 19. Hon. Francis Greville  Descendancy chart to this point died on 11 Oct. 1710.
    2. 20. Hon. Algernon Greville  Descendancy chart to this point

  4. 9.  Sir Thomas Hesilrige, 3rd BaronetSir Thomas Hesilrige, 3rd Baronet Descendancy chart to this point (5.Dorothy3, 2.Margaret2, 1.Christopher1) was born in 1625; died on 24 Feb. 1680.

    Other Events:

    • Hereditary Title: From 7 Jan. 1660/61 to 24 Feb. 1680; 3rd Baronet, of Noseley Hall, co. Leicester [E., 1622]

    Thomas married Elizabeth Fenwick in 1664. Elizabeth (daughter of George Fenwick) died on 30 May 1673. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 21. Sir Thomas Hesilrige, 4th Baronet  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1664; died on 11 July 1700.
    2. 22. Mary Hesilrige  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 23. Arabella Hesilrige  Descendancy chart to this point

  5. 10.  Sir Robert Hesilrige, 5th BaronetSir Robert Hesilrige, 5th Baronet Descendancy chart to this point (5.Dorothy3, 2.Margaret2, 1.Christopher1) was born in 1640; died on 22 May 1713.

    Other Events:

    • Hereditary Title: From 11 July 1700 to 22 May 1713; 5th Baronet, of Noseley Hall, co. Leicester [E., 1622]

    Robert married Bridget Rolle on 3 May 1664. Bridget (daughter of Sir Samuel Rolle) died on 26 July 1697. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 24. Sir Robert Hesilrige, 6th Baronet  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1668.


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