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14 de sept. de 2017 · Date of Death: September 1591. Place of Burial: Unknown. Soldier of fortune, sheriff, explorer, investor and privateer, Grenville, a cousin to Sir Walter Raleigh, was involved in Raleigh’s colonial ideals from the very beginning. Commanding a fleet of seven ships in 1585, Grenville led the first English colonial expedition to America.
Page 48 - All the powder of the Revenge to the last barrel was now spent, all her pikes broken, forty of her best men slain, and the most part of the rest hurt. In the beginning of the fight she had but one hundred free from sickness, and fourscore and ten sick, laid in hold upon the ballast. Appears in 112 books from 1868-2007.
Sir Richard Grenville (avec diverses transcriptions, parmi lesquelles Greynvile, Greeneville, Greenfield, etc. ; prononcer à la française [grɑ̃vil], le nom étant d'origine anglo-normande), né le 6 juin 1542 au château de Clifton House, dans le Devon, dans le sud-ouest de l' Angleterre – mort au combat le 10 septembre 1591 était un ...
15 de jun. de 2020 · World History Encyclopedia, 15 Jun 2020. Web. 13 May 2024. A c. 1571 CE portrait of Sir Richard Grenville (1542-1591 CE), an Elizabethan sailor and adventurer. (National Portrait Gallery, London)
Grenville had provided for his children and wife, but she survived him by only five weeks. His eldest son being already dead, he was succeeded by his eight year-old grandson Richard, later the famous sea captain. At Grenville’s death his estates were valued at £237 a year.7. Ref Volumes: 1509-1558 Author: J. J. Goring. Notes. 1.
Sir Richard Grenville (1678 – 17 February 1727) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1715 to 1727. Part of the Grenville family that welded great influence during the eighteenth century his descendants have included three Prime Ministers .
18 de jun. de 2020 · In 1585 CE, then, the adventurer Richard Grenville (1542-1591 CE) was given command of a small fleet which sailed to North America carrying a group of colonists. Elizabeth did not give any financial backing despite the flattery of Raleigh's name choice, but she did provide the expedition with the 160-ton ship Tyger .
