Fulke Greville

Sir Fulke Greville (1536 – 15 November 1606) of Beauchamp Court near Alcester in Warwickshire, was an English gentleman. Origins He was born in 1536, the son of Sir Fulke Greville (d. 10 November 1559) by his wife Elizabeth Willoughby, 3rd Baroness Willoughby de Broke (d.1562), grand daughter and heiress of Robert Willoughby, 2nd Baron Willoughby de Broke, the wealthiest heiress of her time. Inheritance His mother Elizabeth Willoughby survived her sisters, who had no children. By modern law, this would mean that she would have become suo jure Baroness Willoughby de Broke (and Baroness Latimer), both ancient titles created by writ and thus able to pass to females. Thus her son Fulk Greville would in turn have inherited from her as 4th Baron Willoughby de Broke and 12th Baron Latimer but this right was not established in law until 1696, by his great-grandson, the 11th Baron Willoughby de Broke. Marriage and children In 1553 he married Anne Neville (d.1583), a daughter of Ralph Neville, 4th Earl of Westmorland, a distant cousin. They had the following children: Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke and 5th Baron Willoughby de Broke Margaret Greville (1561–1631/2), who married Sir Richard Verney, High Sheriff of Warwickshire in 1572.