Richard Glanville

Birth, Marriage and Death information

     Richard Glanville was born between 1662 and 1664 at SFK, ENG; eldest son, named in the will of his grandfather Richard Glanvill in 1667.
It is unclear whether his mother was Martha Sympson or Alice Zouch.
     He married Eleanor Goodricke in November 1685 at Bristol, GLS, ENG, Richard Glanvile and Eleanor Ashfield.
     He married Sarah Gideon on 21 July 1709 at St Botolph without Aldegate, London, LND, ENG, Richard Glanvill Widr and Sarah Giddion Stock Wid of Bishopsgate.
     He died in February 1726 at Elmsett, SFK, ENG.
     He was buried on 21 February 1726 at St Peter, Elmsett, SFK, ENG.

Other information

     Richard was married 2 times.
     In 1692 a settlement was made...
"Whereas, Richard Glanvile of Tinknam Court (?) (first word nearly obliterated), in the county of Somersett, gentn, hath settled or agreed to settle, convey. . . . on Edward Gorges and Willm Rogers, and their heirs all that ye Manors, Lordships of Elmset, Ofton, Somersham, together with all quit rents and awards of quit rents, wth ye perpetual advowson of the churches of Elmsett and Somersham, in ye county of Suffolk, and all other his manors, advowsons, messuages, lands, and tenements, and hereditaments whatsoever, in the said county of Suffolk, in trust for his wife Eleanor Glanvill, during her natural life, and after her decease in trust for ye heirs male, begotten or to be begotten by him the said Richard Glanvill, on ye body of his said wife, ye sad Eleanor Glanvill; and whereas the said Eleanor Glanvill, in consideration of the Payment of the summe of one thousand one hundred pounds, agreed to be paid by him ye said Rich. Glanvill to Sir William Merrick of Bristol, of a separate maintenance which the said Richd. Glanvill hath agreed shall be quickly had of Edmund, the son of ye said Elianor Glanville, as by a writing published by her the said Eleanor Glanvill, bearing date the four and twentieth day of January, 1692-3, it is more fully declared and expressed, and whereas, in consideration thereof, if she, the said Eleanor Glanvill shall survive him ye said Richd. Glanvill, that ye eldest sonne, or . . . . of him ye said Richd. Glanvill, on her body begotten shall have and enjoy the premises (words nearly obliterated) . .. . . thereof for his better support and maintenance. Be it therefore known unto all men, by these presents, I, the said Eleanor Glanville am willing. . . . . . and declare that after the death, of the said Richd. Glanvill, I ye said Eleanor Granvill will permit the eldest son and heire of the said Richd. Glanvill on my body begotten, to take . . . . . . and enjoy the said rents . . . . and profits of ye premises. In witness thereof I have thereunto set my hand and seal, this foure and twentieth day of Ja'uary, in the fourth year of the reign of our Sovereigns Lord and Lady William and Mary, anno dom. 1692-3." [fn 109] (Signed) "RICHD. GLANVILL."

     It is reported "Glanville proved to be a violent husband and by 1698 the marriage had failed. He began desperately trying to lay hands on Eleanor's fortune, circulating stories of her madness and forcing her children to sign affidavits against their mother, but his bid was unsuccessful; Eleanor had shrewdly turned over her properties to trustees while retaining the right to direct her own affairs. Problems with her husband and children seem to have encouraged stories in the local neighbourhood of her insanity, or at least eccentricity."
     He was living in 1702 when named in exchange of letters between his son Richard and brother William in Antigua, having had an illegitimate child with another woman, and had meeting with his son Richard following his son's return from Flanders.